This will not help you now, but in the future try this. Before you remove the hood, drill a 1/8" hole through the base of the hinge, and into the lower skin of the hood (where the hinge bolts to the hood. Do this on driver and passanger side. When putting the hood back on you can use a pick, nial, etc to line the holes up between the hood and hinge. This has worked every time for me.
Chris
