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SAM 180 tinkerer
Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 482
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 6:11 am Post subject: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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ok i know this must sound stupid and like a newby question , but when you completely strip everything from your engine bay and interior, dash included, how do you know where it all goes back to... alsow what ifyour putting in a diff motor, say a fj or rotor etc, what happens to all thats stuff... Sam |
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zzz petrol head
Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 10:26 am Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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i have pulle a few dash's and motor's out and found that
if you have a digi cam or a friend with one helps
so you can review the process that said the dash was easy
mainly one big wiring harness i've also found that if you have some spare cardboard boxes push the bolts in and name them (time consuming but woth the effort makes it hella easy to get the right bolts back0 or use glad clip seal bags and marke where the stuff comes from
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SAM 180 tinkerer
Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 482
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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yeh tahts sorta what i was thinking, cheers man, i got a dig camera |
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TheConverted rice boy
Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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Do your self a favour and get a a work shop manual, if you can get a factory manual, gregory manuals are ok, but not very accurate. |
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Gemini Driving Yobbo petrol head
Joined: 26 Feb 2002 Posts: 3897
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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definalty buy some of those sandwich bag thingys and lable em and chuck whatever you pull out into em. no matter what you do, when u put it back together you will still have half the bolts,nuts left over |
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Gene FJ20DET hod rodder
Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 9163 Location: brisbane
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 10:23 am Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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on mine i just dumped it all in to a box, if it was to big for the box i put it int he corner of the shed. one big pile of "stuff"
lol
its a gemini. theres like 20 parts. its pritty obvios where the seat and steeringwheel goes...
and if the bolt fits, thats where it goes
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macca_loto tinkerer
Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 168
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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Yeah i did the whole sandwch bag thingo to my entire car. Took a bit of time but will make it much easier to go back together. Also on the loom where ever i unsnapped a connecter i put some tape on both connections and labeled em with say "a" goes to "a" and just used different letters everywhere.
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rust3 backyard mechanic
Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 971
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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"and if the bolt fits, thats where it goes"
i agree with you there gene!
sam, i label everything i pull off with marsking tape and numbers. but as gene said, its not rocket science |
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Gene FJ20DET hod rodder
Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 9163 Location: brisbane
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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with complex things u use zip lock bags and lable things _________________
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Mooch backyard mechanic
Joined: 17 Oct 2001 Posts: 573
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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Gene, i think we have the same system, rip it all off and chuck it in coke crates, whatever doesnt fit, similarly goes into a pile of "bits".
a 10mm, 12mm and a 14mm will pull 99% of a gemini apart, the rest are 17 and 19mm lol. So you're tool kit doesnt need to be anything over the top. lol
have fun and if you get stuck find a wrecking yard with a gemi and look how it fits together.
cheers
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Gene FJ20DET hod rodder
Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 9163 Location: brisbane
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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amen _________________
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GROOV3 petrol head
Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 3682
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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i think the most expereince i had was i went to u pull it one day for a cuople hours just taking stuff apart |
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MR_GEMI hod rodder
Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 7826 Location: Adelaide
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: COMPLETE CAR STRIPPING |
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a handy tool to have when working on a gemi is a "bent 12mm" _________________
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