Hihoooo, Hihoooo.....
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Hiho, hiho, it's in the air we go.....
Tomorrow is the start of the Griff 2" body lift. The LandRover is being evicted from the garage and going on a holiday to a local farm, so the Griff can be put centre stage for inspection.
Basic stuff tomorrow I guess so I doubt there'll be much to report. And probably a late start anyway as we're having a dinner party tonight and the vino will no doubt flow freely.
It's to check/repair the outriggers mainly but while I'm there I am also going to replace all the fuel lines and sort out the stupid reverse gear gate and reverse light switch which hasn't work properly since I fitted a new switch.
No doubt other stuff will come along to amuse me. Wish me luck.
Tomorrow is the start of the Griff 2" body lift. The LandRover is being evicted from the garage and going on a holiday to a local farm, so the Griff can be put centre stage for inspection.
Basic stuff tomorrow I guess so I doubt there'll be much to report. And probably a late start anyway as we're having a dinner party tonight and the vino will no doubt flow freely.
It's to check/repair the outriggers mainly but while I'm there I am also going to replace all the fuel lines and sort out the stupid reverse gear gate and reverse light switch which hasn't work properly since I fitted a new switch.
No doubt other stuff will come along to amuse me. Wish me luck.
Oi Barreti . . .. many hand make light work.
So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
Delivered mine to my other garage this weekend. Goes in the air next week and I'll be looking a the quickest way to change all the rear bushes from wishbones to diff.
So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
Delivered mine to my other garage this weekend. Goes in the air next week and I'll be looking a the quickest way to change all the rear bushes from wishbones to diff.
Johno said:
Oi Barreti . . .. many hand make light work.
So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
So what you're really saying is you want to come for dinner and are going to give me earache for what I'm doing wrong and how you'd do it different So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
We need to arrange something for a couple of weeks time mate. I'll email you.
Edited by Barreti on Sunday 18th January 11:25
Barreti said:
Johno said:
Oi Barreti . . .. many hand make light work.
So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
So what you're really saying is you want to come for dinner and are going to give me earache for what I'm doing wrong and how you'd do it different So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
We need to arrange something for a couple of weeks time mate. I'll email you.
Edited by Barreti on Sunday 18th January 11:25
Seriously you know it's a genuine request for Lasagne . .
My fear is that once that body is lifted you won't stop at the job's you've highlighted and will just carry on
Edited by Johno on Sunday 18th January 18:22
Johno said:
Barreti said:
Johno said:
Oi Barreti . . .. many hand make light work.
So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
So what you're really saying is you want to come for dinner and are going to give me earache for what I'm doing wrong and how you'd do it different So if you ask nicely I'm sure some mug's will come and give you a hand . . . Seriously, shout as I'm sure BB and I would like a good home cooked meal from Deb's and in between we can give you moral support and words of encouragement.
We need to arrange something for a couple of weeks time mate. I'll email you.
Edited by Barreti on Sunday 18th January 11:25
Seriously you know it's a genuine request for Lasagne . .
My fear is that once that body is lifted you won't stop at the job's you've highlighted and will just carry on
Edited by Johno on Sunday 18th January 18:22
Well after making the big announcement that I was ready to begin, it was all aborted while I replaced a front wishbone on the daily hack beemer and sorted out the seized and worn out front brakes on a friends Celica.
Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
Just for reference really a friend of mine has done his body lift by himself and I mean the whole lift by himself. Corner by corner, looked really Heath Robinson but achieved it without any assistance.
Nutter, saw the pictures last weekend and amazed, but the car's now stunning. If you want some advice shout, as I can let you know his email address. His is a pre-serp 500, so won't be any different from yours.
Nutter, saw the pictures last weekend and amazed, but the car's now stunning. If you want some advice shout, as I can let you know his email address. His is a pre-serp 500, so won't be any different from yours.
Barreti said:
Cheers Johno mate.
I'm following Rob Brookbanks article on The Griffith Pages, although he uses the outriggers to hold the body while he cleans and paints them, so I'll need some other information if I get to the point where I have to replace some of them.
I have my two jacks (one at front, one at rear) supporting the body off the chassis. The load is spread with some planks across the width of the body.I'm following Rob Brookbanks article on The Griffith Pages, although he uses the outriggers to hold the body while he cleans and paints them, so I'll need some other information if I get to the point where I have to replace some of them.
Tonights update. Should I do this blog style? Here goes then..
Monday 26th Jan.
Home early tonight so I could grab a couple of hours working on the Griff.
The two chassis bolts in the boot are undone.
Seats are out and I was quite surprised how loose some of the nuts were. Probably because the washers the seat sits on have deformed.
Seatbelts
The back wheelarch seatbelt reel nuts are undone. After a bit of wire brushing and WD40 it was easier than I expected.
The female stalks are both undone, I expected them to be easy though after having them off last year.
Both bolts holding the other end of the seatbelt just in front of the reel won't shift. So I've WD40'd them from inside and out. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Handbrake has been wound back quite a bit but still not enough yet
But now its time for a sausage sarnie and University Challenge, so I'll finish the handbrake tomorrow. Easy Peasy.
That's it for tonight. Not that much to show for 2hrs in the garage.
