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Re: [T3] body removal


Hey Shawn,

I am in the process of doing this to my Notch.  There's a guy in the Central
Valley, Ca that has a website for this, but I can't find the link now..

Disconnect the steering coupler.  Crawl under the car and remove all the
bolts all the way around the edge of the pan...  I'm sure someone will let
us know how many there are.  NOTE: If the pan bolts give you any grief
whatsoever... spray them, heat them, do whatever you have to do to loosen
them, because breaking off panbolt heads is a royal pain to correct, believe
me, I know...

Disconnect brake lines, ebrake line... throttle cable... I know I'm missing
something else..

Install a junk bumper to the front and rear of your car, or find a way to
pad it.  Once you get all the bolts out, jack up the front of your car by
the bumper with a high-lift jack, this will force the front end off the pan.
Place a jack stand on either side of the front of the car, near the door
posts, slip a 2x6 between the body and the pan, on the stands then lower the
front end onto the 2x6.

Repeat with the back end, 2x6's and stands, and roll the pan out!  You may
not be able to get the body up high enough to roll it forward without
removing the gear shift, etc.

Good luck,
Carrie
http://www.eradain.com/vwcompound

-----Original Message-----
From: type3@vwtype3.org [mailto:type3@vwtype3.org]On Behalf Of Shawn
Porter
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:04 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] body removal


  how do i get the body off the pan??

shawn


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