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by whalesalad 1694 days ago
With that attitude - yes!

I grew up working on cars. It's really not that hard, especially with electric vehicles/retrofitting. The cab is attached to the frame with like 6 bolts. This is a very common practice in shops working on trucks - sometimes it is easiest to just lift the entire cab to work on the truck.

Photo: https://www.dieselworldmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/01...

Doing restomod work is a lot of fun if you are into that sort of thing. You get to play 'car designer' and rebuild a totally new vehicle/powertrain while trying to make it look original.

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Heard that modern truck engine compartments are getting so cramped you gotta lift the cab to even change all the spark plugs. This way dealers can charge $500-$800 for a plug change. (And diesels, which don't have plugs, have even more stuff ($$$) crammed in instead.) It's getting to the point where having the know-how plus equipment to lift a cab is becoming outright essential if you don't want to pay thousands for routine maintenance.