Kyle E. Grathwol Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Quite a while ago (maybe even 2 years) someone posted a detailed procedure complete with pictures on how to remove the cab on a Super Duty with a 6.0L. I searched the forum but haven't been able to find it. Can anyone point me to it? Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I believe that has not been posted here ever. There USED to be something over on flatratetech.com but it disappeared years ago. I bantered the thought of posting something here but then liability thoughts began crossing my mind. I think somewhere a copy of this procedure does exist though. We did discuss this more than once too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle E. Grathwol Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hmmmm. I could have sworn it came from here but I will take your word for it. Thanks Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I'm pretty sure it was never hosted here but there used to be a link for it over to flatratetech. Maybe that's where the confusion is coming from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Would THIS be what you're looking for? Not exactly the detail you were looking for, I imagine. On FRT there was an article about cab removal but the pics, as I recall, were of an Expedition. I vaguely recall <something> on blueovaltechs.com (no - don't bother looking - the site is gone - gone - gone due to lack of interest) about a cab removal procedure but, again, there wasn't much real detail. I can only suggest that you "dive in". It ain't rocket science and the more times you do it, the easier it gets.... The over-riding advice is always "use your head" but it shouldn't be too hard to get the hang of it. As an after-thought, you might browse thedieselstop and dieselman for references and/or links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle E. Grathwol Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Thanks for the link Jim but that isn't it. I agree that it is not rocket science but I don't want to re-invent the wheel when we could learn a lot from you guys who do it all the time. My guys work on heavy equipment mostly. I was hoping to get through the batch of 6.0's that we have without pulling any heads. But.... Thanks for your time and help everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I know someone had sent it to me ad a PDF file but I am having trouble locating it in my backups. I have replaced my PC since that time. If I can find it I will shoot it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 The next one I get rolling into my bay, I'll remember to take a few photos and hopefully Keith can put something together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Alex or Bruno had a pretty decent write up on it, I can't remember which one of them had actually emailed it to me. Don't forget the ground cable above the heater box, and at the second body mount on the passenger's side. Those in my opinion are the easiest two items to overlook during teardown. That and the power steering cooler/air deflector business and foglight harness. All easy stuff to overlook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I have two documents I have compiled from the internet covering 6.0 cab removal totaling 27 pages with pictures, including the document mentioned that I saved from several years ago. I do not have permission from the authors to reprint them. I will send them to Keith and let him decide what to do. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Thank you bruce, these are the instructions that were out several years ago which had disappeared. If anyone wants them please PM me with the e-mail address you would like me to send them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmantech Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I had a pdf that was lost in a computer crash. I made a paper copy before the event. It was from Chris Goodman FordMasterTech copy right was FlatRateTech.com ---13 pages with pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 That is the document... Pm me if you want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I'll take a copy to big_angry_hillbilly@yahoo.ca if it's not too much trouble, Keith. Thanks in advance, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Alex or Bruno had a pretty decent write up on it, I can't remember which one of them had actually emailed it to me. 'Twas not I. I've never found the need to remove a cab on a 6.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I've never found the need to remove a cab on a 6.0. Weirdo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 He's got back muscles made of steel, could pull a sled full of Borax across the desert, could out shovel a steam shovel, and on and on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hey I was just kiddin. There are a lot of guys that don't remove cabs and in all honesty, I have never done head gaskets or an engine without removing the cab. Has anyone here done either job both ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 When I remove engines, I do remove all the cab-bolts, except for the rear 2. I jack up the front of the cab enough to fit a 4X4 block between the body and frame rail on each of the front corners. That leaves enough room to pull the engine out the front with the oil pan, y-pipe and turbo attached. Headgaskets I don't find difficult with the body in place. As for the back of steel-that I definitely do not have-I do have a good group insurance plan that gets me a massage monthly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendpowerstroke Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 . Has anyone here done either job both ways? Yes IMO cab on sucks....Take it off baby!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Quote: I do have a good group insurance plan that gets me a massage monthly! I hear ya, I keep my chiropractor in business for sure. My hat's off to you and everyone else that does them cab on! Keith, I have done them both ways. Cab off is the only way for me unless it's just not feasible. I have even done a 6.4 with cab on. It's hard to make an informed decision about it unless I have done it both ways. I'm 40 years old and burned out. So I'm tryin to make my job as painless as possible. That means cab off for me. But I have been takin cabs off since the release of the '97 F-150 when they started tuckin the engines under the cowl. I have also been doing the "alligator" trick since the first turbo charged 7.3l IDI. It's a whole lot easier to get the engine out without having to monkey around with them goofy exhaust pipes with the body tilted back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Brad... at 60 I figure I got about ten years left in me (hopefully more) before you see me on "people of walmart". I don't go to the chiropracter because of this overwhelming fear that he wont be able to uncrack something should the need arise. (Read that as my back fucking hurts... I sieze up when I sit down and it can take a while to limber up). I do 6.0 heads over the fender - for me a treat is doing them on the floor rather than climbing up that extra half a foot my hoist presents. Lifting the cab? I don't bend in as many directions (or places) as I used to - what can I say? Old age - I'm not as good as I once was but I'm as good once as I ever was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Thanks Jim, now I have proof that I could be doing this for another 20 friggin years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 If everybody hates this business so much - if somebody can't make a decent living at it - if it is screwing up somebodies chassis - why would they still be here? Because it is so much better than any of us want to admit..... There's lots of things we could do... but only one thing we want to do.... I can see me now... In my handsome blue vest... "That ain't how you work the self check-out you dense bitch"..... "The fuggin' buggies are over there - get one you lazy dork...". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I wasn't bitching as mush as I was commiserating. I agree that for some of us our careers/jobs are somewhat of a conundrum when you think about it. For me it is not "the job" so much as it it all of the bullshit you have to deal with that comes with the job. The bullshit is derived directly from other human beings therefore what the heck would you be doing that wouldn't come with bullshit? Eh? Wasn't this about cab removal? Oh yeah... cab removal typically means major repairs and all of the BS that goes with it. Nice dovetail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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