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coily body to wt chassis

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:19 pm
by skez
can any body tell me if u can put a coily body or maybe just the front end into a 91 wt swb sierra or show me a link and yeh i have tried the search

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:22 pm
by scooby_74
They bolt straight on, but why would you. Break a screen and you carn't do it yourself.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:23 pm
by want33s
Coily front end can be made to fit a WT but its not easy.
The guards and bonnet are different where they meet the body.

AFAIK a coily body will go on a WT chassis without much fuss at all.

Jas.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:29 pm
by skez
true i mainly wanted to put the front end because coilys windsreen dont fold so if i roll it its stuffed

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:30 pm
by skez
and the doors

coily front end to wt body

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:47 pm
by 16ZUK
the coily guards onto a wt isn't a problem .coileys have a slightly taller firewall on the body tub. the coily bonnet doesn't drop away at the back edge the way a wt bonnet does, so coily bonnet is taller leaving a gap at the back edge. hinges are too short to meet up with wt bonnet mount on body,extending hinges wouldn't be too hard.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:02 pm
by skez
true slack well i wont worry about it then sounds like im better of changing the whole body over

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:46 am
by Gwagensteve
You should be able to use the coiler guards and clip with the WT bonnet though

Steve.

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:51 am
by skez
ill have to look into that and yeh i got a couple of weeks till i can do it anyway the coily is my bros and its got a big nock in the engine he is just going to drive it till it stops my old sierra did the same only lasted couple weeks like that

Engine knock

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:29 pm
by Impulsive
Body swap question aside... if you're mechanically minded, its pretty easy & cheap to stick a set of bottom end bearings in, although it could be a gudgeon pin, which isn't as simple. That may give years more service out of it for really cheap...

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:10 pm
by skez
maybe all i no is that he let it run out of oil till the oil press light come on