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Keep in mind that if you do it 1 side at a time to have to have the tank out to get to the rear mount bolts. Do not be surprised if under the front cab mounts to find badly rusted areas hidden by the rubber pads. Mine looked perfect until I raised the cab then was shocked how bad the one on the right side was.
good luck.
Well that's how, I started out until finding bad cab mounts in the front.
That's when a lot of hard work was ahead of me. Plus found that the cheap replacement mount only lasted about three yrs or so.
So went through the whole ordeal twice of replacing both front cab mounts. And for the rears was easy as there was no rusted out areas so just unbolt slide them out was good to go after removing gas tank.
Buy the better mounts like $86 each the last time I looked at them.
Orich.
Cheap mounts
Stock rubbers work just fine actually, but they probably make poly bushings for your truck too. I went to poly on my '68, '71 and '79 and did not experience any additional road noise or vibrations that I could tell. Without a smooth and quiet ride to begin with though, it's hard to tell even if you're looking for a difference.
But rubber has the official advantage in noise/vibration/harshness over poly, when it comes right down to it.
And to emeralcoupe's original question, yes you can "just lift the cab and do it" but as the others have already said, be prepared to run into lots of other things before you're done. I've always done one side at a time just because my "tools" are a floor jack and 2x4 to spread the load.
Just make sure you remove the radiator fan shroud if you have one (radiator goes up with the body, fan stays down with the engine = not a happy thing if left in place) and keep an eye on things like steering shafts, clutch linkages, shift linkages, and such stuff like that.
And to emeralcoupe's original question, yes you can "just lift the cab and do it" but as the others have already said, be prepared to run into lots of other things before you're done. I've always done one side at a time just because my "tools" are a floor jack and 2x4 to spread the load.
Just make sure you remove the radiator fan shroud if you have one (radiator goes up with the body, fan stays down with the engine = not a happy thing if left in place) and keep an eye on things like steering shafts, clutch linkages, shift linkages, and such stuff like that.
Good luck.
Paul
thanks. wanting to do it now while the truck is apart so I don't have to mess with any of that. screenshot studio
Definitely! And the hard part is done, having already removed the two front ones by the radiator core support. The driver's front is the one that gave me the most grief. But the driver's rear was not far behind!
Love the truck! Boxwood Green is one of my fave Ford truck colors. A two-tone Boxwood and Wimbledon White is my dream paint job. Well, that along with two or three other combinations!
As you're putting things back together on the cab mounts, don't torque them until you've triple checked that the cab and bed still line up. There is a little more leeway with aftermarket mounts than with the originals, and they take advantage of that every time!
