update
 

Hi all just thought id do a progress update seen as ive been busy today
my chassis is just about finished now and its painted black
i will have to grind a bit of paint off to weld the odd bracket on but thats no biggy i couldnt wait to get it painted hehe
today myself and my brother removed the engine from the sierra took us 7 hours with no manual and no previous experience and a rusty old chain hoist and some scaffold pipe
what a great feeling it was once it was out!

anyway heres a few pics
cheers Andy

Good stuff....

With a bit of practice, and components that are not rusted tight.. You can get the engine out quite quickly..

Takes me about 1 1/2 hrs to drop the 24V 4x4 out of my Sapphire..





TT

i stripped my sierra to an empty shell in 6 hours but i did have airtools tools and the use of my mates industrial garage. it was quite a nice job actually as i cleaned the engine bay with a diesel powered hot soap jet washer the day before.

wishbones look nice and shiny have they just been brushed up for painting or have they been plated?

Looking really nice Andy, should be a rolling chassis soon....;)

hey all
yeah i cant wait to crack on with the gear box and other running gear its all a good learning experience
i just took the rust and weld spatter and tidyied the welds up on the bones with a flap disc on my angle grinder they came up nice its a shame to paint them black lol

Andy

nice work there Andy, looks really nice .

by the way......... i,ve got some metal that needs polishing...... fancy the job ? :D

look forward to seeing your rolling chassis,:cool:

cheers
andy