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Old Jan 17, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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i am restoring a 74 F-100 an the cab mounts are rusted an i was wondering what is tha best way to get them off of the cab with out hurtin it
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 01:19 AM
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Been some time since I have done cab mounts but any way my first truck was a 1970 F100 300 3 on the tree. Paid a hundred for the truck I was 16 then 800 getting it road worthy. I used an angle grinder to grind away the old mounts worked good for me and cleans the area up.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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thnkx thay are spot welded an risted in two i traded A 77 1 TOn for a 74 short wide 2weel drive it was in a lot better condition an i ahe a 351 winzer board 40 over with flat top pistens an comp cams with a 7502 cfm carb an intate set it should scream when im done it will have a c6 trans behind it with 411 gears
 
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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welcome to FTE!

what's a "74 short wide?"
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:00 AM
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What I did for mine was drill out the spot welds. This was a very clean and easy way of doing it. Then take the time to clean up the area and prevent it from rusting again.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 06:07 AM
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I also drilled out the spot welds. There are quite a few and takes some time, but if done right the new cab mount plops on and weld where the spots were. I would recommend getting the drill bits made for drilling out spot welds. They work really nice.
 
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