the last set of gauges I pulled (last weekend) I had NO use for the hood so I used my own special tool to access the nuts...
I just cut a big azz hole right in the top, and had much better access that way.
I looked everywhere for the skinny 5.5 driver to take the hood apart and couldn't find the dam thing, after 5 minutes I gave up and said screw it and pulled out the wheel. Saved the deflector off the hood and threw the rest in the trash bin.