tecanic1 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Question....anyone know where i can find printed information about body companys must not wire threw the cab because of cab removal. I remember being told of this but now can not find it.....Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Look in here ----> Ford Truck Body Builder Advisory Service Somwhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecanic1 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks for the suggestion...but unable to find it on that site....thats the first place i went and have been surfing that site for a few days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Quote: anyone know where i can find printed information about body companys must not wire threw the cab because of cab removal Now that's funny. Them guys are going to do what ever they want to get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Here, I found this overview (file attachement) on the PTS website. Page 8 mentions body and wiring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 See it all the time. That's what extra time is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yup. I just charge a few extra hours MT. Never had an issue getting it paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecanic1 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Thanks for the info....I have a Town fire chief in talks with a ambulance body builder and he wanted info on how they are not suppose to wire threw the cab because of cab removal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 You know, a LITTLE thought goes a long way. Not wiring from the cab to the chassis or a body on the rear is not always acceptable or practical. The use of CONNECTORS solves this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 The same goes for anything we install at customer request. We do a lot of positive air shut offs.... some of our techs put a great deal of thought into wiring the solenoids... some techs use this as an opportunity to turn the simplest engine related task into a frustrating labour. Even some of the V-Mac installations I have seen have been well thought out... while others resemble a night mare. It becomes obvious which body builders are interested in quality and which can only think of money (scotch locks? - c'mon, guys).... We have seen bundles of wires fatter than Ron Jeremy's dick - every last one of them is 14 ga and all the same colour. Oh... and there ain't but 1 mm of slack in any of them. If you are a tech and you don't list "drinking" as your main hobby..... you gotta be wierd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 ... We have seen bundles of wires fatter than Ron Jeremy's dick ... Ron Jeremy's dick isn't all that fat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Originally Posted By: Jim Warman ... We have seen bundles of wires fatter than Ron Jeremy's dick ... Ron Jeremy's dick isn't all that fat... Now how in the fuck would you guys know this, or not know this? I don't look at dicks (they're for chicks). I look at BOOBIES, preferably big ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I've found that staring at boobs for three or four hours seems to make me dumber than a box of shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I've found that staring at boobs for three or four hours seems to make me dumber than a box of shit!I guess that explains what happened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoWilimek Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 You know, a LITTLE thought goes a long way. Not wiring from the cab to the chassis or a body on the rear is not always acceptable or practical. The use of CONNECTORS solves this issue.I turned down a job on an F550 with a dump box that required lifting the cab. Whoever added the dump box cut a bigass hole in the floor between the seats and ran the hydraulic hoses for the dump control inside the cab. There was a welded on bracket at the top front of the box holding an amber rotary light that would require the box to be tilted before lifting the cab. Didn't look like an easy job at all. It would have been very difficult to co-ordinate lifting the cab with removal of the hydraulic hoses/tilting the box etc. Especially since my hoist is only rated at 9000lbs. I would have had to either start the job on our truck ramp hoist, then transfer it to my hoist to lift the cab, then roll around on a creeper etc. Totally poorly planned during the initial install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikill Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I wish we could turn down jobs in my shop if we can't lift the cab. We simply have to find ways to fix these trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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