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I bought some to use as lifting pads on eg two post hoists. Years of daily use and they are still virtually unmarked. Not only are they kind to the car's jacking points, but they also protect the OE rubber pads of the hoist, which can cost £15 to £25 each to replace 
They are incredibly dense, tough, tear resistant and hard wearing, but I can't say how they'd fare in oil.
They are incredibly dense, tough, tear resistant and hard wearing, but I can't say how they'd fare in oil.
A progress update. I got everything disconnected and unbolted to lift the body, then realised I couldnt get anyone round my house to lift the body off due to covid lockdown. However "needs must" so I have removed the body myself , made about 100 times more difficult by doing it in a cramped shipping container.
Had to resort to medieval technology and after 2 short winter days fighting with the thing finally manged to get it off unscathed. Yes I am slow.
Had to make a makeshift gantry setup and ratchet straps to support the front and a scaffold pole across the rear of the body though the wheel wells supported by axle stands. Underestimated the height I needed to lift the body and needed to rejig the setup a few times. Anyways a few dodgy moments but it's off.
No holes in the chassis , but difficult to tell what state it's in until it's fully stripped and shot blasted. Next job make up a dolly for the body out of spare wood, stick body into my box trailer and then wheel chassis back into the shipping container to start stripping it.
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Had to resort to medieval technology and after 2 short winter days fighting with the thing finally manged to get it off unscathed. Yes I am slow.
Had to make a makeshift gantry setup and ratchet straps to support the front and a scaffold pole across the rear of the body though the wheel wells supported by axle stands. Underestimated the height I needed to lift the body and needed to rejig the setup a few times. Anyways a few dodgy moments but it's off.
No holes in the chassis , but difficult to tell what state it's in until it's fully stripped and shot blasted. Next job make up a dolly for the body out of spare wood, stick body into my box trailer and then wheel chassis back into the shipping container to start stripping it.
[url]Thanks for kind words so far. So made up a wooden dolly for the body (which is surprisingly heavy) and with the wife's help got it pushed out of the shipping container down a ramp and on it's way to the box trailer where it will be living for the foreseeable. A quick measurement revealed I have a full 5cm extra space length and width in the trailer to take the body!
The Trailer had a winch on it which I took off and bolted to the shipping container floor and used to pull the rolling chassis back into the container. Not having steering made things awkward but using a 8ft long 3 inch post I was able to "row" either end of the car about to get it lined up. Put the winch back on the box trailer as will need it to pull the body up the ramp on the back, which I'll be doing tomorrow. Spent the rest of the day clearing out the box trailer which was near full. As the trailer is 6ft6 high I am going to chock the body up high so I can store stuff underneath it. Once thats done may give it a couple days before staring work again,as currently loaded with the man flu!
The Trailer had a winch on it which I took off and bolted to the shipping container floor and used to pull the rolling chassis back into the container. Not having steering made things awkward but using a 8ft long 3 inch post I was able to "row" either end of the car about to get it lined up. Put the winch back on the box trailer as will need it to pull the body up the ramp on the back, which I'll be doing tomorrow. Spent the rest of the day clearing out the box trailer which was near full. As the trailer is 6ft6 high I am going to chock the body up high so I can store stuff underneath it. Once thats done may give it a couple days before staring work again,as currently loaded with the man flu!
Edited by calum62 on Tuesday 26th January 20:56
So not a very good day today, in fact an unmitigated disaster
Started winching my Taimar into the box trailer and just about everything that could go wrong did, The winch cable jammed, half way up the ramp, then one of my scaffold boards shifted and one of the castors on my trolly fell off down the gap! Having 4 casters was a bad idea because on a slope the trolly was all over the place. As I had at most 2 inches to spare width wise I decided that if I continued (my pushing the thing up the ramp) I was going to end up damaging the body shell. So abandoned the whole thing, fixed a pallet on to the bottom of the now self destructing trolley and used my tractor (every man needs one
) to get control of the situation ! Looks to me like the body will need to stay outside under a tarp for the time being. Been fairly brutal weather wise here not really been above freezing for days.
