There are 12 bolts that hold the tub to the frame, any of the catalogs will
show where they are. There should be two at the front of each footwell, two
more under each seat, and two more on either side of the access plate by the
fuel tank. I took my tub off using a pulley attached to a cross-beam in my
garage, but it's light enough to be handled by two people. My tub was
completely stripped when I got it (just a rusted shell), so I'm not sure
about some of the other attachments, but make sure nothing is connected at
the firewall (wiring, clutch, accelerator linkage, wiring, ground straps,
did I mention wiring?)
Free parts grab? Any chance of having that in Colorado?<g>
Mike Welch
'68 +/- Spitfire MkIII
'60 Jaguar MkII
http://home.turbopower.com/~mikew
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin B. Rhodes [mailto:krhodes1@maine.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:00 PM
To: Spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Tub removal
Hello Gang!
The time has come for me to finally start the process of stripping my parts
Spit.. I have been thinking that it might be easier to remove the tub to get
at
things like the rear suspension, differential and such than to jack it up
and
work under it. Can anyone give a really good description of where all the
bolts
and such are, and anything to watch out for when doing this? The tub will be
coming off and going straight to the scrap yard so I don't need to be too
concerned with doing it gracefully. Also, I might just have a Spitfire free
parts grab during the VTR nationals, since I live right in downtown
Portland.
;-)
Kevin Rhodes
Portland Maine
Freddy the Spit, and the yellow pile of parts.
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