Has Anyone Lifted The Body On One Of These?

[Zhastaph]

I'm gonna sound like Teigan here I know, but I'm just weighing up my alternatives for changing this fuel tank. It has occured to me that if i could lift the body by 3 or 4 inches then removal of the fuel tank would be quite straight forward, has anyone tried this sort of thing?

And removing the engine itself, how involved is this on a v8?

[actwon]

I'm gonna sound like Teigan here I know, but I'm just weighing up my alternatives for changing this fuel tank. It has occured to me that if i could lift the body by 3 or 4 inches then removal of the fuel tank would be quite straight forward, has anyone tried this sort of thing?

And removing the engine itself, how involved is this on a v8?

If you have the proper tools, removing the v8 is very easy. There are a couple of tight lines, the air-con lines being one of them. When you disconnect your fuel rail and injectors from their power connectors, make sure you label which connector came off whic injector. THIS WILL SAVE YOU LOTS OF TIME, when you put it together.

Basically, pull the exhaust, disconnect fuel lines, vacuum hoses and various other bits, you can have the motor out in about 1.5 hours. With or without the gearbox.

[lotus4s]

I don't think lifting the body is the way to go. There are several anchor points that are not easy to get to and involve removing quite a bit of stuff to be able to access.

Pulling the engine could be an option particularly if you can take care of any other issues at the same time. Removal in 1 1/2 hours is quite optimistic though as it would take that long to remove the hatch, boot floor and drain all the fluids. It takes me 3 1/2 - 4 hours to pull a 4 cyl engine and that's having done it a few times with all the necessary tools including a lift and hoist.

Dropping the engine might work by removing the motor/tranny mounts but I'm not that familiar with the V8 to say one way or the other...

Good luck!

[actwon]

I don't think lifting the body is the way to go. There are several anchor points that are not easy to get to and involve removing quite a bit of stuff to be able to access.

Pulling the engine could be an option particularly if you can take care of any other issues at the same time. Removal in 1 1/2 hours is quite optimistic though as it would take that long to remove the hatch, boot floor and drain all the fluids. It takes me 3 1/2 - 4 hours to pull a 4 cyl engine and that's having done it a few times with all the necessary tools including a lift and hoist.

Dropping the engine might work by removing the motor/tranny mounts but I'm not that familiar with the V8 to say one way or the other...

Good luck!

Jim,

It does not take that long ot remove a v8 motor. You don't have to remove the hatch to do it. It takes all but 10 minutes to remove the boot (8cyl does not have that distributor on our boots). You only need to drain the coolant and/or the gearbox oil (only if you are taking the gearbox out with it). I don't consider draining fluid to add to work time as you will be doing something else while the fluid is draining.

It took me 1.5 hours to pull out my motor. It is not that difficult, if you take your time and document/label hoses and wiring.

[lotus4s]

Jim,

It took me 1.5 hours to pull out my motor. It is not that difficult, if you take your time and document/label hoses and wiring.

Nathan, you need to get a job with NASCAR....

[actwon]

Nathan, you need to get a job with NASCAR....

LOL.... OH!!! I read my post... I meant to add, it's a 2 person job. You NEED someone there to watch out for lines that may be in the way or didn't get disconnected while you are lifting the engine out of the bay.