Tilting the cab

[kerry]

I know that this may make me look like an idiot, but I’m counting on the fact I may not fall far outside the norm. Before tilting your cab, open both doors. The difference is night and day. I’ve owned mine for 12 yrs and didn’t know this. I even increased the torsion in the lifting mechanism. You’re never too old to peel off a piece of ignorance.

 

[Joe917]

It makes it easier but it is hard on the door hinges.

 

[westyss]

Yeah I do that too and I feel like it’s a strain on the hinges too so I stick some wood posts into the door handles to take up some of the weight when the door needs to be open for longer periods of time.

 

[kerry]

You can also close the doors once the cab is tilted.

 

[SuperVan]

You can also close the doors once the cab is tilted.

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Was wondering when somebody was going to chime in with this. ?

 

[westyss]

Haha! Or get your wife to help lift the cab!
Well if you need to run the motor while tilted and don’t have a remote starter you need to keep the door open for a while, oh and push the cab tilt kill switch with something..

 

[SkiFreak]

oh and push the cab tilt kill switch with something..

Kill switch... what kill switch?
My FG84 definitely does not have one.

 

[westyss]

The switch that prevents starting the motor if the cab lock is not engaged.

 

[kerry]

While I haven’t tried starting the engine with the cab tilted, I haven’t noticed a switch on our 99 FG

 

[SkiFreak]

I know what you mean... my truck just does not have one.

 

[westyss]

Hey Kerry maybe Owen removed yours too!

 

[kerry]

Where is yours located?

 

[John M.]

My 2003 FG649 runs with the cab tilted. The manual points it out.

 

[SkiFreak]

Maybe Fuso just figured that you could not be trusted without a kill switch on your truck Yves...

 

[westyss]

Kerry, mine is located on the passenger side behind the door where the two latches to release the cab are, there is a simple switch that closes when a tab pushes on to it when the cab is lowered into its cradles.
They wouldn’t be wrong Owen!