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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2011 16:06:19 GMT
Hi. I'm in the process of removing the body from the chassis from my MK3 ford based SS. this is being done within the confines of your average lockup garage. the body will be held up by ropes from the very substantial beams above. everythings disconnected and I've raised the body a few inches above the chassis so far. however because of the design of the eagle body the rearmost chassis legs are within the curvature of the bodywork, and it seems that I would have to roll the chassis forward a few inches to clear the bodywork before I can lift it any higher. but my problem is that the seat sections of the floorpan hang below the chassis, and prevent me from doing this, the possible solution seems to be to raise the front of the body at quite a steep angle keeping the back low. but i can only raise the front so far before its fouling on something as well ... I'm sure given time I'll suss this out, but has anyone else had this problem ??
ta much
Brett
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Post by terryrob on Jan 22, 2011 18:08:05 GMT
Bit of a tricky one by the looks of it Brett, is there a way you can move the chassis forward at all, it seems a bit of a palava lifting at a steep angle. But not having worked on a ss I,m only guessing. With a bit of luck some of the ss owners can help, theres plenty of them in bits out there !
Good luck, Terry
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Post by chrisbailey on Jan 23, 2011 14:25:30 GMT
Hi, do you have an engine crane?
I lifted my VW eagle body off with a engine crane, I managed to tilt the body up to atleast 45 degrees.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2011 23:40:38 GMT
lots of people is my advice and a plan....i had one out of two and meant lots of "oh crap, didnt think this far ahead" moments and 7 of us sweating.
though probably easier my only gripe with using an engine crane would be the possibility of the f/g breaking wherever the straps/chains are.
Maybe a combination of lots of people AND an engine crane is best? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2011 7:31:34 GMT
unfortunately I dont have an engine crane. and I aggree with being carefull with damaging the body where the ropes hold the body up, especially at the front where theres not much strength,I've got padding in place to hopefully avoid that happening. I'l have another look on Friday whwn I'm there. plus I'm off all next week so got plenty of time to suss it out ... hopefully ;D
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Post by terryrob on Jan 25, 2011 20:18:25 GMT
Have a look in the thread " My Chassis Mods" in the rv room about page 6 or so, you will see that eagles do fly.....well sort of . Could be a solution if you can get a frame like this.
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Post by chrisbailey on Jan 26, 2011 20:26:55 GMT
Well I was lucky enough that I had a steel cross member bolted across one side of the dash to the other. It didnt damage the body work but if you have no supports to tie rope around its probly not worth lifting it that way.
If you can get a winch or a number of jacks to lift the body I would, you will give yourself a serious injury if you try and lift it, espesially trying to manouvre it whilst lifting.
Its great when you can pump a lever and the whole body goes up in seconds, also seriously helps with the engine ;D
surely you could rent a engien crane from somewhere?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 11:06:45 GMT
a wee update ... getting there with lifting the body. I'm afraid I'm one of those people that reads instructions that say " do not attempt this on your own " then go ahead and do it anyway  I got myself a second trolley jack this morning ( thank you Aldi's ) and that made a lot of difference being able to lift both sides at the same time instead of the precarious lifting at one side and hoping it didnt tilt over. also had to remove the petrol tank as I discovered that it was fouling on the underside of the body when I was trying to roll the chassis forward. I still need to lift the front a bit more as the rear chassis legs are STILL within the curcature of the rear wings, think I'll end up with the body at an angle of around 30 - 40 degrees before I get it to the point where I can roll the chassis forward enough to allow me to lift the back up as high as I want to. I have been taking some photos so hopefully I'll remember how to post them on here once I'm done ;D Brett p.s. I also discovered that one of the reasons I could only lift the front so far up was because there was a substantial earth strap I hadnt noticed bolted to the chassis around where the chassis number plate is. definataly need glasses lol |
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Post by chrisbailey on Feb 3, 2011 15:47:23 GMT
Is your fuel tank mounted to your body or is it mounted to a frame off your chassis? is it VW or ford?
