as some of you know, i had an incident with my hood flying up on me...well, now im trying to get it off so i can replace it....i got the hood itself off, no problems there....but the hinges are proving to be a pain....there are 4 nuts holding the hinges to the fender...i had to remove the black plastic piece from inside the fenderwell to access them....i managed to remove the front 2 nuts, but i dont see how i can get to the two in the rear, theres some kind of apparatus blocking me and i dont see how i could get it back on if i were to remove it...its a big black cylinder that looks like its got something to do with the vacuum system, like 5 black balls stacked on top of one another....anyhow, thats where i am now...thats just the passenger side, i havent even pulled the fenderwell piece off on the drivers side....does anyone have any experience with hood hinges? i need some tips, thanks guys...

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