body swap ?help?

Post by **albey** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:12 pm

i have a 86 nrw track and i want to swap its body on to a 89 widetrack rails what should i look for, or should i abandon the project? from what i have sized up it looks like they have the same mounting pionts,

if asking why im doing this they are both mine one has a good body and one has a good chassis, help would be welcome

Post by **albey** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:15 pm

i guess im on my own with this one a???

Post by **PJ.zook** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:44 pm

They will fit just fine, i put an 84 NT hardtop on a 89 WT softtop chassis jsut recently, no problems from memory, rear bar didnt fit tho from neither vehicle.

Post by **albey** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:47 pm

rear bar as in bumper bar

Post by **PJ.zook** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:48 pm

Oh yeh and some of the wiring was different, no biggie tho, easy to work out. Like the fuel stop solenoid only had one wire on NT, WT has two, so i swapped em from carby to carby. Gearbox had an extra switch, not sure what for, pollution or some crap, just left em disconnected except for reverse switch. Plug shapes were differetn between the two too, you will have to cut and join plugs.

Post by **PJ.zook** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:49 pm

Yeh, the NT bar attatches to chassis, and the WT attatches to body i think, so when i put the NT body on WT chassis, the WT bar had no body to attatch to, and the NT bar had no chassis to attatch to.

Post by **albey** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:13 pm

the fule stop wire is just an ignition wire so when you shut the key off the motor does not run on , is that right?>
my nt has a datto 1500a motor in it and it auto so my change over might not be as sweet as yours

Post by **PJ.zook** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:32 pm

Yeh thats right

Post by **albey** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:39 pm

im going to swap dash and loom as well now less piss farting around
thanks for ya help bud

Post by **PJ.zook** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:42 am

No worries. Keep us updated on dash swap, i was considering it but then couldnt be bothered.

Post by **albey** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:57 pm

will do

Post by **albey** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:55 am

i swap the wiring loom over and then put dash in just had to stuff around with the heater a bit but she fit like a finger up a bum,

Post by **Dee** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:56 am

Dig.

Would the 89wt S/T body be any different to a 95wt S/T body? What about the dashs?

My mate has a 95wt soft top that i would like to swap with an 84 hardtop. (i would prefer softop, he would prefer hardtop).
But i dont mind having the old dash etc, if we can swap them, as the 84 dash etc would be alot older than his car, so i'd wanna put the newer dash back in the 84 hardtop...
and what about the front grill? compatible/swappable?

Post by **nicbeer** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:57 pm

89 - 95. all same.

95 - 84, (is the 84 a early 1.3 or 1L) if it is a 1L u will have a few problems as the tranny tunnel is smaller and i beleive some of the mounts are different also. no brake booster either on some i think.

front clip i beleive the same as well. (swappable)

Nic

Post by **Dee** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:51 pm

damn. i think it was a 1L.

Post by **nicbeer** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:43 pm

check this one

http://carl.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopi ... =body+swap

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