How long to strp a V8 disco

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StaffBull

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• Jan 17, 2005

• #1

How long would it take to strip out the engine and gearbox out of a 96 V8
Disco? bearing in mind I can trash the disco as much as I like. and have the
use of a forklift for the heavy stuff, I would also want to take the axles
off, strip out the interior, and anything else I can - including taking the
doors off ( Italian job jokes here please!)

Also how heavy would all this be? 4 doors,bonnet,engine,auto box,transfer
box, interior(electric) and as much else as I could strip in a day. 9 - 5

Would it fit in a transit ? how much weight can they carry?

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #2

On or around Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:20:31 -0000, "StaffBull"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>How long would it take to strip out the engine and gearbox out of a 96 V8
>Disco? bearing in mind I can trash the disco as much as I like. and have the
>use of a forklift for the heavy stuff, I would also want to take the axles
>off, strip out the interior, and anything else I can - including taking the
>doors off ( Italian job jokes here please!)
>
> Also how heavy would all this be? 4 doors,bonnet,engine,auto box,transfer
>box, interior(electric) and as much else as I could strip in a day. 9 - 5
>
>Would it fit in a transit ? how much weight can they carry?
>

depends on the transit. little ones carry about a ton. You'd get the bits
you describe in and they shouldn't be overweight.

I think to get all that off in a day you'd be wanting gas axe to burn
through stuff. and the ability to use it.

unbolting it all, if you're good at it, maybe 2 days? I'd reckon on getting
an engine and box out in under a day doing it tidily, *provided* no snags.
but the suspension stuff may hold you up if anything's seized.

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Austin Shackles

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• Jan 18, 2005

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On or around Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:39:29 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:20:31 -0000, "StaffBull"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>How long would it take to strip out the engine and gearbox out of a 96 V8
>>Disco? bearing in mind I can trash the disco as much as I like. and have the
>>use of a forklift for the heavy stuff, I would also want to take the axles
>>off, strip out the interior, and anything else I can - including taking the
>>doors off ( Italian job jokes here please!)

If you get a decent gearbox (assuming manual) then I'd be interested, unless
that's what your're after anyway.
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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Robert Frost (1874-1963)

 

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StaffBull

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #4

Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto

The problem is the logistics - the car is in Essex I'm on Anglesey and the
car can not leave the compound due to it's insurance status. so i have a day
to get what I can off it. That's if I buy it.
"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:39:29 +0000, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On or around Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:20:31 -0000, "StaffBull"
>><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>How long would it take to strip out the engine and gearbox out of a 96 V8
>>>Disco? bearing in mind I can trash the disco as much as I like. and have
>>>the
>>>use of a forklift for the heavy stuff, I would also want to take the
>>>axles
>>>off, strip out the interior, and anything else I can - including taking
>>>the
>>>doors off ( Italian job jokes here please!)
>
> If you get a decent gearbox (assuming manual) then I'd be interested,
> unless
> that's what your're after anyway.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> "Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
> Robert Frost (1874-1963)

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #5

StaffBull wrote:

> Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>
> The problem is the logistics - the car is in Essex I'm on Anglesey and the
> car can not leave the compound due to it's insurance status. so i have a day
> to get what I can off it. That's if I buy it.
I've got one in Manchester to break.... nearer than Anglesey, and I can
deliver....

Steve

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #6

StaffBull wrote:

> Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>
Don't suppose you'd be interested in a chassis in Manchester ? No engine
or gearbox.

Steve

 

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StaffBull

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #7

No - the only reason i,m thinking of this is for £1K I can get a 85K miler
engine and box plus al the leccy parts that might fail on my 96 ES V8 - I
thought it'd be handy to have all those spares and engine and box have got
to be worth £1k ?


"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> StaffBull wrote:
>
>> Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>>
> Don't suppose you'd be interested in a chassis in Manchester ? No engine
> or gearbox.
>
> Steve

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jan 18, 2005

• #8

On or around Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:24:38 -0000, "StaffBull"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>

hmmm. tempting. but I think I'll leave this one manual.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Chuck didn’t reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just
see Chuck’s face, a white oval turned toward the sky.
'Look,' whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven.
(There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out"
Arthur C. Clarke, "The 9 billion names of God"

 

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Lee_D

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• Jan 19, 2005

• #9

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:24:38 -0000, "StaffBull"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>>
>
> hmmm. tempting. but I think I'll leave this one manual.

Jessie!

;-)

Lee D

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jan 19, 2005

• #10

On or around Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:18:52 GMT, "Lee_D" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:24:38 -0000, "StaffBull"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>Hi Austin - it's a ZF Auto
>>>
>>
>> hmmm. tempting. but I think I'll leave this one manual.
>
>Jessie!

dunno how much is due to other factors, but this one's about 20% more
economical than the 110 V8 auto was.

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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right
is to be none the less free than you were before."
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), from Meditations, VIII.16