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[BiggestNizzy]

got lot's of work done today

passenger side was stripped again and the MK2 bush was fitted, the removal of the old bushes nearly resulted in me loosing an eye, luckily it hit my eye lid and just stung like a fecker. new bushes in and greased up. it's a horrible job and you need 3 pairs of pixie esc hands to get the top wishbone as well as the packing washers all in place.

Steering rack is also back in and I will be in a great deal of pain tomorrow due to all the contorsions I had to get myself into.

Pictures to follow of the first side complete.

Things to do

• get the drivers side wishbones coated
• get it all fitted
• car may need a new battery as it's being tempremental, charged it up and the car didn't start today without touching the battery it started first time (sounds so good) after working on it for 6 hours it wouldn't start again the fuel pump primes ok but all you get is a click when you try and start her
• re-rivit the rear diffuser, and get it powder coated.
• do the rear brake lines and shockers
• get it geo'd

[woody]

You can have the old battery from my car - it's a halfrauds 4 year job, but I replaced it with a new unipart battery after the car wouldn't start, anyway, it turned out to be corroded earths, not the battery d'oh! Once the new one was in, I wasn't for taking it back out


A good bit of progress at last

[BiggestNizzy]

You can have the old battery from my car - it's a halfrauds 4 year job, but I replaced it with a new unipart battery after the car wouldn't start, anyway, it turned out to be corroded earths, not the battery d'oh! Once the new one was in, I wasn't for taking it back out


A good bit of progress at last

cheers m8 it will be worth banging it in (ooer) if only to check that it is the battery.

[Rich H]

will it be finished in time for winter?

Good to see you making progress!

[r055]

anyway, it turned out to be corroded earths,

where were they corroded woody? gearbox connection?
think mines is the same

[woody]

anyway, it turned out to be corroded earths,

where were they corroded woody? gearbox connection?
think mines is the same

at the battery terminals - hadn't had one in the car for a few months

[BiggestNizzy]

Hopefully she will be down of 4 wheels tonight

all I need to do is find the circlip that holds the bearing in the hub carrier and we are good to go


lack of circlip is a worry though

[BiggestNizzy]

Circlip found, hubcarrier built

hopefully with steve sans le weeg's help we will have something that resembles a car and not a wheelbarrow

[BiggestNizzy]

She lives

big thanks to steve weegie
as without his help tonight I wouldn't have got it finished

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[steve_weegie]

Glad you're back on 4 wheels mate! Not long to go now.....

[r055]

now clean up those discs!

bout time you got the fecking thing back on the road

[Rich H]

Stop taking pics and get it back together!!

[BiggestNizzy]

bilstein's fitted on the rear tonight, real pig of a job.

Going to start putting the bodywork back on tommorow

[Rich H]

Fitting shocks is easy how was it difficuly?!?!?

[BiggestNizzy]

Fitting shocks is easy how was it difficuly?!?!?

mild steel + UK roads + water
I had to drill the nuts to split them no amount of heat would budge the feckers
putting them back in was a skoosh though

tonight i start on the bodywork and my nemisis the coin tray