Hacksaw?????
You'll be there forever! Bring a set of oxy-axetelene torches with cutting
attachment and a fire extinguisher for big fires, plus (a bucket of water and
some old rags to extinguish small fires). If you don't know how to use it, by
the time you cut the car apart you will. Too bad no electricity... if there is I
recommend a Sawzall (reciprocating saw) and a few spare blades, better yet, make
that a bunch of spares. If the car is a rust bucket, I'm afraid you'll need more
help than PB Blaster. Some 10-15 years ago the Emerald Necklace MG Register
(Northern Ohio) held a tech session in my warehouse on Halloween. One of the
projects was stripping a Midget. People brought every imaginable tool to
dismantle that little guy. When it really came down to the wire, and upon the
4th call to get home for dinner, it was the cutting torch that got the job done.
I still have photos of that gathering.
Jim
"Craig D. Niederst" wrote:
> I will be stripping some parts off a '68 MGB destined for the crusher this
> week. My last minute e-mail and offer of $50 saved the car and had it set
> aside for my picking. It has a good aluminum bonnet, boot lid, bumpers,
> tranny, rear axle with splines and wires, front hubs with splines and wires,
> roll bar, doors and other smaller useful items. I am intending on pulling
> all of the above parts, but since the car is in a remote location, I have to
> do this with all hand tools. Most of the items will be simple, but the
> tranny and rear axle maybe troublesome. I am bringing a jack and jackstands
> just in case, but was wondering if there is a good way to remove these
> items? Are removing the U-joints something that can be done easily, in the
> field? I have dropped the rear axle on my '71 before in the garage, but
> never disconnected it from the driveshaft. The engine is out of the car, but
> the tranny is still in place. I assume that the mounts here just unbolt?
> Besides for the standard sockets and other hand tools, anything else I will
> need to pull these items? TIA.
>
> Craig
> '71 B
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