cab replacement
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its not to hard of a job at all to do as long as you have bunch of people to help put the new cab on the truck and get the old one off. you have to disconect wires and then the 4 cab bolts then unhook the front clip from the cab (if your changing the front clip pull it off ti give you more room to work with) we took the bed off so we had tons of room there was only two of us put the one cab on my friends truck.
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From: Kasson, Minnesota
Take everything out of or off the cab before you lift it off, make it much easier. I completely stripped down my cab and me and 3 other guys lifted it off with no problem. If you don't want to go that route on stripping it down, at least just take the doors off and the seat out. That takes a good deal of weight off.
Also, sometimes those cab bolts can be rusted pretty good. Try to save your mounting hardware. Bolts aren't too expensive if you ruin them, but the hardware is. Take a good look at the mounting brackets on the chassis to see what kind of shape there in after you get the old cab off. Those brackets are notorious for rusting out. Your probably going to have to get new rubber mounting bushings before you put the new cab on, unless your lucky. I recommmend getting polyurethane bushings (about 67 bucks) from an FTE sponser site such as bronco graveyard, NPD, autokrafters etc.
Also, sometimes those cab bolts can be rusted pretty good. Try to save your mounting hardware. Bolts aren't too expensive if you ruin them, but the hardware is. Take a good look at the mounting brackets on the chassis to see what kind of shape there in after you get the old cab off. Those brackets are notorious for rusting out. Your probably going to have to get new rubber mounting bushings before you put the new cab on, unless your lucky. I recommmend getting polyurethane bushings (about 67 bucks) from an FTE sponser site such as bronco graveyard, NPD, autokrafters etc.
Last edited by bucks77ford; Nov 14, 2006 at 06:39 PM.
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I too recommend taking as much out of the cab as possible, I took the easy way out when I started my resto.. I broke out the liquid wrench and cut it off the chassis.
The donor cab.. was another story, I got four 55 gallon steel barrols and some 4x4 timber. I just jacked the cab off the chassis like you would jack a house off its foundation. Then when the cab was high enough I put the cab on some long steel pallet rack rails and rested the rails on the drums. Rolled the old chassis out ... new one in ..... and lowered it onto the chassis...
however .. on my second resto... I utilized a tow truck with a boom wrecker and some heavy straps.. and just lifted it off the chassis onto the beam/drum combo so I could do the floors and mounts in comfort rather than on my back...
The donor cab.. was another story, I got four 55 gallon steel barrols and some 4x4 timber. I just jacked the cab off the chassis like you would jack a house off its foundation. Then when the cab was high enough I put the cab on some long steel pallet rack rails and rested the rails on the drums. Rolled the old chassis out ... new one in ..... and lowered it onto the chassis...
however .. on my second resto... I utilized a tow truck with a boom wrecker and some heavy straps.. and just lifted it off the chassis onto the beam/drum combo so I could do the floors and mounts in comfort rather than on my back...
