So next day with weather taking a turn for the worse we decided while the car was looking like it did would make no sense to not give the rest of it a proper check over and make sure the rust hadnt spread, on the face of it the rest of the car didnt look to bad but on the safe side the rear subframe and petrol tank where removed for a closer inspection



And heres me looking slightly worried under the car where the subframe mounts



At this point decided best way to go about things was to invest in a jig to rotate the car and get better access and viewing of the underneath, a quick call to rick at Mk2Mania and the following week was in possession of a jig which the car was put on ready for the next stage




A bargin at £200 if only for the ease of not having to crawl on back, his website details are here if anyones looking at buying a jig for their project



with car now on its side could see to what extent the rust had spread and it didnt make for a good picture



Could see straight away where the subframe mounts was rotten and it had already been patched up further along. cue of s**t. with that hot air gun was plugged in and began heating up the underbosy sealant to make it easier to scrape off, unfortanatly it was actually the underbody sealant holding the chassis leg together so the more I scraped the worse the situation got






So not good when the whole subframe locates on a pin thats floating in midair but in finding this at least decision to buy the jig had been justified. It was at this point I was ready for throwing the towel in until a chance look on ebay brought me across one of the members here selling a complete genuine ford chassis leg, not quite believing my luck for a change this was quickly snapped up and was on way to me. few days wait and next part was started removing the old chassis leg