Decided to tip the car on its side, to get at the rear suspension and brake lines. Rocks in the bottom right corner as a counterweight!
Decided to tip the car on its side, to get at the rear suspension and
brake lines. Rocks in the bottom right corner as a counterweight!
Don't try this at home, kids. no, really.
2nd lever, wedged on more rocks and a wooden pallet.
Nice angle!
With no doors, engine or gearbox, it turned out that the remaining bodywork
was light enough to just tip over, even though it was only at about 30 degrees.
Hooray, can get at the rear suspension easily now.
One of the reasons why this car failed its MOT. That's well within 30cm
of the seatbelt structural supports (at the left is the rear wishbone: this
is err from the side. no... underside. no... side. err).
The other reason why this car failed its MOT: that's the opposite side.
Repairs had previously been done... badly. You can see bends in the bodywork
where someone made the mistake of putting the jack against the sill rather
than in that hole at the left which is designed for the purpose. whoops.
I am a dying flyyy, I am a dying flyyyy!
Cutting the tops off the rear shock supports...
Here's the front and rear shock supports. At this point I had realised
that unscrewing the bolt on the top of the front shock absorbers was a
bad idea, and I should have undone the 3 surrounding bolts instead. Ah well.
I picked up all the bits that went "ping" anyway...
Triumph! got the rear suspension out in one piece, it took another 3
cutting discs. There is a lot left to remove, still - the bits left here
are far too heavy.
Through the gaps left by cutting out the rear suspension, the "secret weapon",
the other Suzuki Swift, can be seen. Any measurements needed they can be
taken off this other car.