Right time for a update,

Today I started out with the same intentions as yesterday (to do nothing but watch re-runs of top gear on dave and drink coffee) but as the weather was so good i had no excuse,

so After a quick brew i dragged my lazy ass in to the garage,

The plan was to start on the engine bay as i was planning to take the yb lump out tomorrow, but all good plans go out the window



i jacked the rear of the car up with the intention of removing the zorst, but decided while i was there i would remove the rear bakes and calipers





(check out my make shift way of catchin brake fluid

After i had removed the brakes i thought i would remove the rear bumper as its only two bolts and a couple of clips





found a small area of rust but its only surface and its not structural



had a quick look around and as you can see the floor looks good although slightly rusty







Its amazing though just how salt attacks stuff i noticed salt crystals forming on the brake lines,

A couple of bolts and the zorst came out really easy





looks in Good condition considering its been on the car for 5 years (pays to be a buffty fooker at times)

Next on the list was a brew as rich had finally made it out of his pit

While i stuck the kettle on rich removed my inner arch liner,



Cheers fella lol

next up was the fuel tank

What a pain in the ass

The fuel pump/filter cam off a treat



Quick strip down and a session with a wire brush and i end up with this



Now all i have to do is remember how it all goes back together

we moved on to the tank,

The tank strap came off with the usual wd40 and a wiggle, then came the biggest pain in the ass we manage to brake the to shit captive nut things





typical ford, doing things on the cheap

so after Alot of PISSING about Rich came up with a solution





I had the job of usin the hacksaw



draining off the last of the fuel

and finally The tank was free



i was worryed what i would find, kinda thought the tank could b hiding something really nasty but alls good







all in all the back ends in good condition only real area that will need attention is i found a small hole in the passenger chassie legg



nothing that cant b fixed,

A visit from twellsie To collect his new wheels



Then off to the engine bay to stat what i had set out to do in the first place

first to come out was the strut barce, this should have been a simple job but..................... as with everything today it took ages,



Then out came the heat shield (looks like this has seen better days)



The down pipe was next,

What a pain, i very nearly threw my Dummie out of the pram over this,

How can 3 bolts cause so much hassel,





they would not budge, and Trying to get a spanner in to undo the third bolt is impossible, ford must have used a gerbil train in the art of kung-fu,yoga and geometry,

A hell of a lot of skin missing of my knuckles later and i end up with this



and this



At this point i really had had enough

so i called it a day

packed all the bits i had pulled off the car



Lets see what tomorrow brings

cheers jay