Engine came out today, with the help of my mate Kev (Coskev3) - many thanks mate.....

Not too bad of a job really, dropped it out from underneath with the gearbox still attached.

Engine is now stored until I refurb the whole front end, still not decided what to do with the engine yet, so i've stored it until i make up my ever changing mind....





Engine ready to come out....



Front end up on axle stands....



Engine slung ready to drop down.....



Engine out......



A nice big hole now for me to refurb, plenty to do, i'm off work all this week so i'll crack on with the strip down....



I will take some detailed pics tomorrow to show what's got to be done and then, of course, the during pics and the after pics.

I'm well chuffed its out now, on the home straight now with this project...


I got cracking with stripping the front end down now the engine is out.

I'm stripping the whole engine bay out so that it can be painted properly in every nook and cranny....

I took out the ABS unit and wiper motor...



all the sound deadening has gone, i'm going to repaint the bulkhead to make it really shiny and leave the sound deadening off- all the brake lines taken off the bulkhead aswell - these will be chromed.



Brake servo and clutch cylinder removed....





Then I moved onto the front suspension, took it all off to leave the front chassis and arches ready to be prepped for paint... Tiny amounts of surface rust, so it will be an easy refurb, just a matter of rubbing down - then protecting with Epoxy mastic 121, then painting Scotia white.

BEFORE PICS...











Then removed the steering rack and the front subframe....







Found a split in the gaitor so i'll replace them before i re-fit it...



Got a box of bits for the chromer now...



and a few bits to keep the powder coater going.....



onwards and upwards as they say.