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Hello all ..
I am the new owner of this 96 Cerbera , will post pics later ,but its in a sorry state , been sat for 13 plus years outside.
Did get ECU fired up on the bench today so thats promising.
Its missing a few bits , looks like it got used to a "pay paul, by robbing peter"
It came off road 13 years ago for a failed clutch
anyway ..im just excited i have a Cerb , been wanting want for MANY years ... but could not afford it .. i still cant lol ...
I am the new owner of this 96 Cerbera , will post pics later ,but its in a sorry state , been sat for 13 plus years outside.
Did get ECU fired up on the bench today so thats promising.
Its missing a few bits , looks like it got used to a "pay paul, by robbing peter"
It came off road 13 years ago for a failed clutch
anyway ..im just excited i have a Cerb , been wanting want for MANY years ... but could not afford it .. i still cant lol ...
Ok I made a giant light up sign , will be going on garage wall soon .. been busy with other stuff last week or so , attempted to get engine running but to many electrical gremlins for now ( MBE fired up and i was able to talk to it using diag software so thats a plus)
Think i got bad earths as i was getting low voltage at coil packs , and pump not working anyway i decided i cant spend more time at moment trying to get it running , we know it has to come apart and body off so that's next
I plan to do allot myself , even painting LOL , i have this idea of getting body off ,and trying to paint it before weather turns
then i can wrap it up and over winter work on chassis ... lets see my plans always changeModerator edit: no social media promotion please
Lefty said:
Just disconnected the cable, it was fine.
The bolts in the boot and behind the dash weren’t too bad, ones through the seatbelt anchors were a pain in the ass and the ones for the roll hoop bases were beyond f
ked. Lots of heat and most of them came off ok, had to cut a few off though.
Rolls age where fine for me lol. The bolts in the boot and behind the dash weren’t too bad, ones through the seatbelt anchors were a pain in the ass and the ones for the roll hoop bases were beyond f
ked. Lots of heat and most of them came off ok, had to cut a few off though. But yea seatbelt points fecked for me. Don't want to cut them
As it won't lift up easily
Ok a few more evenings have passed , all bolts out. Seatbelt ones where a sod. Had to do a little mod to the floor so I could get socket onto them. Now front of body seems to lift easy. Rear still not wanting to move much. So left it for a day. Defo don't want rush lifting lol pretty sure I got all the bolts. Maybe sealent. Maybe body just tight on somthing.
Lefty said:
Well done.
Did you get the ones behind the seats into the frame thing that bolts into the chassis? They were a bugger to find for me.
My body caught on the tabs and captives on the outside edge of the outriggers, took me ages to figure out why it wouldn’t release
yea got the ones behind rear seats ( near rear seat belt reals) that was a fun job , something been living there !Did you get the ones behind the seats into the frame thing that bolts into the chassis? They were a bugger to find for me.
My body caught on the tabs and captives on the outside edge of the outriggers, took me ages to figure out why it wouldn’t release
yea feel it might be caught on the outer seatbelt points , they even look like they angle out slightly which would not help .. fibreglass makes allot of horrible noises ! lol
Lefty said:
Well done.
Did you get the ones behind the seats into the frame thing that bolts into the chassis? They were a bugger to find for me.
My body caught on the tabs and captives on the outside edge of the outriggers, took me ages to figure out why it wouldn’t release
Ps , how did you disconnect your handbrake , i got a little issue that i still have engine in and exhaust lol and no ramp .. tried a couple of times to remove centre console , but end up finding another bolt in dash that i start swearing at and give up ...Did you get the ones behind the seats into the frame thing that bolts into the chassis? They were a bugger to find for me.
My body caught on the tabs and captives on the outside edge of the outriggers, took me ages to figure out why it wouldn’t release
Lefty said:
Looking forward to your YouTube video by the way 
cheers , well its very hard on own lol ...might make for a great video if i end up breaking or tipping over the shell ..next phase is to get it past the engine .. then i think we nearly there to roll out chassis ...found a load of 2x4 o hoping i can make some stand lol
using engine hoist at front , jack at back ..its not sketchy at all
Ok. Another evening. We upto about 12inchs high now. Wife reckons.
We stuck on exhausts. Yes. I was trying to chest system by leaving engine in , maybe with a few of you and some
Lube we could make it. Might try and take manfiold off. But I might have to remove engine
Anyway. Beer in hand. Bed soon.
We stuck on exhausts. Yes. I was trying to chest system by leaving engine in , maybe with a few of you and some
Lube we could make it. Might try and take manfiold off. But I might have to remove engine
Anyway. Beer in hand. Bed soon.
well lost track of how many evenings i done .. but farmer lent me a " A frame crane" with my chain hoist attached to that , we have the body off !! i am not saying it was safe , christ it was sketchy ... but engine was left in , and the use of a porta power to push the body past the last part of the exhaust manifold we had separation ...
Now a quick 3 day paint job on the body before the weather changes
Now a quick 3 day paint job on the body before the weather changes
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