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Body is off!

Engineered Vintage

Engineered Vintage

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So figuring today would be the last nice (read non-rainy) day to fall on a weekend until Spring, I was bound & determined to get the tub off the frame TODAY!

And I did it all by myself - wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. :rolleyes: (RIGHT...!)



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CROTCH SHOT!
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I used a cherry picker on the rear end - took out the rear seat and used my engine hoist in the seat bolts.

And as you can see from the pics - just jacked up the front until it was high enough to get onto the drums - then lowered the frame out from under it.
 
Cool.
My rig is on the back burner for a bit untill I get a place I can work on it.
Everything I have and want to do will open a big can o worms that need a place that the rig can sit and wait patiently to be worked on.
And I figure the best way to do it is to do just like you are doing.
I have mine mobile and anything I want to do without halfassin it will be a full blown take it apart and fix it once kind of thing.
 
very cool. now the real fun begins.

Hey, are you gonna do a 1/2 ton conversion while its apart :haha:
 
Point of no return...:haha: :bow:

What's the schedule now?
Frame off resto or just basic repairs?

Been there/done that...oh wait, still doing that.

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makovai said:
wow! going by the crotch shot.....its a girl
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You're pretty funny

VTBLAZER-

The plan was to reseal my engine - new rear main, front timing chain cover seal, valve cover seals, intake manifold seals - and that morphed into pulling of the front clip, pulling the engine, tranny, t-case - and that has now turned into might as well sandblast & powdercoat the frame.

I'm not planning on doing any bodywork at this point in time. Plan is to powdercoat the frame, front inner fenders, core support, etc...

Then also put in fuel system to support my TPI - also will route exhaust, build a rear receiver mount, set up the rear shock mount, get some of Shane74's fancy brake lines, new body mounts, maybe a 1" body lift to clear the driveline e-brake, oh and set up the e-brake cable.

This is in addition to rebuilding the engine & tranny, and going through the 205 t-case - with any luck I'll be done with this phase in 2010.
 
Good to see you get the body off - it always amazes me the inginuity that people come up with to get a job done alone. I do most of my work alone too, so I appreciate what you are doing.
 
awesome idea, but i got a question, how do you plan on rolling that chassis under there with the drums in the way?
 
Very good question. I was wondering how long before someone would notice this.

Since I sloped it down - most of the weight is in the back. I also placed a few shims between the boards on the driver side barrel so that most of the weight of the front was on that barrel.

Then I was able to remove the passenger side front barrel and the Blazer was free-floating on that side. For safety, I hooked my engine hoist to the passenger side hoop step and put a little weight back on it.

I admit this was not the ideal way to do this - but I was able to sideshift the frame and roll it out very quickly with my two floor jacks.

I then placed the passenger barrel back, and took the engine crane to the other side hooked to the hoop step - lifted the body just a hair, and removed the shims.

The other alternative is to pull the rear axle and re-install it when the frame is re-attached to the body.
 
When you go to reinstall the frame under the body, why not get some longer boards (or steel if you have any) and move the barrels out further.
 
Problem with that is - I don't have a way to lift the front like I can in the rear with the engine hoist. I'm not really comfortable using the engine hoist on the step hoops and totally removing the front barrels
 
use the cherry picker and go through the floor to a cross beam lift it up and slide the barrels out.
 
55Willy said:
use the cherry picker and go through the floor to a cross beam lift it up and slide the barrels out.
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thats what i was thinking, somthing like i did with my vette.
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