One man hood mount and align.

I did mine with a flattened beach ball, seriously! fill about 1/2 with air and set on your air cleaner. Lower hood onto ball so it is supported and loosen front bolts. REmove rear bolts one at a time and my hood pivoted off the rears on the fronts and is now laying a foot off the cowl. Now you can remove the front bolts and my hood balanced on the hinges enough for me to get the other side out and I was able to grab it and roll it forward on the ball enough to clear everything and grab it and move it. Getting it back on would be opposite, just get bolts snug enough to allow minute adjustments with your hands, then tighten.