Buying a dump truck from the scrapyard and swapping the cab on it (F800)

Songs used in this video,
Up the Steps - Geographer
werq - Kevin McCould
Where We Wanna Go - Patrick Patrikios

[@wayneparks6195]

You young man have a fabulous memory. I would have forgot 90% of were those wires went. I am in awe. Great job.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. It's not as complicated as it looks lol.

[@richardphelan8414]

What's better than hanging in a junk yard on a Sunday and getting a Dump truck running and driving. Take Note This a young Man who truly loves what he's doing ,and gets it done, I would to know where you were trained, You definitely have some mad skills , Cutting heavy scaled rust with a torch will have a tendency to blow back pop and explode on ya

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks a lot. Everything I know comes from KZbin university and the school of hard knocks lol.

[@ianwinfield929]

18:54 Love seeing the hose clamps holding the rubber mounts together to prevent it from exploding under compression. Vice Grip Garage would be proud!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah looks like the last owner was an expert at getting home lol.

[@ReigningUp]

I noticed that too!

[@bassackwards0193847]

Wow , you are one smart guy . I used to work as a mechanic back in the seventys . But if you showed me that wiring harness and said Hook it up ! I would have screamed and ran out of the building .

[@AlwaysBored123]

Haha thanks. It's really not too terrible on an old, bare bones truck like this. There's only a few connections you could hook up wrong and they'd be easy to figure out if you did. The worst part was prying all those 30 year old plastic connectors apart by hand!

[@brianandlindafairchild1237]

Good job, young man.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thank you.

[@Neil-ru7kw]

Well done 👍👍👍👍

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks!

[@monteclark1115]

Great job. I would definitely paint the underside of the cab with galvanizing paint or rustolium so that it doesn’t end up like the old cab

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. I might put some on there but it should be fine since they don't salt the roads here.

[@jackrichards1863]

​@@AlwaysBored123 nope. You got to paint all bare steel. With any good oil based paint if you want to go budget. Epoxy is good of course. Just then you have to do tonnes more prep. Crappy old enamel paints are damn good coatings. Thin it plenty and paint over everything you wanna cover. Give it a couple more coats thinned as reqd. after it dries for a week. A barrier to airborne moisture and you'll have problems, covered with corrosion. You have done a good job of that.

[@hilham89]

I honestly cant believe it started wirh water in it. Just cant kill these older vehicles

[@AlwaysBored123]

Those old Ford/New Holland 6.6 and 7.8's are apparently pretty unstoppable.

[@rogerjustice8835]

Excellent job on the cab swap, rust repair, and modifications, just curious why you didn’t replace the starter and ring gear while you had the access to them. Also love the old dodge truck would like to see more details on it. I love to see the younger generation fixing instead of replacing, excellent job young man keep it up new subscriber here.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Just laziness I guess. I wish I had replaced it while I had the cab off but I decided I had enough on my plate and wanted to get it back together. Might need to make a video on the Dodge it's been a good truck. Thanks for watching!

[@hilham89]

Although people say the Detroits aren't good engines they have lasted thos long and most are still kicking today. The truck i run now has the new Detroit in it and i tell you what that thing cant be stopped. It out powers and out pulls the other truck i drive which has the Cummins in it. In the end i like the video and i would love to get a single axle dump truck. I use to run tri-axles with the Allison transmission and the Cummins in it which was way under powered for what we hauled.

[@AlwaysBored123]

That is true for all the crap that gets talked about the 8.2 Detroit's there are still a fair number of them out making money.

[@bobobrazil1973]

That engine sounds really good.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah it runs really well.

[@curtisricks9043]

Cool, can't wait to see more.

[@willtricks9432]

Looks good with the lifted cab. Starter needs a bit of care along with the other issues to fix. Cheers

[@kevineleven5610]

Well done 👍

[@L.A.Concrete]

Keep the videos coming we wanna see the rest of the project

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks for the encouragement! I've got it 98% done just need to put on some finishing touches and get to hauling.

[@ganjafarmer1572]

Thanks for this video. I drove a similar truck in the late 80's , flatbed, not a dump, pulling a trailer w/ backhoe or skid steer. Good engines , don't know about the automatic, mine was a 5 speed with a splitter if I remember correctly. Plan on a bumpy ride , your truck has a short wheelbase

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thank you for watching. I've heard nothing but praise for these old Ford/New Holland diesels and Allison autos. It does ride rough for sure hopefully the suspension seat will help with that.

