Work has begun. Spent about 10 hours on it yesterday with a buddy. Made some good progress and then hit a major blockage. But it was 1:30AM at blockage so I called it for the day. So far:
- Unhooked all the NOX sensors and sensors for the exhaust.
- Dropped & removed exhaust
- Removed all heat shields and splash shields
- Unhooked and freed up sensors/cables attached to Xfer case and trans
- Removed rear driveshaft at Xfer case (suspended under truck)
- Removed front driveshaft at Xfer case and front diff
- Drained trans fluid
- Freed up DPF (this things sucks and is the current blockage)
- Contemplated life choices
So we stopped when we realized the access panel for the flywheel bolts is blocked by the DPF. The TIS is laughable when they mention "setting the DPF to the side." There is literally ZERO room to access the 10mm bolt holding the access panel in. And even if you could get it out (we broke it loose) you would have no access to your flywheel bolts.
My guess is that I am going to have to remove the DPF. That looks fun as it will involve suspending the engine and lowering the subframe. Amazing packaging job... but sucks to work on anything on these diesels.
Will post some pictures later.