to all those who have done body offs

[slideways]

what proceedure and equipment did you use for lifting and supporting the body whilst removing the rolling chassis, and is it a 1 man job?
I have a gantry if that helps
cheers

[carsy]

A couple of trolley jacks front and rear. Some good pieces of wood and axle stands.

Could be done on your own, but two eyes and hands are definately better than one.

[slideways]

carsy said:

A couple of trolley jacks front and rear. Some good pieces of wood and axle stands.

Could be done on your own, but two eyes and hands are definately better than one.

where is safe to place the jack on the tub?

[m4tti]

How long did it take you to prep for the body lift?

Was getting the body back on the refurbed chassis easily done?

[SSPPGG]

i did mine on my own, after loosening and removing everything, actually jacking up the body took about an hour, i decided to go up in small increments front/back/front etc till the body was raised.



from memory, the lowest part of the bodyor body support needed to be 30 inches or so off the ground to roll the chassis out with engine in situ.

put the chassis on wheel dolleys to put it back under when done, which lowered the chassis a few inches.

trickiest bit was making sure the axle stands, perched on a brick tower remained stable.

If i did it again, i would invest in taller stands perhaps,

[carsy]

slideways said:

where is safe to place the jack on the tub?

Dont jack directly onto the tub. The two large pieces of wood under the nose and rear that are on the axle stands. Jack on these.

[hiltonig]

I used a 30tonne iron fairy crane very easy !

[slideways]

hiltonig said:

I used a 30tonne iron fairy crane very easy !

I like a bit of over kill

[pk500]

taking it off there was 3 of us so to make it easy i invited loads round to put it back on

[TJC46]

Home made Scaffold frame. wind each corner a few turns at a time till the body was high enough. Would support it thru the wheel arches, but also extra support under the rear. Its quite a large ae on a chim.

Edited by TJC46 on Friday 23 March 22:33

[SILICONEKID340HP]

TJC46 said:

Home made Scaffold frame. wind each corner a few turns at a time till the body was high enough. Would support it thru the wheel arches, but also extra support under the rear. Its qite a large ae on a chim.

Love the colour ,did you have it painted ?

[TJC46]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

TJC46 said:

Home made Scaffold frame. wind each corner a few turns at a time till the body was high enough. Would support it thru the wheel arches, but also extra support under the rear. Its qite a large ae on a chim.

Love the colour ,did you have it painted ?

No ive never had it painted. It has had the usual front end for stonechips etc but that was well before i purchased the car.
Its listed as Monza red but sometimes in bright sunshine in can look orange/red.