My Body came off

[Mark_S_24]

Hi,

It's taken 17 work days to get to this point, mostly weekends, but the occasional weekday too.
It's a '93 430





The front was being stubborn, so my friend acted as balast, still did a little damage to the fibreglass where the bolts go into the chassis.










Considering it's a 23 year old car, that's not too bad.




Cheers for looking
Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Thanks Chaps.

Don't worry Simon, they weren't that tight to the screen, it just looks that way.
I was more worried about the side windows as they were close, but we had enough people to keep an eye on them.

Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Hi,

I shall post pictures, but only interesting ones :-).
I have loads at the moment... to show where cables connect etc., which aren't very exciting.

Alun
It's just under 61k miles.

Cheers
Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Hi Ivor,

My 17 Working days were about 3 or 4 hours per day (my back eventually gives out) (I think Cokes took less time, check his thread out here as his was more detailed http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...).

About 4 or 5 days I had someone giving me a hand (Which I found good to help me not get frustrated when stuck on something).
I also got good advice, not to get fixated on one problem (leave it & do something you can get on with & come back to it later) (I still have to drill out 2 bolts that hold the bonnet on after they snapped)

I also failed to get one of the manifold bolts out, but Cokes (whose space it is & lives 10 mins away) popped in & did it for me (as I was getting frustrated with it & live 45 mins away, so couldn't just pop in)

I also took my time labelling & photographing EVERYTHING for when I have to put it all back together.
(I used a Dyno labeller... mostly as I can get the labels through work as they are about £6 a pop)
Cokes (who's footsteps I am following) used Take-Away plastic tubs to store bolts/parts in & I have used a CD marker pen to write on the tubs so I know what they contain.

When Cokes did his, it took him about 6 weeks to find a welder who would take the outriggers on. And then a couple of weeks to arrange him to actually turn up & do the welding. So you'll need to find out if you can get someone to do it.

And of course, expect to find things that you will have to replace/change & will sap your funds.

Good Luck
Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Holeee Craipe....

[Mark_S_24]

Hi,

So today one of the things I did was drain the gearbox oil in anticipation of removing it.
Here's what I found.


Glad I already planned to send it away for refurbishment.

Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Some things What I have been doing.

As part of the body off, I decided to recolour the interior, from Boring Battleship Grey (or Flint as is the official description) to Navy Blue/TVR Magnolia.
Not done the Magnolia yet, but here is a comparison between the Flint & Navy Blue (which hasn't got the sealant coat on yet) (I have added the interior pic to see the true colour of Boring Battleship Grey)





And this is ready to go of to a well known V8 Developer.



And the Gearbox/Diff are going away to their spiritual home avenue.



But my back is now killing me & I'm having some Benrinnes Muscle Relaxant.

Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Hi Paul,

I followed this write up here.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=127...

I bought £20 tent from Halfrauds as my spray booth, as I have access to a compressor & spray gun.

I'm about to spray the sealant on (had to re do some that didn't go as planned) but it seems to work well.
Not got to any Leather yet tho, it's all vinyl so far.

Mark S

[Mark_S_24]

Hi,

Some pics to let you know I'm still plodding away.

Found out why my Y Piece rattles



Got the wishbones off.




But it did put up a fight.


Couple of brackets to remove, got a man trying to get my rear bearings out the uprights & then many bushes to cut out before I can send it for blasting.

Blown ECU... going after market?

Mark