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It would be wise to remove all mud and other accumulated dirt from the donor car before you start to take it apart. This way you will keep your tools and workshop clean.
If you have decided to build the Burton on a new chassis, it is important that you familiarize yourself with the relevant legislation, before taking the donor car apart. See chapter 2 for more details.
Remove all fluids from the car: engine oil, gearbox oil as well as brake fluid. Removal of the lubricants is much easier when engine and gearbox have an operating temperature. Be careful not to burn yourself on any of the hot car parts though. Of course, we all take care of our environment, so these fluids have to be disposed of in the correct way and brought in appropriate containers to the relevant collection place in your community. Brake fluid will not just leave the system by it self. You will have to pump it out of the system by opening the brake bleed screws at both the front and rear brakes, subsequently drain the system by pumping the brake pedal repeatedly. Be careful not to damage the bleed screws by applying penetrating oil (like WD-40) in abundance on their threads before undoing them.
A workshop manual covering the exact donor car you have bought will be of great help during its dismantling. While taking things apart, make sure to mark each and every item appropriately and keep them together with the associated bolts, nuts and washers. Putting the rolling chassis back together again will be so much easier and quicker this way.
IMPORTANT This version of the instructions deals with left hand driven (=LHD) cars. Throughout these instructions, the terms “left” and “right” will be used. “Left” means, the left hand side when you are sitting in the drivers seat of the car, while “right” means the passenger side. In case you are building a right hand drive (=RHD) version, please refer to the specific section that outlines the LHD/RHD differences before you continue.
In case you do not intend to install a Burton Car Company wiring harness, make sure you leave the original harness intact, even if you intend to make a new one yourself. Please realize that problems with a (partially) homemade wiring harness are extremely difficult to solve by any specialist and that is why the Burton Car Company advises you to purchase and install a Burton wiring harness instead. If however you decide to make the wiring harness yourself, make sure to make and keep a proper wiring diagram covering your harness in detail. For further details on the harness, see chapter 6 |
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