Floor holes ideas

[andymans]

Has anyone ever cut a hole in the transmission tunnel to replace outrigger
Trying to get mine back on road
Been sat in garage for a couple of years
Also wot about rewiring the front lights ??????

[Alan Whitaker]

Bad idea, body lift way to go

Alan

[TVRees]

I agree, if it needs welding then go for the body lift. It sounds daunting, but it's not that difficult really and then you can get everything properly repaired.

[GreenV8S]

I don't want to worry you, but be prepared to find that the problem is much, much worse that it looked while the body was on. A body lift is the way to go, not just because it's the best way to get at the outrigger but because it's the only way to find the true extent of the problem.

[phillpot]

andymans said:

Has anyone ever cut a hole in the transmission tunnel to replace outrigger

Transmission tunnel = middle of car

Outriggers = edge of car............

andymans said:

wot about rewiring the front lights ??????

Can you expand on that a bit???????

[Kitchski]

phillpot said:

andymans said:

Has anyone ever cut a hole in the transmission tunnel to replace outrigger

Transmission tunnel = middle of car

Outriggers = edge of car............

He means the bit where the outrigger welds to the main chassis rails.

Cutting holes in the floor is a bodge. If someone had a gun to my head and said I HAD to just change the outriggers on a car, it's body lift, but you can't lift them high enough to do a good job, so any car that has only had outriggers done is compromised to some extent, in my opinion. That's why I don't do them anymore.

Body-off, strip chassis, do it all and do it once. Even if I didn't do them for a living, it's what I'd do now. My first TVR was a Chimaera, and I did a body-lift on that. I hope I never see it again, as the standard of work I'd done would probably depress me! This was before Southways existed, and it was in a damp single garage, in the winter, on the floor, and I used Hammerite (back in the days where I knew no better!)