Hey all,

I am having to strip my SVR completely and rebuild it back up with some new structural parts.

Does anybody have access to factory assembly plans?

Cheers

 

Disassenbling makes it easier, lay down the parts in order, observe which ones to keep and throw the ones that needs a changing.

 

I have planned to do that but I was thinking about how the factory installs things like the full front subframe/engine all in one go and the likes of the dashboard also. Usually they try to build these up as much as possible before putting inside the car right?
I was hoping to take mostly complete units out.

Cheers

 

Probably best to access Topix, and print everything you need.
You will need to pay for access, not sure how much.

 

The workshop manual doesn't really speak to how they build them on the assembly line as we don't take them apart at dealerships like that. I can pull info from Topix for you, but in general it's best to just use common sense when removing and installing major subassemblies like that. You will not have the facility to align things like they do on production, so leave yourself some reference marks.

What actual process are you doing to the car that required this level of tear-down?

The instrument panel for example comes from the supplier fully assembled and goes into the car with fairly little work when new, but if we are removing it to replace say an evaporator housing, the procedure walks though removing the upper pad, then the supporting frame, then remove the heater box. Some techs unbolt the perimeter fasteners and roll the whole thing back onto the seats for access but there isn't a designated process for it.

 

Thanks for your help. Would it be best to do reference marks on things like subframes and the like? Also would be nice to have torque settings for all the bolts etc.So the dash is fairly easy to remove then?

 

I would put reference marks on major components, yes. Torques for all the bolts are in the workshop manual but separated into each component section, best bet would be to get a copy/access and look them up as needed. The dash is not difficult to take out but it's a lot of pieces, I wouldn't say it's easy. I think book time is something like 6 hours to pull the heater box, it's tedious.

 

No help but that sounds like a big project!
Post as many pictures as you can because I doubt anyone here has seen one rebuilt at this level before.
I know I sure am interested in what it looks like now before you start.
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Indeed, and as "Rover Joe" asked, what happened to the car, that it requires complete disassembly?