Re: 68 C50 Looongbed pickup build
I had high hopes for this weekend, however things did not go as planned. Job #1 was to get the cab squared up to the frame, when we set it on last weekend only the driver side front mount was in the correct place, the whole cab was rotated clockwise around that mount point. Also when we set it down one of the forks on the forklift had slipped over to where the passenger side rear mount could not even be placed over the hole in the frame. I'd had a whole week to consider how to rotate the cab, so here is what I came up with and what I did:
1) Use my cheap Porta-puller to lift the back of the cab off the mounts and remove them
2) set the back of the cab down on a piece of pipe that it can roll on
3) lift the front passenger side with a floor jack
4) rotate the cab while supported as described
5) set it back on the mounts
This is the only thing that worked right all weekend!
-Richard
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