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Arse! Brakes bled, bolts torqued up and took it for a spin- not idling properly! Runs and starts ok but when you rev it the engine slows right down and nearly stops, sometimes picks up but sometimes stalls! Makes no sense- haven’t touched anything on the engine at all! Unless I disturbed...

Yep flexi pipe was fine when axle dropped to limit, checked it and was same length as one which came off.

Ah good thinking. Was looking for better things than tie wraps- can you get better clips?

Axle back on! Awaiting new bolts before I torque everything up and bleed brakes. Everything looking a lot less crusty!

Haha! Will be tomorrow when axle goes back on- luckily got 16-year-old lad to help!

New brake pipes on the axle, getting bushes pressed into A-frame tomorrow. Kind of annoyed I can’t get hold of UNF fixings quickly- all the local suppliers only have metric stuff. Any ideas if metric bolts would fit in the A-frame fixings?

Rear axle cleaned up and painted... And rear chassis area wire brushed and painted too. Was pleasantly surprised how easy the remains of the bump stops were to get off! New ones bought from Paddocks, along with new flexi brake cable and fulcrum/balljoint. Looking loads cleaner now!

Oh and weirdly enough there were wires going to the back axle with a connector, most of which were cut off! So I’m guessing maybe someone fitted an ABS axle at some point despite not having ABS?! There’s a connector under the boot floor which I had to disconnect before removing axle.

Good point! Think it had shredded them as a weight-saving measure :) ...

Oh no! Sure there should be something there... Ah, there it is... So anyway I totally failed to get the balljoint off, so off came the axle! It’s bloody heavy, especially with the A-frame still attached. Putting a pair of Stilsons between the axle bracket and balljoint and ****ting it with...

Lower arms back on, just need torquing up. Lots of prying needed to get the brackets lined up on the rear axle but got there in the end. Still need to get the balljoint off the axle for the upper link...

Chassis bolts off now with grinder, just that central ball joint stuck! Ground nut off but the balljoint is well and truly stuck in the axle. Smacked it with a hammer, doesn’t seem to move at all! Going to try getting a bigger fork splitter to get it out... Got the old lower arm bushes pressed...

Didn’t have that much joy today annoyingly! Got the other lower arm bracket off the other side and managed to loosen the upper bolts holding the a-frame to the chassis, but then they got stuck... Began grinding them out but wore down the last grinding disc- going to continue grinding the crap...

Ace, will get a stubby 30mm on it. How big are the bolts which hold a frame to chassis- are they 24mm?

Ah right thanks, that makes sense about the springs. Ring spanner might be the way to go- thanks for advice!

Right. Made a good start with everything today. Wheels off, jacked up and ready to remove springs... First annoyance- the spring retaining clamp bolts began to come out fine, but then the bolts sheared! Turned out a previous fixer had welded the nuts to the axle brackets... Springs came...

Haha cheers. Accident was almost 2 years ago to the day! Looking forward to getting started with the stuff tomorrow- will post updates.

Picked up some shiny things from Paddocks... going to make a start tomorrow!

MOT passed today, which was a very pleasant surprise! Advisory on front ball joint which is weird as I did them last year. Going to go all out on suspension and do all springs, shocks and bushes as it’s still got a bit of death wobble though. Should be fun...

Yeah I saw- read lots of your posts on headlight wiring too haha! The Boomslang kit is pre-wired which I why I got it, thought it would be easier than building loom myself.