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The donor has arrived and I won't be attending the 818 build school until August. I want to tear down the donor is an organized and mistake free process.
I'm looking for best practices on the tear down and any pre-install preparation that will help reduce unexpected problems as well.
If it matters the donor is a '06 WRX
Thx Mav
Have you downloaded the teardown manual? You can find it online as a pdf. It isn't very detailed, but it has a list of things you definitely don't want to throw away.
Definitely take the doors off first.
I put all my bolts back in their "homes" so I wouldn't lose them, and stripped every other bolt I could find into a bucket.
Baggies and a sharpie for small parts get some shelves for parts storage. The manual has the parts prep required for the donor parts well detailed. Also when the kit arrives there are many bare metal parts that need prep have a plan to get them done asap as many come up pretty quick in the build. Get your general maintenance stuff done water pump, timing belt plugs. Start planning out your harness and start tucking away dollars for all the things your forgot to add to your build budget (tuck alot of them away)
roll down the windows before cutting power for the final time, easier to store the doors
loosen the CV axle nuts before dropping suspension, actually loosen as much as possible while still on the car.
Appreciate the great info. It will be put to good use. - Thx Mav
A 12-18v ATV/Lawnmower/Dewalt battery and a few feet of wire make quick work of such things. And fuel pump outs. And general "what does this do?"/"is it broke or does my wiring suck?" moments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawn818c
Oh and airbags. Maybe. But I never tried that...