Removal of the plastic hood cowl

[Jerry Miller]

So, I need to remove the black plastic cowl panel (between the windshield and the hood). I assume it is just the 2 torx bolts in the corners, remove the windshield arms and then it pops out of the clips at the front edge. Anything else?
You may be wondering why I have to remove this.....I removed my antenna to shorten it and when I removed the little rubber grommet around the antenna to expose the base of the antenna, I heard a metallic sound, followed by something hitting the ground. It was one of the bolt heads from one of the three bolts that holds the antenna base to the truck! It was just sitting in there under the rubber piece. The bolt looks like it was defective or else was overtorqued at the factory. Anyway, I have to remove the cowl to get at the rest of the bolt. I know I could take it in under warranty, but they will be wondering why I was in there not to mention I really don't want someone else turning wrenches on my truck (I'm really, really, really PICKY! LOL!)
Thanks guys,
Jerry