29-05-2021, 11:53 PM
Did you ever try to get the front wings off an A35 Martin?
The APE screen is the same as my AAL. There are four bolts, two at the top of each A post, accessible with the doors open. The nuts are easily accessible if you know what way to go...
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The two on the driver's side are easy to get to behind the dash, the passenger side two are accessed one from inside the glove box over the top of the hole that lets you get to the top hinge bolts.
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The lower one is accessed from the scuttle vent.
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On mine, etting the bolts out was the easy bit.
The top of the A posts were tight with rust so a lot of easing oil and teasing back and forth, up and down was needed, and both sides need to come up at the same time. When you get the frame out and the sides off, there may also be plenty of rust in the top tube...
If you struggle to get the nuts back on, you may find a strip of bodge tape (duck/ duct tape, gaffer tape etc) across the spanner to hold the nut in useful. With the A35 wings, it was also essential to tie the spanner to a length of string so that you could retrieve the one from the inner wing if you dropped it... otherwise the wing had to come off again. No such trouble with the 7
The APE screen is the same as my AAL. There are four bolts, two at the top of each A post, accessible with the doors open. The nuts are easily accessible if you know what way to go...
20210529_225103.jpg (Size: 195.6 KB / Downloads: 286)
The two on the driver's side are easy to get to behind the dash, the passenger side two are accessed one from inside the glove box over the top of the hole that lets you get to the top hinge bolts.
20210529_225310.jpg (Size: 92.68 KB / Downloads: 286)
The lower one is accessed from the scuttle vent.
20210529_225541.jpg (Size: 72.83 KB / Downloads: 284)
On mine, etting the bolts out was the easy bit.
The top of the A posts were tight with rust so a lot of easing oil and teasing back and forth, up and down was needed, and both sides need to come up at the same time. When you get the frame out and the sides off, there may also be plenty of rust in the top tube...
If you struggle to get the nuts back on, you may find a strip of bodge tape (duck/ duct tape, gaffer tape etc) across the spanner to hold the nut in useful. With the A35 wings, it was also essential to tie the spanner to a length of string so that you could retrieve the one from the inner wing if you dropped it... otherwise the wing had to come off again. No such trouble with the 7