2 year old video and STILL comes in handy! I will be removing my truck bed tomorrow, replacing the fuel pumps in my 1994 Ford F150. Dual tanks like yours. Figured, removing the bed would be much easier than trying to drop the tank from underneath by myself alone. Thanks for the video. :)
Thanks for posting this. I have to remove my bed on my 97 f250 OBS Get to the front fuel tank. Replace the showerhead fuel pickup foot. I wasn't sure about the wiring. But mine is exactly like yours. So I'm good to go now! Thanks again!!
I actually made a newer video, and it shows the bed being lifted up by the engine hoist, but the concept is the same. You can definitely do it by yourself although, having friends makes it a little easier, you can still do it by yourself, best of luck, sir.
Its real easy when its already off. Those bolts are in some pretty nasty, tight spots on the inner frame, especially the middle ones. The nut is tucked into a corner behind the rear wheel and axle. These are 18mm nuts. Use lots of wd or pb! Air tools were definitely necessary. Also had to use flexible extension. Nasty upside down job. Good luck if everything's rusted... Luckily mine was pretty clean. Btw, these bolts are made of unobtainium!
What do you mean by flexible extension? I see actual flexible extensions for 1/4" and 3/8" drives but not for 1/2". Do you mean "wobble" extensions? Or, do you mean universal joint socket adapters?
Looking to restore my truck, taking the bed off and the bolt is spinning with the nut, is there a tool i can use to keep it from doing that? dont really wanna search for new bolts if i cut em.
I actually had to grind the top of the bolts off in the bed for at least four of the six sorry but those bolts are pretty old and they were just not come out the way they came the way they went in
How heavy is that truck bed? One recommendation I can see would be to put it on sawhorses so you don't have to lift it up all the way from the ground. But, that will require two or four people to take it off and put it on. I better go make some new friends now.
@@7906jen Well, I don't have enough friends to do it properly. But, many years ago I bought an electric hoist that I've never used. Maybe I could hang it in the garage and use it to lift the bed and then drive out from under. I'll have to give that some thought. I see that Harbor Freight sells a 1 ton Gantry Crane on wheels that would be handy. But that $ 830 price tag is a bit high for one use.
What I didn’t show was how I described, have the bed rest to lift off, I tilted the passenger side up and slowly slide toward driver side. Eventually it will tilt and want to slide off the frame on the driver side. You will not damage any parts as long as the filler necks have been dropped down as seen in the video. It’s really easy and doable by yourself
@@7906jen I'm trying to picture what you did in my head. Did you push it to the driver side until it wanted to tip, then roll it so the quarter panel and fuel doors were laying flat on the ground and the bed was vertical, then roll it upside down?
I got a 96 that I'm putting a bed on with nothing to go buy I bought a pickup bed to go back on it i need to know about the BIG flat washer and rubber washers go on the frame how many and where?
You can reach it with an extension but I believe I ended up cutting off the Bolt in the bed because the nut Was rusted to the point it would not thread off. Hope this helps. A lot of people just grind or cut off the heads of the bolts in the bed itself
None of this tells you how to do it alone. It tells you what needs to be done for the bed to come free from the frame and you tell us your results. Pretty lame actually. Too bad you can't give my 3:47 back.
Thanks man. I have a 1966 f-100 that needs the bed removed to treat for rust and this gives me a good idea how it comes off. Thank you
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2 year old video and STILL comes in handy! I will be removing my truck bed tomorrow, replacing the fuel pumps in my 1994 Ford F150. Dual tanks like yours. Figured, removing the bed would be much easier than trying to drop the tank from underneath by myself alone. Thanks for the video. :)
I may update the video to include the actual removal of the bed to show you how it’s done. Putting it on takes at least 3 people
Yea I thought that’s what I was going to watch.
This video is going to come in handy. I just acquired a 1995 Ford F250 and I want to remove the bed to treat for rust. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this. I have to remove my bed on my 97 f250 OBS Get to the front fuel tank. Replace the showerhead fuel pickup foot. I wasn't sure about the wiring. But mine is exactly like yours. So I'm good to go now! Thanks again!!
I actually made a newer video, and it shows the bed being lifted up by the engine hoist, but the concept is the same. You can definitely do it by yourself although, having friends makes it a little easier, you can still do it by yourself, best of luck, sir.
Its real easy when its already off. Those bolts are in some pretty nasty, tight spots on the inner frame, especially the middle ones. The nut is tucked into a corner behind the rear wheel and axle. These are 18mm nuts. Use lots of wd or pb! Air tools were definitely necessary. Also had to use flexible extension. Nasty upside down job. Good luck if everything's rusted... Luckily mine was pretty clean. Btw, these bolts are made of unobtainium!
Story of my life with the rusted bolts....what a pain !! Argh
We always just cut them off and replace
What do you mean by flexible extension? I see actual flexible extensions for 1/4" and 3/8" drives but not for 1/2". Do you mean "wobble" extensions? Or, do you mean universal joint socket adapters?
