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Message: [QUOTE="d.evil, post: 1358580, member: 23501"] Couldn't seem to get it out by simply unbolting and working it down. Talked to a tech who has done a few of them, and said easiest way is to loosen up the cab bolts and lift the cab up a bit to gain more room. Long story short, 6 hours later we have 3 of the 6 cab bolts out. We were able to gain access to the top nut on the back ones with just popping the cover off the cap in the cab. 22mm socket on the top and 15mm on the bottom, came out about a half inch then simply stopped turning. Tried everything I could think of. Heat, penetrating lube, long breaker bar, 1/2 drive impact then a huge 3/4 impact and wouldn't budge. Going to have to cut this one. Then we moved on to the front two. Same problem, but no access to the top 22mm nut. Ended up cutting access holes to get to it rather than remove the radiator. First one came out about half inch, then jammed. Second wouldn't budge. 3/4 impact @125psi didn't touch it. Bottom line is now we have to cut the head off and pull the bolt / nut out through the top, but in order to gain enough room to do this the radiator needs to come out anyway. Is there a trick to getting these things out easier next time? No way the shops that work on these every day would spend all day on 6 bolts, just to start whatever project they are working on in the engine bay. 10 minute job is now on day 2. At this point it would have been easier to yank the trans and up-pipes to get that stupid pipe out! [/QUOTE]

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