Turbo journey cab on

[Brad Clayton]

Working down here in the South affords a lot of luxury in the automotive repair end of things. Some jobs that I would have never tackled in Vermont are relatively easy down here. Case in point, turbo removal on a 6.4. Now I have done this in the past with the cab on and it was not a cake walk by any means. I had to remove these turbos again (a comeback) as the high pressure drain tube leaked after I originally replaced the turbos. I was looking for the quickest way to get this job done.
 
I did a partial cab lift that only requires the bare minimum to lift the front of the cab about 4 inches. I removed the complete air box and this allowed room to stuff the air inlet over out of the way without removing the ccv hose.
 



 
I removed the upper radiator hose from the radiator. I always orient the upper hose clip with the opening facing up so it can be removed without interfering with the upper shroud.
 

 
I then removed the degas bottle.
 


Next, is the turbo crossover tube.





Both upper charge air cooler hoses are disconnected and the transmission cooler line clip is disengaged from the frame.



The body is lifted in the front (only 4 bolts removed (6 if crew cab)) and the return power steering hose is monitored so it doesn't get stretched.





Some views.







The offending unit.



The only CAC hoses I torque are 6.4's.....mandatory in my opinion.



I always replace the radiator hose o-rings and degas bottle hose o-ring.



This allows this operation to work more effectively.



And that was it, I was able to repair the leak and shipped this puppy out before lunch.