Oh, except for the £9.30, €1, a battery and a pair of £200 sunglasses I've been searching for - all found under the seats. A major result for a Yorkshire lad that £9.30
And some damned suspicious looking white powder on the boot floor that I'd rather not even think about.
Night night.
Monday 26th Jan.
Home early tonight so I could grab a couple of hours working on the Griff.
The two chassis bolts in the boot are undone.
Seats are out and I was quite surprised how loose some of the nuts were. Probably because the washers the seat sits on have deformed.
Seatbelts
The back wheelarch seatbelt reel nuts are undone. After a bit of wire brushing and WD40 it was easier than I expected.
The female stalks are both undone, I expected them to be easy though after having them off last year.
Both bolts holding the other end of the seatbelt just in front of the reel won't shift. So I've WD40'd them from inside and out. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Handbrake has been wound back quite a bit but still not enough yet
But now its time for a sausage sarnie and University Challenge, so I'll finish the handbrake tomorrow. Easy Peasy.
That's it for tonight. Not that much to show for 2hrs in the garage.
Oh, except for the £9.30, €1, a battery and a pair of £200 sunglasses I've been searching for - all found under the seats. A major result for a Yorkshire lad that £9.30
And some damned suspicious looking white powder on the boot floor that I'd rather not even think about.
Night night.
Edited by Barreti on Monday 26th January 23:14
Captains log - stardate 2009027
A late start tonight because the traffic home was hideous.
So I hit the garage around 7pm for a couple of hours.
Not a bad night really. The handbrake wound back easily enough, so the centre console is pointing skyward now.
I was dreading undoing the forwardmost seatbelt bolts and the drivers side stalk because I've never had them undone and actually broke a 16mm socket 2yrs ago trying to undo the drivers seatbelt bolt.
So last night I scraped them as best I could by poking a big screwdriver at them from the rear arch then liberally spraying WD40 down the same way, followed by another dose this morning.
They were buggers to undo. But a bit of patience and a bit of help from Mr Lump Hammer has seen the drivers side done and the passenger side 'cracked'
One tip which helped here was the trick of tightening before undoing. I'm convinced that was the clincher.
The steering intermediate shaft was marked, pulled backwards and out of the lower UJ. The top UJ bolts are back in and the bottom ones labelled and bagged and hanging on the wall with the other bits.
Thoroughly wierded out by the geezer with the ventriloquist dummy on CSI now. I'll be lucky if I sleep tonight so I may be in the garage again later.
Night night.
A late start tonight because the traffic home was hideous.
So I hit the garage around 7pm for a couple of hours.
Not a bad night really. The handbrake wound back easily enough, so the centre console is pointing skyward now.
I was dreading undoing the forwardmost seatbelt bolts and the drivers side stalk because I've never had them undone and actually broke a 16mm socket 2yrs ago trying to undo the drivers seatbelt bolt.
So last night I scraped them as best I could by poking a big screwdriver at them from the rear arch then liberally spraying WD40 down the same way, followed by another dose this morning.
They were buggers to undo. But a bit of patience and a bit of help from Mr Lump Hammer has seen the drivers side done and the passenger side 'cracked'
One tip which helped here was the trick of tightening before undoing. I'm convinced that was the clincher.
The steering intermediate shaft was marked, pulled backwards and out of the lower UJ. The top UJ bolts are back in and the bottom ones labelled and bagged and hanging on the wall with the other bits.
Thoroughly wierded out by the geezer with the ventriloquist dummy on CSI now. I'll be lucky if I sleep tonight so I may be in the garage again later.
Night night.
Barreti said:
Well after making the big announcement that I was ready to begin, it was all aborted while I replaced a front wishbone on the daily hack beemer and sorted out the seized and worn out front brakes on a friends Celica.
Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
2 litres? Pah, ask me what pillock started the job with half a tank of fuel because he seemed to recall running it to nearly empty but hadn't! Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
BliarOut said:
Barreti said:
Well after making the big announcement that I was ready to begin, it was all aborted while I replaced a front wishbone on the daily hack beemer and sorted out the seized and worn out front brakes on a friends Celica.
Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
2 litres? Pah, ask me what pillock started the job with half a tank of fuel because he seemed to recall running it to nearly empty but hadn't! Today though, work actually got underway
Jacking the car up isn't to be underestimated. Its really a 2 man job unless you want to be up-down-up-down jacking and moving and realigning.
So with the car up in the air and the wheels off I got to work removing the boot carpets to get at the fuel tank. The tank has to be removed not just to get to the chassis bolts that are behind it, but because I want to replace the fuel line that goes from the tank to the fuel pump, and that is attached to the tank with a jubilee clip that is inside the tank.
What a pig of a job this little damned fuel line turned out to be.
Getting at the tank wasn't that hard, except I couldn't find any information about what was behind the tank, holding it in, so I had to be inordinately careful when I couldn't get the tank away from the bulkhead. It turned out to be just a lump of foam holding the damned thing in.
The fuel line was a sod as I said. Because it is a 3 core line. Rubber inner core, wrapped in braided steel which in turn is wrapped in rubber, its really stiff and can't be flexed to get it off the pump. The clamp holding the pump was siezed so the only option was to pull the tank away from it to get the fuel line off.
So with what felt like 2litres of Shells finest wiped off my head and the garage floor, the tank is out and sat in the garage
Next step is to get the handbrake wound back and remove the seats. Thats for tomorrow. See you then.
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