Tell me about it. Back when I was young, I pulled and installed the hood on several cars by myself.
I did (and still do) almost everything by myself, just the way things were/are.
Used to put a 4 speed on my chest, "ooch" under the car (in the Florida sand) lift, stab and bolt the thing in about a minute, now I need a jack and I still recite the all the words that remind me of the taste soap, and wrassle for nearly 30 minutes to get the sucker in place.
Pulled the hood myself, but after, I realized I would never be able to lift it and set it place by myself. (and then after getting it back on with help, I thought about it and realized I could have made some cribbing and set it on that, then attached the hinge bolts, and opened and adjusted it.)
But almost everything seems to take an awful lot longer...