[@brandonsilvay4822]

. The bottom of the Steering wheel is pointing straight up. If I compared to some of my F3 fifties I have that have the same Steering wheel.

[@AlwaysBored123]

The wheel on this is bigger than on any pickups I've seen.

[@brandonsilvay4822]

@@AlwaysBored123 It's a little bit bigger. I actually just hold A F750 cab. To the scrapyard and I have AF 800 and they were the point in. The? Other directhen what. The one you have does

[@lasersights]

8:08. That must be what the toilet sees after taco bell

[@billjunking_fool5549]

Nice job funny thing is I ran out of gas yesterday going for a test drive

[@andrewhorsburgh2549]

Also thought you would have splashed some paint and under seal when it was stripped down.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Nah painting stuff goes against my principles.

[@francescofro7485]

I love your vids

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks man! I'm working on a few as we speak. Wish I could get them out faster.

[@jackrichards1863]

Alls well that ends well Ae? The cab seems a bit odd up that high which is noticeable. It only matters if you are full and driving down a rough track causing the box to batter the roof? You made a better truck of the two though. The worst thing about it is you become the standing professional when you get so in depth. Means mechanics will to take least as long as you have spent already to understand what problems that could arise. Most of them haven't worked on one for ten or twenty years.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah it does look a little strange sitting up so high but oh well. Hopefully the frame won't flex enough to let the box touch the cab I actually didn't think about that. I work on all my own stuff so I'm not worried about other mechanics getting confused lol.

[@jackrichards1863]

@@AlwaysBored123 you can switch out the trans tunnel if you feel it would be better at a later time anyway. I have a base bent 8 like that and those problems are the same. They're based on the Cummins. Better for constant rpm like generators boats those sort of applications. Many were in trucks hough I hear the liners commonly split and those crank bearings burn up.

[@ReigningUp]

Why not use rust converter paint while it was apart? Cost?

[@AlwaysBored123]

I just didn't consider it necessary. The frame had very little rust on it and they don't salt the roads here so I don't expect it to get any worse.

[@carlsmith2826]

After all the time and effort into the cab swap you didn’t take the time to protect the metal floor pan with a rubber strap coating?

[@AlwaysBored123]

No. Those types of coatings are expensive, difficult to apply correctly, and unnecessary imo. The first cab rusted out due to road salt, and the second one got rusty because someone used old house carpet as a floor mat which trapped water against it. They don't salt the roads here so I think it will be fine how it is.

[@Windstonemtn]

How did you deal with different VIN #s ?

[@AlwaysBored123]

The vins's follow the cabs. That's actually a big part of why I swapped them. The original was rusted out and didn't have a title. The donor cab solved both those issues.

[@frerecampbell9291]

Hi, I've subscribed, why was the exhaust pipe spraying brown rust or liquid? Thanks.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. That was just rain water that accumulated in there while it sat. As far as I know.

[@darrinfry2251]

Dang going that fast and your batteries not lock in or are they ?

[@AlwaysBored123]

They'll be fine lol.

[@darrinfry2251]

@@AlwaysBored123 oh will they ..lol

[@andrewhorsburgh2549]

Would it not been easier to swap the deck over?

[@AlwaysBored123]

It would have but then I would've ended up with a worse engine, transmission, and suspension.

[@justincregar4157]

Is that was me I did all the hard work on changing out Cam's of the dump truck I want to repeat the whole truck

[@kfourom]

Looked like you missed a lot of little holes in the cab floor.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah I was just trying to close up the big ones.

[@ramblingman8992]

Would it not have been easier to transfer the tipper system over

[@AlwaysBored123]

It probably would have but the rusted truck had a better engine, transmission, and suspension so I elected to swap the cabs.

[@PAUL-1961.]

I would have kept your original gauge cluster,milage will be reg....to your title frrom the new cab

[@AlwaysBored123]

My state doesn't put the mileage on the title. Or at least they didn't for any of the old cars I've ever owned. I think I did end up swapping the gauge clusters anyway though for a different issue.

[@melvincapps5975]

Put some heat to it it'll loosen up

[@grubkiller9193]

bro is pinkman

[@PAUL-1961.]

No Brake lights

[@AlwaysBored123]

I got those working now.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Absolutely amazing no job to big what a legend 🦘

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks I try lol.