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December 2007 - Time to drop the cab back on the frame. I hung it from the rafters with eyelets and ropes with slipknots so I could slowly lower it by myself. (I did mention I was an engineer, old and tired, both kids were Eagle Scouts, so something rubbed off. Youngest is in the Army, stationed a Ft. Bragg.) So I did this by myself, hoping not to kill myself in the process.

Hanging from the front. My old friends, the sawhorses were finally retired after about 8 years.

From the side

Rolled the chassis back under the cab.

Several more shots of the cab hanging in mid air!

Now the Fun Part!

I measured and measured. But I didn't properly account for the overhang of the valve covers (a lot more than the factory ones) and the ribbing of the firewall. So, after all my care, I had to slide the cab back, pull the engine, cut (grind) off the tub engine mounts, set them 1.5" further forward, grind off the paint, reweld, adjust the tranny mount, repaint, wait and then put everything back together. Now, I was ready to set the cab.

It took about 5 hours of wiggling, adjusting, swearing and banging my head off the wall to get it. When I finally did, all the bolts just magically fell in place. It's amazing how much being a 1/4" off translates 3 feet away. I knew we took them (the bolts) out off those holes, and the holes through the frame hadn't moved so I figured it should go back together. I did have a lot of thoughts about the frame twisting after 8 years and redoing the rear end and installing the IFS. I also feared that because the structure of the cab had been so deteriorated that the repairs had deformed its shape.

By the way, I did the brake lines since I had everything apart.

Finally.. Cab back on the frame! [Mid Dec. 2007].