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What is your situation and size of truck? F-600? LNT-9000? Cummins or Detroit 6 cyl engine? Engine hoist? Gantry crane? How much overhead room do you have? I would suggest forged eyebolts in place of headbolts/studs at opposite ends and sides of the engine connected to a spreader bar.
If you have a typical engine hoist (cherry picker), you need to get the engine hooked up as close to the top of the block as possible, to get the oil pan to clear the radiator support. You'll have a LOT of weight way up high as it is, be sure your picker is sturdy! You'll need the picker at max reach. That's why a lot of people pull the front clip first.
I 've always used an upper bellhousing bolt and a front intake/exhaust manifold bolt, substituting longer bolts to compensate for the thickness of the chain used.
I 've always used an upper bellhousing bolt and a front intake/exhaust manifold bolt, substituting longer bolts to compensate for the thickness of the chain used.
That's what I was looking for. That's what I will do. Taking off fenders now since they have to come off anyhow. Go figure that a 61 year old truck has rusty fasteners.
That's what I was looking for. That's what I will do. Taking off fenders now since they have to come off anyhow. Go figure that a 61 year old truck has rusty fasteners.
Try TIGHTENING the bolts, with any luck they'll break in two. Goes a lot faster!
But it's easier to lift the whole clip off while together. Just undo the bolts to the radiator saddle, the ones at the running boards, remove all the wiring, and unbolt the inner fenders from the cowl and frame.
Great tip. I have to do a lot of disassembly anyhow. Need to see what is savable and what is not. Illinois is a terrible place for anything that goes down the road. The left fender was worse than I thought. The passenger side looks better and may be salvageable. The cab is bad, but the truck came with a cab that is in good shape. And I have another box for it. I envy the stuff from the south and west. Inner fenders are pretty ratty. The front radiator support steel is all good, but the rest of the front not so much.
...and once you have the front clip off, any bolt that won't break comes off easy with an angle grinder I disassembled a front clip in about an hour when it took me over a day while still on the truck.
I disassembled a front clip in about an hour when it took me over a day while still on the truck.
