2x3x3.5 piece of wood between the frame and cab on drivers rear

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Jan 15, 2007 | 12:19 PM

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2x3x3.5 piece of wood between the frame and cab on drivers rear

Just curious if anybody has ever come across a 2x3x3.5 piece of wood wedged between the upper frame rail and the cab on the drivers side of their truck. I am doing a restoration on my 53 F100 and noticed this on the underside of the cab. It was located fairly close to the rear cab mount. Any ideas??
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Jan 15, 2007 | 12:30 PM

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Don't know of any wood that should be there. Probably a PO's way of not repairing a broken cab mount or ?

Jan 15, 2007 | 12:40 PM

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Wood between frame and cab

Would u be reffering to the metal arm that in the mount? How difficult is it to replace the mount and bushings ?

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Jan 15, 2007 | 01:46 PM

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Not a real difficult job. If you have a MidFifty catalog look at the cab supports shown there to get an idea of what you need. Are your floors and the mount connection solid?

Jan 15, 2007 | 04:43 PM

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I have ran across it before but it was on a 1969 F-250. The chuck of wood was there because the cab mounts were rusted out and the PO wedged the block in there as a quick fix.

I would guess something similar in your situation

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Jan 15, 2007 | 06:31 PM

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Whatever it is there for, it didn't come from the factory there (or it "wood" have a FMC part # on it!).

Jan 15, 2007 | 10:02 PM

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That's just a small version of the wood that held up the right rear of my bed. The claw hammer head (handle missing) did the same job on the front of the bed.