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brianjwilson

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ujoint said:
We all know that they don't pop up often! Have to be ready to pounce when they do.
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Man I can't even find a late model low mileage v10 extended body. Seems like most of those were bought for conversions already. V8 and 4spd autos are all over but anything else is kind of tough it seems.
 
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Lilnuts

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ujoint said:
Body drop, going back together! Full 6.0 upgrades done, body undercoated, ready for the next step.

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Chris, would give us some detail (how to) on what it takes to lift the body off the chassis
 
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Lilnuts said:
Chris, would give us some detail (how to) on what it takes to lift the body off the chassis
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We have a check list since its a lot of little things and helps us when putting it all back together. Wires at the engine, PS lines, PS shaft, drain the AC, coolant, pull the radiator, intake tubes, transmission shifter cable, e-brake, sure there are a few things I'm forgetting. Obviously have to remove the carpet or floor liner, seats.
 
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tgreening

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How long does it generally take? Just curious. I know on the trucks a big deal is always made about pulling the cabs to do work. My diesel mech said of his tools are out and on hand he can have the cab on a 6.4 off in an hour, 2 hours for the 6.0.
 
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tgreening said:
How long does it generally take? Just curious. I know on the trucks a big deal is always made about pulling the cabs to do work. My diesel mech said of his tools are out and on hand he can have the cab on a 6.4 off in an hour, 2 hours for the 6.0.
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5-6 hours but that can easily go much longer if the body bolts put up a fight. If they act up we just cut the heads off. Dorman has E series body mounts now! 40-50 ea.
 
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tgreening

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Based on your experience, do you think if I loosened/pulled the cab mounts on my ambo, and unbolted the cab from the box, I'd get enough wiggle room to change that rubber gasket between them? Between the cab and box if that wasn't clear.
 
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tgreening said:
Based on your experience, do you think if I loosened/pulled the cab mounts on my ambo, and unbolted the cab from the box, I'd get enough wiggle room to change that rubber gasket between them? Between the cab and box if that wasn't clear.
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I've looked at a lot of Ambos and thought.... Man I would never want to pull that cab! I wouldn't attempt it.
 
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tgreening

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ujoint said:
I've looked at a lot of Ambos and thought.... Man I would never want to pull that cab! I wouldn't attempt it.
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No interest in pulling it. I was just wondering if I UNBOLTED it, if I could wiggle it around enough to get that gasket R&Rd. Mine is just a bit on the shabby side.
 
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