Damon Hill
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| posted on 17/12/04 at 10:34 PM |
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How to dismantle your donor?
Does anyone know of any books/websites that show you how to break up your donor (eg an escort)? I could only find one website on the net, and
it's pretty brief/no pictures:
http://bangernomics.tripod.com/scrappie.htm
[Edited on 17/12/04 by Damon Hill]
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jestre
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| posted on 17/12/04 at 11:10 PM |
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Tools....
full set of both metric and standard.
Power drill
angle grinder
sawsall.
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jestre
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| posted on 17/12/04 at 11:14 PM |
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and your imagination...
I also hired the two 15 year old boys from across the street. free labor
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gazza285
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| posted on 17/12/04 at 11:17 PM |
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Haynes manuals tell you how to dismantle and rebuild. Ask for a 50% discount as you only need the first bit.
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marshall
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| posted on 18/12/04 at 07:59 AM |
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scrap the shell and keep the rest
and you are halfway there
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zetec
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| posted on 18/12/04 at 09:01 AM |
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I would got for engine/gearbox first, then wiring (if needed), then brakes, steering and axles last.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 18/12/04 at 11:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zetec
I would got for engine/gearbox first, then wiring (if needed), then brakes, steering and axles last.
Definately keep the car on its wheels until the last possible moment
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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wilkingj
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 posted on 18/12/04 at 11:57 PM |
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My old next door neighbout disposed of a complete body shell, by going out every night and gutting a 30cm square or so off. Each week they went in the
dustbin bags (no wheely bins then!) in about 6 months it had all gone.
Just goes to show the "little and often" approach works well!.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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chrisg
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| posted on 19/12/04 at 07:48 PM |
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The most important thing is to remember to label EVERYTHING as you take it off, you won't need some of it but you'll never remember what
was what when you come to it in a few months, and try to replace bolts and other fasteners where they came from.
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/12/04 at 08:06 PM |
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Now steels gone up the scrapyards round here are collecting again. They will pay if you take shells in as well so the China Crisis has done us a
favour despite making stuff dearer.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Marcus
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| posted on 19/12/04 at 09:06 PM |
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If it's an Escort, disconnect wiring from engine, cut flexi brake hoses, remove top shock mounts and unbolt front crossmember. Get a mate to
help lift front of car and pull whole front end out - simple. Remove axle and propshaft, remove instruments etc then cut shell into 6 pieces and take
to local dumpit site!!
Take a look at www.lumby.freeserve.co.uk in the gallery section for some pics
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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thetankwad
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| posted on 19/12/04 at 09:27 PM |
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i chopped up my r5 when i was done with it. you can use the roof for donor metal usually, and a 12 inch angle grinder makes light work of the rest.
Just remember to empty the fuel tank!! 
--Lets get down to Business!--
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tr
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| posted on 27/12/04 at 06:04 PM |
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My Sierra came to pieces like so....
First
Second
Third
Fourth
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planetester
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 11:40 PM |
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take your time & strip everything off it except the doors, bonnet boot etc & then get rid of the shell, sold mine on ebay, (mk2 escort) for
£2.29, it save giving £30 to the scrapper.
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Liam
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| posted on 2/1/05 at 01:42 PM |
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How to completely strip two sierra 4x4s in a few hours...
Fork-lift car onto side
Undo gearbox and prop bearing mounts, rear suspension mounts, anti roll bars, exhaust, handbrake and brake lines
Push it back over
Undo struts and steering column, and introduce wires and hoses to Mr. Snippy
Fork-lift front of car under engine and remove subframe bolts.
Drop back down
Insert forks in side windows and lift whole body off the running gear. Put straight on trailer and weigh in for 35 quid.
Repeat
Liam
[Edited on 2/1/05 by Liam]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 6/1/05 at 02:04 PM |
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Ditto the fork truck approach. Much easier. Made dropping the front cradle with engine and box complete a doddle.
Some people might find getting a fork lift truck onto their driveway a bit of a challenge though!!! Inside double garage, use engine hoist from
overhead beam to lift car up - might be an option.
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