Is it best to remove the body?

[gamble63]

Started stripping the Sj down today and found a fair amount of rust, Im wondering as im changing the engine it its worth taking the whole body off to repair all the parts?

Some interesting attempts at welding on here.



















what do you guys reckon?

Cheers

[Fwb2700]

Yours looks almost as bad as mine lol. I found it a hell of a lot easier to remove it. It's not heavy but mines only a 410

[gamble63]

This is a 410 too, the interior is already out, just debating whether or not to leave the engine in to take the body off or take the engine out and then try and take the body off.

need to put the standard shackles back on so we can see how much it lowers by

[Darrell]

Body off I would think.
Not sure how difficult it would be be to lift it over the engine though.

[Jordi]

Body off is 100 times easier

[gamble63]

i can take the engine out if needed as replacing the engine and box all together

cheers

[Fwb2700]

I took body off before engine made engine removal easy lol.

2 of us lifted body off so it's not too bad. As you can see by my build thread my body is sitting on its side. But then I making new sills and floors and wheel arches only keeping the firewall gearbox tunnel and outer shell.

[gamble63]

yeah thinks thats what i will do and repair it on its side.

Cheers dude