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Originally Posted by JBCrete
I'm a member of SOCAPS a southern California PowerStroke Diesel club and about three weeks ago we had a club outing at Diesel Tech in San Jacinto. When we arrived the owner Loren had a the cab of a 6.4 off the chassis and in the air. We asked him about the labor involved to do the job and he said the cab is designed to be taken off quickly and separating the cab from the chassis takes about a 1/2 hour. Even if he's exaggerating and it takes three times as long (1 1/2 hours) it's a far cry from the time your dealer said it would take.
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I think you will find a lot of "stories" on cab removal times. Factory book time is 6.7 hours (if am not mistaken) to remove and install a Super Duty cab. Diagnosis and repairs are not included in that time. Having worked on a
few of these now I would suggest that you don't go looking for the fast turn around. This engine has a lot of parts bolted to it that requires the replacement of most gaskets, fuel lines, nuts and boils not to mention specific assembly and torquing procedures. Whats more, 1-1/2 hours in my opinion is reckless if the person telling you this was sincere. Just removing the cab bolts unfortunately requires care as not to rip the cage nuts from the cab which happens very easily and is not fun to repair. The best approach is to heat up the bolts, allow the heat to travel to the threads where it will soften the thread locking compound and the plastic retainers that jam in the threads during removal then remove the bolts BY HAND. A crew cab has eight bolts which can eat up a good 1/2 hour alone.
