Ford Cab Removal Video

[HBarlow]

I wonder why our Dodge Rams don't have such great features. These new Ferds are really high tech.

YouTube - Extreme Truck Repair

 

[LFarmer]

Great isn't it. We are getting more and more in the utility fleet I work at. Another reason I drive a dodge. 25. 5 hrs. labor for something that was probably a fairly simple repair... once that cab was off that is.

 

[AMink]

Removing the cab is the only way to see the ground through the engine. Man, what a mess.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

MAN, that's a lot of work just to replace a fan belt... :-laf:-laf

 

[scootergmc]

They need quick disconnects...

 

[HBarlow]

I wonder how many times the cab of one of those pos has to be removed in 100,000 miles?

25. 5 hours labor at the typical $100/hr labor rate in a dealership, more in some locations, to remove the cab for every failure would get pretty pricey after the warranty expires.

Nice leather seats though.

 

[Grizzly]

MAN, that's a lot of work just to replace a fan belt... :-laf:-laf

I thought he was replacing the fuel filter?



Sure glad we have a Dodge!

 

[fkovalski]

Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to have a forward tilt hood assembly on these trucks like on the big rigs?

 

[Devan Manis]

Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to have a forward tilt hood assembly on these trucks like on the big rigs?

look... not much of what ford does makes sense.

 

[Scrappy]

Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to have a forward tilt hood assembly on these trucks like on the big rigs?

look... not much of what ford does makes sense.

a tilting front clip really wouldn't help, the problem is so much of the engine is under the cowl. can't do a HG's w/o lifting the cab! same goes for injectors.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

a tilting front clip really wouldn't help, the problem is so much of the engine is under the cowl. can't do a HG's w/o lifting the cab! same goes for injectors.

Some big rigs tilt the entire cab, not just the hood section...

 

[Scrappy]

Some big rigs tilt the entire cab, not just the hood section...

yeah, those are called cabovers!

there might be conventionals that do to, I just haven't seen them.

 

[obert]

I think the bigger problem is the frequency of failure on the PSD, combined with limited "diesel tech's" at the dealer. I am puzzled by the fact that someone decided its acceptable to build a truck this UN-servicable, though.



The diesel guys can get piled on pretty heavy and the 25 hour job can take alot longer than that. My work truck was in the shop for 3 weeks and a day for head gaskets and injectors recently. That was a real big problem for us(the company), we need that truck on the road making money, other wise it's a cost. The repair was warrantable, but the downtime hurt the bottom line and my performance rate.

 

[HBarlow]

yeah, those are called cabovers!
there might be conventionals that do to, I just haven't seen them.

I believe all trucks larger than a pickup meaning all true MDTs/HDTs have hinged nose sections that lift to expose the engine compartment.

 

[HBarlow]

... ... ..... I am puzzled by the fact that someone decided its acceptable to build a truck this UN-servicable, though. ... ... .....

Your description and statement are exactly correct. I hadn't exactly thought of them that way but you summed it up. Seems like a desperate decision, doesn't it.

 

[Matt400]

I am puzzled by the fact that someone decided its acceptable to build a truck this UN-servicable

And lets not forget that this procedure is standard on their gas engines too!

 

[RHestand]

IMO, this is a joke, and it would be funny if my youngest daughter and future son-in law hadn't just bought one.

They came out for a visit last fall. A few days after returning home, she calls me. "Hey Dad, Justin and I liked your diesel truck so much, we just went out and bought a new Ford F-250 diesel. " ??? I said "Well congratulations!" ???

Afterwards I asked her Mom,"We put her through eight years of college for this?"

 

[Grizzly]

IMO, this is a joke, and it would be funny if my youngest daughter and future son-in law hadn't just bought one.

They came out for a visit last fall. A few days after returning home, she calls me. "Hey Dad, Justin and I liked your diesel truck so much, we just went out and bought a new Ford F-250 diesel. " ??? I said "Well congratulations!" ???

Afterwards I asked her Mom,"We put her through eight years of college for this?"

Be a good future father-in-law and do the right thing. Tell that future son-in-law that a Dodge/Cummins is the only diesel worth buying. If he refuses, don't let your daughter marry him.

 

[GCroyle]

Couple of years back, we had our 2007 on display at the Mid America Truck Show, Louisville KY. Ford and everyone else was there. We had the hood up on the '07 and just like someone stated, you can see the ground under the truck. Two guys came up and said the Ford didn't have room for another coat of paint on the engine, it wouldn't fit, the other said there ain't room under the hood for a payment book!



The one aspect of taking the cab off, is how do you check your work? You have to reinstall the cab to fire it up just to look for leaks. If they made it a tilt hood, that would look interesting.