You could've showed how you took the bed off! 🙍🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
thank you for the advice I my self am work on a Ford but way older
I’ll have more to add when I put the new bed on the truck
Thank you so much for this.
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Great video! Very cool! Thank you!
Wish you showed actually removing it and not the after......
What size of bolts did you use to replace the ground off ones
Man I wish I remembered what I used. I took one of the bolts that I cut off to Home Depot
Looking to restore my truck, taking the bed off and the bolt is spinning with the nut, is there a tool i can use to keep it from doing that? dont really wanna search for new bolts if i cut em.
I actually had to grind the top of the bolts off in the bed for at least four of the six sorry but those bolts are pretty old and they were just not come out the way they came the way they went in
why did you removed it? if it was to do new fuel pumps i would like to see that.
The old bed was pretty rotted/rusted, replaced it with a southern bed. Before I put the new bed on, decided to do a video
How heavy is that truck bed? One recommendation I can see would be to put it on sawhorses so you don't have to lift it up all the way from the ground. But, that will require two or four people to take it off and put it on. I better go make some new friends now.
You can do it with 2 but I recommmend 4 if you don’t want to mess up your nice bed
@@7906jen Well, I don't have enough friends to do it properly. But, many years ago I bought an electric hoist that I've never used. Maybe I could hang it in the garage and use it to lift the bed and then drive out from under. I'll have to give that some thought. I see that Harbor Freight sells a 1 ton Gantry Crane on wheels that would be handy. But that $ 830 price tag is a bit high for one use.
Where do I live? If your close I can help you??
@@7906jen I was being silly when I made that comment. I'm in the center of New York State.
Ok,so how did you do it? You lifted the passenger side and moved it towards the back?
I lifted the bed from the passenger side and slid it off the driver side
What I didn’t show was how I described, have the bed rest to lift off, I tilted the passenger side up and slowly slide toward driver side. Eventually it will tilt and want to slide off the frame on the driver side. You will not damage any parts as long as the filler necks have been dropped down as seen in the video. It’s really easy and doable by yourself
Lift from the passenger side wheel well and push it side ways toward the driver side
@@Merciful2u it actually will slide on the bottom bed rail support, so it will not damage it. Hope that helps
@@7906jen I'm trying to picture what you did in my head. Did you push it to the driver side until it wanted to tip, then roll it so the quarter panel and fuel doors were laying flat on the ground and the bed was vertical, then roll it upside down?
I got a 96 that I'm putting a bed on with nothing to go buy I bought a pickup bed to go back on it i need to know about the BIG flat washer and rubber washers go on the frame how many and where?
On top of each part of the frame where each bolt goes through. It’s just so it’s not metal on metal
I wonder if it would be possible to take the bed off of a newer flare side F150 and put it on one of these old 1980s versions?
I’ll come video that for ya
Did you have to remove the rear bumper first? Or, was it off for another reason?
Mine is a massive Ranch hand.
You can leave the bumper on, just have to lift it a bit higher and you likely will need another pair of hands to do it
I seen the bumper off ......does it have to come off to?
It could get in the way if you don’t lift it high enough but not totally necessary to remove it
Where did you find your new bed bolts?
I used a set from a 2005 and up. They work almost the same.
Do you have to remove the bumper to take it off
It’s easier to take off the bed with it off but you can remove the bed with the bumper on
Thank you
Send video of the removal itself.
Thanks
I have a ford f 150 with two fuel tanks, do it have two fuel pumps or one
It has a pump in each tank
Easy way to install a lift kit🥲
Yep
What part of Philly did you grow up?
What??
@@7906jen Your thick Philly accent. Where did you grow up?
I'm planning on doing this is it necessary to remove the bumper?
No but you have to lift it up a little higher to not damage your bed
What's easier drop tank or remove the bed?
Ah man take the bed off. Sometimes it really difficult to get the tank exactly I. The right spot. So taking the bed off is def the way to go
Awesome thanks
How hard is it to get the bolt out next to the front tank
You can reach it with an extension but I believe I ended up cutting off the Bolt in the bed because the nut Was rusted to the point it would not thread off. Hope this helps. A lot of people just grind or cut off the heads of the bolts in the bed itself
What did you use to cut the rusted bolts
All I could imagine is an dremel or something. Pretty tight up in there
I carefully use an angle grinder
So easy to do
do you have a video that actually shows you doing this alone?
I don’t just the after math
What tools did you use
Grinder for the bed bolts, and simple socket set and a flat head screwdriver is all you need
Basic hand tools, nothing special. I believe the bed bolts are 18mm
I just cut my bed apart
Ruined a good bed?
None of this tells you how to do it alone. It tells you what needs to be done for the bed to come free from the frame and you tell us your results. Pretty lame actually. Too bad you can't give my 3:47 back.
Look on my CZcams page, posted another video demonstrating this very thing you were asking about. Sorry
seen 4-5 vids like this. no one says what size socket is used or torq.