Tamora chassi refurb

[philburch]

Did a full body off chassi refurb on my Chimaera a few years ago as a winter project ,thinking of doing the same with my Tamora .Looking around the car there don't look much difference, can't find any information on here has any one tackled this job .Any help would be appreciated so as to not make any silly/costly mistakes.

[philburch]

Hi, yes i will be doing it my self had my Chim chassi done at a company at Ella airfield nr Beccles always open to recommendations.The only bolts i'm not sure about are the ones neat the gear lever. Can't find any information on here anywhere unless i'm not looking in the right place.

[philburch]

What is the reason the bolts are glassed over??. Will look that company up when i get the car stripped down Diss isn't that far away from me.

[philburch]

Made a start today on getting the body off,going in to this a bit blind as all my searches have drawn bit of a blank. First job get garage clean an d tidy. Found two bolts on top of the tunnel,after removing the dash . hopefully these are the only two ??????.If any one knows other wise please let me know. If people are interested will stick more photo's up as i go.

[philburch]

Hi,thank's for that link, it will give me the urge to carry on when the going gets tough. Busy day today ,removed the petrol tank,exhaust ,radiator and all 26 body bolts+6 more holding the pedal box in .
How many bolts do you need

[philburch]

Spent another couple of hours on the car today , ended up taking the peddle box out just to get at one bolt.
Picture of the parts taken of the car so far ,
Should be ready next weekend to lift of the body ,mates willing.

[philburch]

Unexpected free time this morning thought i would get the car ready for next weekend , lifted the body up 3-4 inch so as to check everything is disconnected and all is looking good. Wasn't sure about taking the exhaust manifolds off but thankfully the body will come past them. Looks like it should have 4 wheel drive.[url]

[philburch]

Have phoned blast power several times all i get is the answering machine but will keep trying,spoke to a company near Colchester do a lot with Tvr's but the y were thinking about £1500 . Which is way more than i paid last time . From what i can see it doesn't look like it will want any welding.

[philburch]

Have phoned blast power several times all i get is the answering machine but will keep trying,spoke to a company near Colchester do a lot with Tvr's but the y were thinking about £1500 . Which is way more than i paid last time . From what i can see it doesn't look like it will want any welding.

[philburch]

Couple of hours spare today got the body of and the chassi in the garage ready to start stripping it down this week.
Don't like the way the fuel lines are just left to flap around on top of cover.
Have left a message with Blast Power but as yet no reply.
Has any one fitted the poly bushes that Tvr parts sell,if so what do you think of them,or would you stick with the original bushes??

[philburch]

Thank's ,that's a good tip,thinking i might try the poly bushes haven't made my mind up yet.Had a good day in the garage today,apart from the oil pipes being a complete baxxxd to get undone all went well.
Decided to take the gearbox of first before lifting the engine out,the engine just fits through the gap with only a few mill to spare.
After that made a start on stripping the suspension of,only had time to do one corner,if all go's well tomorrow might get finished.

[philburch]

Thank's Nick,not many comments wasn't sure if people are interested in "another body off thread". It's all stripped down now last bit to take of was the steering rack,
Had to do some jiggling about to get that out,had to turn it upside down move out of the chassi to the right and then bring it out through the top.
Just got to get all the crap off and then it will be off to the blasters.
So i guess that's me done for a while.

[philburch]

Car is 2003 with 48.000 miles,no serious rust worst bit is around the tray which the pedal box bolts on to .There is a lot of places were the powder coat has cracked and the rust has got under the coating , so in a couple of years it would have got a lot worse.Not one to watch much tv , gives me something to do over the winter.At least once it is done it should be good for a few years.

[philburch]

Oops should have noticed that, let's hope my spannering is better than my spelling. It's just me, if i need any help my father in law is a mechanic which is handy if i get stuck or i'm not sure about something.

[philburch]

Just thought i would add a bit more detail getting the body off the chassis for my Tamora if anyone is as daft as me in the future.
I started inside the car but you could do it any way you choose
1 Remove instrument cluster (2 bolts)
2 Remove lower part of dash (3 bolts) you don't need to remove it completely,it will pull forward enough to get to the two "body" bolts see earlier photo.
3 Remove center console/ gear lever gaiter / gear lever,also disconnect the wire plug to the reversing light switch
4 Remove seats,undo the eight long "body" bolts these are behind the seat belt reals and the front ones just in front of the doors,will have to pull the carpets back to find them .Then remove the rest of the bolts through the floor.There is one at the back of the pedal box i removed this for access.
I then removed the diffuser and exhaust box ,and petrol tank ( 4 bolts) also disconnect the speedo sender wire,just by the connector for the fuel tank.Four "body bolts behind fuel tank.There is a wire which goes through the grommet that the fuel pipe comes through this is a earth wire which is bolted to the chassis this will have to be undone from under neath. Next i removed the exhaust pipes . this made it easier to disconnect the hand brake cable.Disconnect the wire to the carbon canister.Brake and clutch pipes will have to be disconnected as well.Behind the battery there is another earth wire to be disconnected I removed the bonnet to make life easier ,there are numerous pipes and and wires to disconnect. removed radiator as well there are four "body" bolts at the front .Also under the nose is another earthing point on the chassis marked on the photo. Last thing i can think of is the steering has to be disconnected.the four bolts from the top and bottom wishbones stick through the body cross member so i undone these and pushed the bolts back so they didn't get in the way.
Probably something i have missed but i hope this will help anyone who is as daft as me!!

[philburch]

Hi S6boy,i did get to speak to Blast power but they don't offer powder coating.Have spoken to the company at Beccles and they are happy to do the chassis for me . All going well will be taking it to them next Monday , should be done in about two weeks. Busy ordering all the new parts ready for reassembly .

[philburch]

Thank you for the positive comments , enjoyed doing my Chimaera four years ago . Thought that there couldn't be that much difference between that and the Tamora apart from the engine which did worry me a bit.

Big box of parts arrived this morning.
So made a start on cleaning painting and fitting some parts

[philburch]

Got up this morning and look what had been left under the tree.
But i couldn't wait till the 25th

[philburch]

Undone the rest of the parts from the blasters seem to have an extra part?


Had a few hours on the car today poly bushes are being a pain to fit


It's going to take lot a longer to put it back together than it did to take it apart.The bush marked in the picture has two washers in the kit,but even after grinding of the powder coat there isn't room to get the washers in.Is it okay as it is ,or any ideas??

[philburch]

Thank's for your advice,will have to give that a try,got fed up with it today and gave up,would have been easier to stick with the o/e bushes,I went for the poly bushes thinking they would be easier to fit as they were on the Chimaera.