Somewhat crest fallen I got fish and chips for supper and some much needed cider from Tesco.
Still no damage done so I'll take that given the way things were going....
Started winching my Taimar into the box trailer and just about everything that could go wrong did, The winch cable jammed, half way up the ramp, then one of my scaffold boards shifted and one of the castors on my trolly fell off down the gap! Having 4 casters was a bad idea because on a slope the trolly was all over the place. As I had at most 2 inches to spare width wise I decided that if I continued (my pushing the thing up the ramp) I was going to end up damaging the body shell. So abandoned the whole thing, fixed a pallet on to the bottom of the now self destructing trolley and used my tractor (every man needs one
) to get control of the situation ! Looks to me like the body will need to stay outside under a tarp for the time being. Been fairly brutal weather wise here not really been above freezing for days.Somewhat crest fallen I got fish and chips for supper and some much needed cider from Tesco.
Still no damage done so I'll take that given the way things were going....
Edited by calum62 on Tuesday 26th January 20:56
calum62 said:
So not a very good day today, in fact an unmitigated disaster
Started winching my Taimar into the box trailer and just about everything that could go wrong did, The winch cable jammed, half way up the ramp, then one of my scaffold boards shifted and one of the castors on my trolly fell off down the gap! Having 4 casters was a bad idea because on a slope the trolly was all over the place. As I had at most 2 inches to spare width wise I decided that if I continued (my pushing the thing up the ramp) I was going to end up damaging the body shell. So abandoned the whole thing, fixed a pallet on to the bottom of the now self destructing trolley and used my tractor (every man needs one) to get control of the situation ! Looks to me like the body will need to stay outside under a tarp for the time being. Been fairly brutal weather wise here not really been above freezing for days.
Somewhat crest fallen I got fish and chips for supper and some much needed cider from Tesco.
Still no damage done so I'll take that given the way things were going....
Just wrap it in a tarp and plonk it on the grass.. assume you will be painting it anyway.. Started winching my Taimar into the box trailer and just about everything that could go wrong did, The winch cable jammed, half way up the ramp, then one of my scaffold boards shifted and one of the castors on my trolly fell off down the gap! Having 4 casters was a bad idea because on a slope the trolly was all over the place. As I had at most 2 inches to spare width wise I decided that if I continued (my pushing the thing up the ramp) I was going to end up damaging the body shell. So abandoned the whole thing, fixed a pallet on to the bottom of the now self destructing trolley and used my tractor (every man needs one
) to get control of the situation ! Looks to me like the body will need to stay outside under a tarp for the time being. Been fairly brutal weather wise here not really been above freezing for days.Somewhat crest fallen I got fish and chips for supper and some much needed cider from Tesco.
Still no damage done so I'll take that given the way things were going....
Edited by calum62 on Tuesday 26th January 20:56
its not as if it will go rusty and no one is going to nick it N.
plasticpig72 said:
Try to find a way to get into container because under a Tarp you will get lots of Blisters. Try and get the Body in dry place.
Alan
As long as there is ventilation you should be ok, I put my body under a canvas type tarp for all the winter months (in the UK) and it was fine. Obviously stuff that traps moisture, plastic, non breathable materials etc is a no,noAlan
But as you say if there is an option to get it undercover then do so.
Zeb74 said:
Now you're talking! An all train fork lift or a slightly over engineered engine crane 
Yea the paint on the body is blistered already sadly, but I have a decent canvas tarp I'm going to be using meantime. There's a lad up the road from me with a old barn which is empty, I'm trying to see if I can get it in there, he's like the Scarlet pimpernel though!
No question I 'll need to build a garage this year.
Bit of an update. Still very cold up here but at least been dry last couple days.
Got my rolling chassis up on axle stands and removed the exhaust from the down pipe back, angle grinder used as hopelessly rusty. Will be looking to fit stainless manifolds and down pipes (I have a full replacement exhaust I got with the car which is down pipe back)
Pulled the propshaft off.
