rwitczak

2010 chevy express 1500

Twscarp

You have to remove the wiper arms, under the black plastic cover, remove the nut on the shaft (mark the shaft to reinstall in same position). Remove the black plastic air inlet grilles, a few phillips screws. Then remove the pivot nut and bolt from each hinge.

Artie1

You can remove the hood without touching the cowl and wipers, it's just difficult access to the 13mm bolt/nut. You need one open end wrench and one ratcheting wrench.

Twscarp

OK Artie1, my method was basically by the book. I would definitely remove all the cowling screws (7) and unclip the plastic tabs located at the extreme ends of the cowling (total about five minutes of work). The cowlings will still be captured by the wiper arms but you can slide them around to give you more room to get to the pivot bolts. The passenger side will be wide-open, the driver's side still a little tight, but doable.

rwitczak

[QUOTE=rwitczak;340121]2010 chevy express 1500[/QUOTEthanks for the advice. Want to remove the hood to repaint.