{"id":104,"date":"2008-08-22T03:49:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T01:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2008-08-22T03:57:32","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T01:57:32","slug":"body-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"Body Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Okies so i had the motor out and i was stumped on how to get it into pieces (another post with the solution to come), so i decided to keep going on the car. I told my father about taking the body off the pan and he wanted to do it so i thought why the hell not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1661-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1661-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1661-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1661-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Built a jig to hold the body off the ground (may need to build a better one at one stage with wheels.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1670-custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1670-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1670-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1670-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1670-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1670-custom.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Car on the jig about to drop, There are 2 bolts on the back near the shockers, 4 inside above where the battery sits, another 18 or so bolts under the heater channels along each side (make sure you check i didnt and alomost ended up foo-bared). and 2 at the front under the tank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1639-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1639-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1639-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1639-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tank out, good idea before you take it out to try and get as much petrol out, with a syphon .. dont use your mouth as my father found out haha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1671-custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1671-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1671-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1671-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1671-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up \/\u00a0Down she goes, a bit of creaking and scary bits but over all was good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1673-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1673-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1673-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1673-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There we go up in the air totally ready to roll the pan out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1672-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1672-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1672-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1672-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Normally they would sit good but i found the automatic tanks tended to get in the way, so i took them off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1674-custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30  aligncenter\" title=\"dscf1674-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1674-custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1674-custom.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.vwgeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dscf1674-custom-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And she is out, almost didnt clear the (seriously cleared with about 1mm clearence) jiggs, (so make it a bit higher than 80cm.)<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p><a 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