Finally have a '6, Spares or repair car now got an MOT!

[DeeTurbo]

Couldn't do any work on the car last week as I was spannering at a kart race meeting up in the Lake District.

Today was the only day this weekend I could work on the car. I decided to put a bit of paint on the ball joint shields as it doesn't take long for them to rust.





The plan was to try and sort out the broken stud in the condenser and replace the wishbone bushes.

As the paint was drying on the shields I started taking the front end apart.





Bottom bummer bolts had seized in the retain clips so I drilled the heads off and I've got some nickel plated clips and stainless bolts to replace them with.



When I got the condenser out I noticed most was in good condition but there was a small patch that didn't look good and had a slight leak, you can see the green dye.







The PAS cooler has been cable tied on for some reason and it looks to be in good condition, I think it must have been replace at some stage.



The plug to the fans looked good with no green corrosion that you normally see.



I got access to the inside of the chassis leg and I was able to get out the bit that snapped off the other week when I removed the airbox.



No wonder it snapped.



I didn't bring the spare condenser with me so I stuck the old one back on and put the front back together.

Next I started on the wishbones.

The front bushes had it so I replaced them with powerflex ones.



The rear P bushes were the worst I've ever seen.



I found out the bottom ball joints aren't that great ether so I've got some on order. This one the little boot has been wearing on the shield.



Wishbone with new Febi P bush and Powerflex front, ball joint to be replaced next week.



After dinner I took the font end off again to replace the condenser. This time I took the bumper, lights and slam panel off in one go. This was the first time I'd done it like this.



The new condenser was a pain to fit as it was all bent out of shape and took a lot of tweaking to fit.



It was dark by the time I'd finished, can't believe the nights are getting longer again.