Hey all,
So I finally got around to fitting my JC 2" body lift kit to the Vit. Everything went fine until I came to lowering the body back down - I just couldn't get all the points to line up.
By 4am thismorning I had 5 of the 8 mounts done - still loose but at least located. My issues are:
1) the the front passenger corner (under the headlight) which looks for all the world like it wants to screw in, but just won't grab a thread. I'm going to drill this one out tonight and use the nylock as per the instructions.
2) Both rear corners refuse to line up, no matter how many different ways I jack up the body, chassis or both - I even tried a ratchet strap to pull it across... Here's where they have settled now:
A mate has suggested that the chassis may have "relaxed" slightly with all the mounting bolts undone, which makes vague sense considering the positions. So... any suggestions for tweaking these into line? As you can see they don't need much, but at the moment there is nowhere near enough room to get a female 'receiver' bolt around the stud, and when the body lifts away it lifts straight up.
The next issue - and this is more of a worry - while lifting the body I managed to pull the gear lever right out of the box - it was flopping around only held in place by the boot! I pulled all the surrounding shmeg out of the way, and tried to relocate it. I got it in, and got the collar and everything to lock back in, but the lever doesn't feel right at all. What *feels* like neutral is right down where 2-4-R used to be. I thought this might just be the angle change after the lift, but there is nothing upwards - no slots or engagement where 1-3-5 should be!
If I keep pushing the lever down and away from me I can get what *feels* like 2nd, and can crawl the car around like that - but it's at the bottom of a steep hill now (the only flat bit of road I can work on it) so I might struggle to get out!
So - body mounts I'm pretty sure I can make work, I just need to revisit it with a fresh pair of eyes today (I was getting pretty vague by 4am!)
but...
What have I done to the gear lever? Pretty sure I've refitted it wrong, but how so, and how do I fix it?
Oh, and one last thing - the bullbar goes back on OK (ugly gap, but easy fix) but how have people got the rear bar to fit again? With mounts to body and the bumper stuff of the chassis it doesn't want to sit...
Really appreciate any help guys - I'm going to the snow on Sunday and I need my car driveable!
Cheers,
Rob.
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