Car Spit/Rotisserie
Discussion
Afternoon all,
I had a quick search but don't utilise the Forum on here too much so it might be my lack of familiarity, so excuse me if this has been asked before!
I'm currently in the process of carrying out some loving restoration of my crusty MX5, mostly involving it's fairly crusty undercarriage.
I was in the process of getting my hands on a second hand car spit, but that seems to have gone to pot - the seller has seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth, so was wondering if anyone has a spit sat gathering dust that they would either like to temporarily, or permanently, part with for a sum of cash?
Ideally based in east Kent, but willing to travel to most parts of the South East, will need to be collapsible as it's going in the back of an A6 avant.
In fairly urgent need as I've got sills and chassis rails that need some chopping and welding which is holding up all other progress!
Thanks in advance
Nathan
I had a quick search but don't utilise the Forum on here too much so it might be my lack of familiarity, so excuse me if this has been asked before!
I'm currently in the process of carrying out some loving restoration of my crusty MX5, mostly involving it's fairly crusty undercarriage.
I was in the process of getting my hands on a second hand car spit, but that seems to have gone to pot - the seller has seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth, so was wondering if anyone has a spit sat gathering dust that they would either like to temporarily, or permanently, part with for a sum of cash?
Ideally based in east Kent, but willing to travel to most parts of the South East, will need to be collapsible as it's going in the back of an A6 avant.
In fairly urgent need as I've got sills and chassis rails that need some chopping and welding which is holding up all other progress!
Thanks in advance
Nathan
When I did sills & chassis rails on my, and other MX5's I used four 500 mm axle stands, and a high lift 2.5 tonne trolly jack to get it up there.
I now have a scissor lift that lifts to 1100 mm which saves my back, but I wouldn't roll an MX5 over, or any other car unless it was an every component
full strip down, bare body resto.
Paul G
I now have a scissor lift that lifts to 1100 mm which saves my back, but I wouldn't roll an MX5 over, or any other car unless it was an every component
full strip down, bare body resto.
Paul G
finishing touch said:
When I did sills & chassis rails on my, and other MX5's I used four 500 mm axle stands, and a high lift 2.5 tonne trolly jack to get it up there.
I now have a scissor lift that lifts to 1100 mm which saves my back, but I wouldn't roll an MX5 over, or any other car unless it was an every component
full strip down, bare body resto.
Paul G
The plan is a bare shell restoration. I dropped the fuel tank and brake lines last night so all that's left is the wiring loom on the car, which i just need to pull through the bulkhead and then it's a bare shell!I now have a scissor lift that lifts to 1100 mm which saves my back, but I wouldn't roll an MX5 over, or any other car unless it was an every component
full strip down, bare body resto.
Paul G
Will be removing all the original underseal and renewing whilst I'm doing the rails and sills, so quite a lot of work under the car, which is why I'd prefer a rollover jig!
Ah! a full resto. Fair enough then.
My mate bought a restored MG and that had hundreds of photo's with it. They had rolled it over onto old mattresses. (But you need more room)
The only reservation I have with roll over jigs is that if you cut away chassis you weaken the body until new metal is welded in.
On my MX5 mk 2.5 I cut away those infamous front chassis rails while supported on stands at the front footwells.
I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
Paul G
My mate bought a restored MG and that had hundreds of photo's with it. They had rolled it over onto old mattresses. (But you need more room)
The only reservation I have with roll over jigs is that if you cut away chassis you weaken the body until new metal is welded in.
On my MX5 mk 2.5 I cut away those infamous front chassis rails while supported on stands at the front footwells.
I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
Paul G
finishing touch said:
Ah! a full resto. Fair enough then.
My mate bought a restored MG and that had hundreds of photo's with it. They had rolled it over onto old mattresses. (But you need more room)
The only reservation I have with roll over jigs is that if you cut away chassis you weaken the body until new metal is welded in.
On my MX5 mk 2.5 I cut away those infamous front chassis rails while supported on stands at the front footwells.
I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
Paul G
I've seen a few mini projects where they'd used the mattress trick, unfortunately not quite enough space around the car to do that with mine!My mate bought a restored MG and that had hundreds of photo's with it. They had rolled it over onto old mattresses. (But you need more room)
The only reservation I have with roll over jigs is that if you cut away chassis you weaken the body until new metal is welded in.
On my MX5 mk 2.5 I cut away those infamous front chassis rails while supported on stands at the front footwells.
I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
Paul G
I know what you mean about the body strength, although having a prod and poke at the rails last night they're providing precisely b*gger all rigidity at the moment...
Had a look at high rise axle stands and Machine Mart have a set that lift to 615mm which should be enough to do the rails, will just have to suffer through the underseal removal with a decent set of goggles/full face mask methinks.
Thanks for the advice, will probably start cracking on next week, will let you know how it goes!
finishing touch said:
On my MX5 mk 2.5 I cut away those infamous front chassis rails while supported on stands at the front footwells.
I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
With a shell that's really rotten a jig is the best way - pick up as many of the suspension and engine mounting points as you can in an area before you cut it, that will help locate everything when you put it back together.I wouldn't have attached a jig to the front of the car for fear of it bending, but then I did still have the engine in. A bare body weighs a lot less.
Edited by Krikkit on Thursday 30th January 12:57
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