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Mar 21, 2017 | 12:20 PM

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clm65

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Originally Posted by paintballdude05

As far as dash removal goes, there's a YouTube video kicking around where the person goes into a fair amount of detail on how it's done.

Can you tell me if I need to removed the nav system from the dash, or just the whole dash as one assembly? Some of the videos show them taking pretty much the whole dash apart piece-by-piece, while some just seem to take out the bolts on the sides, top, and bottom and remove the whole thing together. I'm ok going either way, but I really don't want to do more than necessary.

Mar 21, 2017 | 12:25 PM

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paintballdude05

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I don't have nav, I just have the basic Sync system, but I didn't have to take any of the radio apart to get the dash out.

Mar 21, 2017 | 01:30 PM

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Ford factory manuals

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Hmm, after looking at that video, I have to wonder if they are licensed by Ford to sell them, if not Ford will sue the crap out of them so get em while you can. Ford sells the same thing but at a substantially higher price. Paid $170 for my disk.
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Hmm, yeah, I'm not sure about the legal part. I've found threads on here dating back almost a year, and I guess Ford hasn't objected yet. I guess I am allowed to create a short term (72hrs?) account with Ford and download whatever I want from the manual. I think Factory Manuals creates that account and downloads the information for me. And then packages it up in a nice PDF file. So they are kinda working as my agent. I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say if that is legal or not.

Greetings. I come from the world of VW's with Bentley brand Service Manuals being the preferred manual. I like to do all my maintenance on my vehicles, and I like be as thorough as I can be. (see my VW's maintenance tracking thread: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php… ) I'd like to start something similar for my new to me F150 and am looking for the best service manual to use.

Are there any advantages in spending the extra money for the Helm Manual (~$170) over buying the cheaper "Factory Manuals" version (~$60)?

Thanks.

The new to me truck.
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Mar 24, 2017 | 12:32 PM

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clm65

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I've never seen a Helm manual, so I can't compare, but I've just about got my dash out (waiting on my kids to get home from school so that they can help me lift it out). I've gotten this far using the manual I got through Factory Manuals. I'm pretty happy with it. I believe it is the one the Ford techs use, so that is good enough for me.

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