Mine went up with the body, its on a aluminium farmework, I would like to have a propper look at this next time I lift the body (summer time).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 17:24:18 GMT
Mines is a Ford based Mk3 SS, the tank is ( was ) mounted right above the rear axle on the part of the chassis the top shock absorber mounts are welded to. it wasnt attached to the body at all....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 7:57:09 GMT
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Post by terryrob on Feb 8, 2011 19:09:00 GMT
Nice work Brett, you got there in the end in good old kit car fashion, looks like you got some work to do now,  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 19:16:27 GMT
just a little bit of work ;D, thanks to my good lady in the last photo there for also being interested in cars and not being frightened to don a pair of overalls to help me out. so long as health and safety done catch sight of how i'm doing things i'll be fine lol ...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 19:27:56 GMT
Another couple of questions .... my cars got the normal 4 speed gearbox. I've been eyeing up the five speed type nine. seems to me that it would be a good thing to fit as I would have an extra gear to play with, anyone got any views on this gearbox ? plus. to polybush or not to polybush, that is the question replacing the bushes on Cortina based suspension has to be a good thing, but are polybush ones too hard ? thanks Brett |
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Post by terryrob on Feb 20, 2011 22:10:33 GMT
Hi Brett, 5 speed box is a good thing to have but it means your engine has to move forward by about 40mm, or shorten the propshaft by the same amount, your gear stick would also move back the same. But a worthwhile mod.
I got my polybush set off ebay from FLO-FLEX, they are not the super hard type but are an orange colour medium grade and should last ages. try googling flo-flex you may get there direct.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2011 21:00:09 GMT
thanks for that. I was bidding on a reasonably local gearbox on ebay but unfortunately lost out. however theres a Capri club quite near me. i've met a couple of them before, they might be able to point me in the right direction .. |
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Post by terryrob on Feb 23, 2011 22:58:44 GMT
Capri club would be a good bet if you can get them to part with thier bits LOL. There are stil a few around so you should get lucky.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2011 19:49:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2011 20:52:45 GMT
Link works ok Brett. Plenty work going on there!
Stu
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2011 20:58:30 GMT
thanks Stu, good to know it works. I'm on a bit of a roll this year, hardly seemed to touch it the last couple of years. I've done more the last few months to it than in the previous 2 years. pretty much since I moved it to the lockup. .....
Brett
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Post by terryrob on Mar 2, 2011 22:59:57 GMT
Yeh works fine Brett, Its a good idea,I might add more pics on my face book. Just sent you a friend request too.
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Post by chrisbailey on Mar 4, 2011 12:58:59 GMT
facebook is good but only lets you view in low resolution without being a friend.
I think the photobucket account is much better, its simpler to view and you dont need any friend requests to view in high res, also does videos and slideshows, you can even embed a slideshow into a website or forum.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 20:07:46 GMT
latest update is that I've taken the rear axle off and removed the famous cortina bushes. havent got replacements yet but soon. also managed to get myself a 5 speed type 9 gearbox from a local Capri club. when I start rebuilding the front end suspension I'll get that swopped in ... ;D
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Post by Peter on Mar 31, 2011 9:56:09 GMT
Yo Brett, You would be better doing a free web page like what I have. cost nuffin' and it's easy. check out www.own-free-website.com you can click on my link to see what I've done too. Peter |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2011 19:57:55 GMT
sounds interesting. i'll check that out, thanks Brett p.s. wheres your link ? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2011 19:01:23 GMT
another update, got new bushes for the rear suspension and their fitted. had the suspension arms and the springs sandblasted too before I fitted them. then painted then all black prior to putting back on. i've also made up a new gasket for the differential cover since the old one was leaking anyway. once i've got the axle cleaned up, I'll put everything back on it, refit the axle. then do the same at the front .. Brett |
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I got myself a second trolley jack this morning ( thank you Aldi's ) and that made a lot of difference being able to lift both sides at the same time instead of the precarious lifting at one side and hoping it didnt tilt over. also had to remove the petrol tank as I discovered that it was fouling on the underside of the body when I was trying to roll the chassis forward. I still need to lift the front a bit more as the rear chassis legs are STILL within the curcature of the rear wings, think I'll end up with the body at an angle of around 30 - 40 degrees before I get it to the point where I can roll the chassis forward enough to allow me to lift the back up as high as I want to. I have been taking some photos so hopefully I'll remember how to post them on here once I'm done ;D
