1994 Ranger Body Lift review/ somewhat detailed installation (in progress)

[birdmanslopy]

Figured id go over what im dealing with, whats been going on and whatnot for reference for someone else down the road maybe interested in doing this.

I started with the bed of the truck by removing the t-55 bolts that hold the bed to the frame which is 6 as well as disconnected the rear lights and gas hose and the plug underneath the tailgate so that everything was out of the way.
Picked up the bed off the frame and sat it on the ground at that point in time i inspected the frame rails and the tabs that secure the bolt to the frame.

Sneaky me decided that i would j-b weld the tabs to the frame so that when i put the bed back on the frame and stuck the blocks on i would have to worry about alignment issues.
After putting the bed back on i decided to start from the rear of the truck barely threading the bolts into position to still have wiggle room at the front of the bed to get all of them in. (word of wisdom) aligning the drivers mount on the bed is the hardest one, take your time on this one and possibly a few breaks.
after all are tightened down double check the bed bolts use the loc tite given to you also, reconnect the tail lights the plug underneath off the frame and connect your fuel hose.
You may notice that after the bed rises 3 inches your fuel hose dont want to go into its origional resting spot, no worrys! loose then clamp and you have about 6 inches of your neck inside the hose for adjustment with about 3 more inside the tube so tighten the clamp back down hard.

double check all lights work still get underneath and make sure nothings dangeling and after i get a good nights sleep i will do the cab and get back on here and post a few pics up as well as finish this.

 

[birdmanslopy]

ok this cab is a NIGHTMARE! 2 days later and i still havent gotten one cab bolt loose.
my frame is rust free i shot a whole can of pb blaster on this bolt, used a shops air impact as well as a cordless snap on impact a breaker bar with a 2 foot extension and nothing is turning these cab bolts at all.
anyone wanna shed some ideas? im stuck

 

[bobbywalter]

dude.


bust the fawkers off.

all that and the puny little fawkers didnt snap in half?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Get a bigger impact and/or feed it enough air.

They will come, either peacefully or broken.

 

[mp3deviant721]

One word:

Heat.

 

[birdmanslopy]

dude.


bust the fawkers off.

all that and the puny little fawkers didnt snap in half?

yea even with snap ons claim to fame biggest strongest half inch air impact off a shop tank which claims 1200 torque i think reverse and 8 or 9 in forward i believe. to be honest the 18v snap on electric impact had more kick than there air crap, i literially put all my weight into it when i had the breaker bar and the 2 foot extension (im 215 pounds) and that had barely any turn on it.

its had me speechless, i also heated the fawkers which i believe made it worse in my situation.
but now i soaked them one last time in pb blaster overnight and tomorrow morning they dont budge im pulling out the air chizle and busting the heads off of em and rig something up.

 

[birdmanslopy]

Get a bigger impact and/or feed it enough air.

They will come, either peacefully or broken.

haha yea i know as i said tomorrow will tell if im breaking them off or there gonna give in. im letting them sleep on it tonight

 

[3.0ranger1227]

maybe a hammer drill? off the wall but it may work if you have one

 

[bobbywalter]

i just bust em off with my breaker bar and rebuild the mounts.

usually involves sawzall and drill. sections of pipe and washers....


or a call to daystar for fresh shit.

 

[birdmanslopy]

they didnt wanna cooperate, time!

 

[birdmanslopy]

How do you remove the top body mounts?

 

[birdmanslopy]

front 2 rubber mounts arent coming out, are they the same where you beat them out? i lifted the truck up a lot in the front with lots of clearance issues and cant seem to figure out how those suckers get out.