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demonx:
Anyone who has done this before knows I had a crap day today!

Bought from Willcox a front and rear end suspension rebuild kit as well as picking up some Billstein shocks for all corners from somewhere else.

So far I've replaced all the steering pieces of the kit, removed all the upper and lower A arms but I hit a brick wall when I couldn't remove the wishbone bushes without a press.

Going to take them and get them pressed out and the new ones in on Monday/Tuesday.






Other than the under body work, I've been pottering around replacing actuators and trying to get the vacuum up to scratch.

I also removed the nose and petrol cap badges, scrubbed them back with steel wool to get the grime off, repainted the detail of the flags etc with hobby enamel (2 coats) After that had cured I mixed up an epoxy to provide the badges with a high gloss and long term protection. They look great but i forgot to take pics - next time I visit the shed.

Been lubing up all the stuff that's stuck, making things work that haven't worked for years. All the usual stuff with an old car.

72vet:
Demonx

Are you going to clean up the inner guards & Rails while you have the front & rear in bits  ?

demonx:
I wasn't going to go to too much trouble with them. I'm more concerned about getting the care mechanically perfect and worried about the cosmetics later on.

Just a basic wire brush scrub. Not too worried about painting them. They don't really get seen and it all looks pretty clean. No rust or damage to report other than the obvious surface rust which you'll find on any car..

All four wheel arches are already painted all round with sound deadener. It just needs to be hosed to clean it up a bit.

Cameron 77C3:
That aint a fun job.  You got your work cut out for you.  You will be doing some swearing now but will soon forget about that once it's back on the road.  The handling will be so much better.

Keep us in the loop.

demonx:
As I can't do too much more on the front end until I get the wishbone bushes pressed I'll be moving onto the rear today.

Will take some more pics If I get it stripped. I am so not looking forward to the rear trailing arm bushes. Getting that out I reckon will suck but it has to be easier than the front control arm bushes!

I'm just damn lucky my father inlaw is helping me with all this. He's a retired mechanic and so far he's been invaluable. I'm by no means a mechanic and he's done this crap his whole life. Makes a big difference!

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