I tried the sawsall.....The only blade I had long enough to reach in there was a demo blade and was instantly dulled by the top stud.

I ended up only getting one side on, and I f'd up the other side so bad I had to take it to a shop and have it torched off.

Hopefully the Bilsteins will last longer than the Edelbrocks the previous owner had on there did.

Only about 50K miles on the Edelbrocks and the rears were pretty weak, and rusted so bad, one side actually blew out.

I was pretty close to getting the hole saw out to cut a hole in the bed!

Not exactly one of Ford's better ideas....

 

Yeah, a metal cutting blade would be the one to use.

 

I donʻt know if you read my first post on this thread, but I have two holes
cut in my bed directly over the top of each shock.
I takes no time at all to remove the top nuts.

 

That's where I got the idea....I just couldn't bring myself to cut a hole in my baby.

 

penetrating oil like pb blaster, wd 40 works ok too an a ratchet box end wrench should only be a couple mins before there off.

 

Pepboy's... waited until they had a "half off installation" sale. sounds like the $7.50 each they charged was worth it.