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dod51e:
Hi guys,
I am in the process of welding up the new (rusty) toy. 1992 3.9 Vogue with LPG conversion.  I have done all four inner wings and now have a large bucket of rust to sweep off of the garage floor.  The rear cross member (or what is left of it!) is ready to come out and I suspect that the body will need to be lifted to get it replaced.  This has led me to realise that the 235/85/16's are going to be a tight fit (yes I will be swapping the 2" lift from the old 3.5 as pictured in the avatar, they fit perfectly) as when the LPG conversion was done the petrol tank was replaced (gas tank under boot floor) with a fabricated one that is slung under the floor and behind the o/s/r wheel thus reducing the clearance in the wheel arch! Oh what fun :doh:
So my question is; appart from undoing the body mount bolts what should one use to raise the body and, where does one get it and any helpful tips for making this as easy (if anything ever is) a job as possible?

Look forward to your advise even if it does come with rapturous laughter.

Cheers

Mark

P.S. Think I will need extended brake lines now too!

electricbluebadger:
Pm Wizard I beleive he has done a kit for a Disco which is almost identical to the Rangey.

Cheers Steve

Range Rover Blues:
You're asking how to lift the body whilst you repair the cross member rather than a permenant lift?

In which case it depends on how strong the shell is, but with the rubbers removed you should find that the crossmember mounts no longer touch the chassis anyway, though the body will flex a little but if it's empty then it shouldn''t be too bad.

Otherwise I'd suggest some propstand under the rear inner wings, but you'll also need to support the chassis too so that the gap doesn't vary.

The boot floor is supported on 2 crossmembers level with the wheelarch, you can see the brackets behind the wheels.  On onlder models these are adjustable too but on my softdash they are welded on.

electricbluebadger:

--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on January 20, 2008, 15:50:40 ---You're asking how to lift the body whilst you repair the cross member rather than a permenant lift?

In which case it depends on how strong the shell is, but with the rubbers removed you should find that the crossmember mounts no longer touch the chassis anyway, though the body will flex a little but if it's empty then it shouldn''t be too bad.

Otherwise I'd suggest some propstand under the rear inner wings, but you'll also need to support the chassis too so that the gap doesn't vary.

The boot floor is supported on 2 crossmembers level with the wheelarch, you can see the brackets behind the wheels.  On onlder models these are adjustable too but on my softdash they are welded on.

--- End quote ---

Think he means permenant, hence the realising tyres will be tight and needing extended brake lines...

Cheers Steve

wizard:
This might help

http://www.mud-club.com/forum/index.php/topic,45240.0.html


wizard :twisted:

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