Engine mounting bolts removed ( took ages as seized and access a pig) , used a load strap to tie up the gearbox end to the chassis and removed the gearbox mounting.
No engine crane or load leveler available so used the same frame I had constructed to lift the body with "hellboy" to do the lifting. Used a ratchet strap from the gearbox to act as a load lever. Ran out of jacking space so had to take the front wheels off and drop the front so the discs were nearly on the deck.
Engine and box came out with a bit of struggle and was dumped onto an old trolly I had left over from a previous fight with a cast iron stove.
Should have drained the gearbox oil and a fair bit tipped out the propshaft hole as I tilted the engine
All in all done worse jobs, but cant remember when
Hellboy:
Engine on the way:
Engine out:
Got my rolling chassis up on axle stands and removed the exhaust from the down pipe back, angle grinder used as hopelessly rusty. Will be looking to fit stainless manifolds and down pipes (I have a full replacement exhaust I got with the car which is down pipe back)
Pulled the propshaft off.
Engine mounting bolts removed ( took ages as seized and access a pig) , used a load strap to tie up the gearbox end to the chassis and removed the gearbox mounting.
No engine crane or load leveler available so used the same frame I had constructed to lift the body with "hellboy" to do the lifting. Used a ratchet strap from the gearbox to act as a load lever. Ran out of jacking space so had to take the front wheels off and drop the front so the discs were nearly on the deck.
Engine and box came out with a bit of struggle and was dumped onto an old trolly I had left over from a previous fight with a cast iron stove.
Should have drained the gearbox oil and a fair bit tipped out the propshaft hole as I tilted the engine
All in all done worse jobs, but cant remember when
Hellboy:
Engine on the way:
Engine out:
Auto sparks list a replacement harness for M series cars which should be fairly similar to Taimar. I’m presently doing a 3000M (was a 77 build with the stealth black pack for the wiring...) which is a bit modded so went for one of their “Deluxe Front Engined Kit Car” harnesses which was happily a bit cheaper than the TVR spec one.
Looking at your pics reminds me how much I lucked out with my base car. It had been fully rebuilt in the mid 1980s & whatever they used to coat the chassis has protected it incredibly well (the chassis refurb was done by the TVR factory as I have the receipt for it!).
Good luck with it though, good time to start as the peak of enthusiasm is required when the weather is at its worst!
Stew.
Looking at your pics reminds me how much I lucked out with my base car. It had been fully rebuilt in the mid 1980s & whatever they used to coat the chassis has protected it incredibly well (the chassis refurb was done by the TVR factory as I have the receipt for it!).
Good luck with it though, good time to start as the peak of enthusiasm is required when the weather is at its worst!
Stew.
calum62 said:
No holes in the chassis , but difficult to tell what state it's in until it's fully stripped and shot blasted.
Russ Wood (RIP) took great pleasure in attacking my chassis with a childs rubber mallet, seeing it crumble around the diff area and on the square section boxes across the car at the back was quite an eyeopener - it looked quote good up until that point!!That's probably the worst bit of my chassis as well. . The square sections also look like one of the more changeling bits to replace due to the number of connections they have. I now have the front of chassis completely stripped and it looks pretty good.
At the rear I have wire brushed all the bolts and am giving them a few soaking of releasing oil before I start disassembly. Initial plan is to disconnect the drive shafts, take off the shocks and unbolt the wishbones to take each "corner" off in a single piece. That way it can be disassembled on the bench. The Diff looks to be secured by some real Victorian engineering and huge bolts. Expecting a fight!
Constructing these chassis's originally must have taken an age, never seen a more complicated arrangement. It must be strong as feck though.
At the rear I have wire brushed all the bolts and am giving them a few soaking of releasing oil before I start disassembly. Initial plan is to disconnect the drive shafts, take off the shocks and unbolt the wishbones to take each "corner" off in a single piece. That way it can be disassembled on the bench. The Diff looks to be secured by some real Victorian engineering and huge bolts. Expecting a fight!
Constructing these chassis's originally must have taken an age, never seen a more complicated arrangement. It must be strong as feck though.
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