another little update

ordered a full set of poly bushes off burton wednesday and they turned up today

1st disaster was they never sent the main beam bushes and on the reciept said out of stock
i even asked if they had them all in stock before i amde the ordered

so with half the day gone and i had a lad on his way round from gloucester to buy some rouse bits i was a bit stuck as i wante dthe beam in today

so quick phone call to lloyd of passionford as i seen he was advertising some bushes, and he sold me the 2 main beam bushes, these are not the usual bushes aswell, they may aswell be metal there that strong

so i know have all my bits

so the beam all ready laid out, colours are different as i wanted it bright and shiney



the bushes



the tough bushes



couple of little bits from ford



my friend matt (jona bona) came round to help me fit these beam bushes as no where was open with a press due to the time of day, so 3.30pm he was here, got the beam in the vice and made our own little press machine with the vice and some old suspenion plates and cups, couple of attempts 9trying not to scratch the beam ) and they popped in lovely

we then went about fitting the beam, what a nightmare, the std bolts were to short as the bushes were taller, so quick phone call to llyod again and he said use engine cradle bushes to get them in and swap over to std bolts once plates were on, we tried everything frst with jacks and nothing

so when we looked we realised the arms had to go, so this was a simple job bar we put the arms on backwards, so left to right and right to left , soon enough changed over and went for another attempt

this did not go well, as the beam is heavy now and still couldnt get it in, so i bolted the diff on for some leavage, and we finally got the beam in after a lot of swearing and messing about and was 6.30pm when it finally went in

so couple of little pics of it in place with all new bolts







so alls i need knwo is a diff mount, driveshafts,wheelbearings, brakes, braklines,abs sensors and suspension and the rear is done, im going to try and order most of it next week, and try and find some abs sensors

but its getting there now and its getting closer to its wheels, doesnt seem much but i think it does, and im never taking this beam out again as its too much grief, roll bar will be on tomorrow if i can be arsed to get out bed