Very very dirty
Very very dirty
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bionicjim

Original Poster:

473 posts

163 months

Monday 10th December 2012
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I wanted to remove the crud from the top of my out Riggers
As in between the out rigger and the under side of the body
Is there a way of lifting the body just a few inches so I can clean rub down and re paint and waxoyl
Any advice would be great

Tanguero

4,535 posts

225 months

Monday 10th December 2012
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To (mis)quote someone on here a while ago "a partial body lift is what you do when you get the body a couple of inches off the chassis and stand back and have a cup of tea before you lift it the rest of the way..."

Bearing in mind the angles involved in getting the tub to clear the top of the engine bay, it is no less work to lift it enough to get to the top of the outriggers than it is to take it right off.

ETA - There will be holes and you will need to get them repaired.

Edited by Tanguero on Monday 10th December 22:12

DAVEY DEE

647 posts

178 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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I saw the topic & thought you'd got a new girlfriend! biglaugh

FarmyardPants

4,316 posts

242 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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DAVEY DEE said:
I saw the topic & thought you'd got a new girlfriend! biglaugh
Your mind needs a body-off biggrin

bionicjim

Original Poster:

473 posts

163 months

Tuesday 11th December 2012
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Dave I was thinking about you in that
Fantastic Christmas jumper

bionicjim

Original Poster:

473 posts

163 months

Wednesday 12th December 2012
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Could you tell me were the bolts are
I know there are the ones in the corners of the out riggers
And the ones for the roll cage
Is there any more
Chears jim

Tanguero

4,535 posts

225 months

Wednesday 12th December 2012
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The workshop manual tells you what you need to disconnect. (and the order to do it in)

anonymous-user

78 months

Wednesday 12th December 2012
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Tanguero said:
The workshop manual tells you what you need to disconnect. (and the order to do it in)
This man knows his stuff....mine would still be connected to each other without his help!

I used this as my basic guide of what to take off, BUT as I found out, not everything is in the same places or there may be extra screws in bloody inaccessible places!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

bionicjim

Original Poster:

473 posts

163 months

Wednesday 12th December 2012
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This is great and very informative
I will defiantly use this when the time comes to do mine
How ever I expect that some of the bolts on mine are in different places
But that's part of the charm of the cerb
I will be practicing on Davey dee's car first
And learn from the mistakes I make on that
Great job and with pictures

DAVEY DEE

647 posts

178 months

Wednesday 12th December 2012
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Get stuck in! I'll go get the fairy liquid.