I don't post here enough anymore but constant lurker hopefully the experts here can help!



I have a problem that's pretty dire. The driver side bolt that holds the rear part of the hood hinge to the body has come out.



Problem is, it appears there are no threads in the hole. This has me thinking the bolt rattled in there for some time and hollowed out the hole or whatever nut with threads that was back there has fallen into the body.


Now i manged to stick the short end of an allen wrench into the hole and used the long end as a brace to act like a bolt against the body. hood works for now. Not a long term fix as if it fell into the hinge pocket hood would be messed up again.


See the pictures, and don't mind that i put the stupid washer on the allen wrench, service no purpose Also note you cannot access this hole from inside the car or the air vent.



Looking at the EPC you can see the bolt, weird washer and 2 smaller washings but the bolt has nothing to screw into so I'm at a loss.


Please help!!!


PS only solution i thought was to have a bolt head welded into the hold and then slide the hinge over it and tighten with a nut. . .not sure its ideal.

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