Stupid PS cooler! That's not going back on
No video today as I forgot to take the Gopro mount so back to pictures.
It's had the front level sensor and arm fitted at some point recently. Its the wrong arm, obviously (FE version)
Still, at least they tried...
Drain grommets are removed as usual
and just sitting next to the ABS pump, obviously
Cut the heads off the lower rear arm bolts, rather than cutting holes in the floor
Thing is, the hole in the floor isn't even in the right place!
Tie rods came out, which is nice. Usually on a car in this state they are seized solid.
Everything simple disconnected, just held in by the top plate
Remove as an assembly - I'll break this down separately, although not much of it is going back on.
Bare, and now I can get to the PS pipes. And clean everything, obviously.
Grot everywhere.
Definitely the worst so far
It looks like the gearbox was dragged around on its sump when it went away to, or came back from, refurb. The pan is bent and distorted.
Shame to treat £3K of refurbished gearbox like this
Oil is leaking from everywhere
Everything in here is either seized, snapped, or loose
Snapped rivnuts are no big deal as they are easily replaced
This earth point is going to be a real stinker to drill out, upside down
The starter cable stud was pre-snapped. This'll get replaced by a rivnut.
The one front panel bolt which snapped
The heat shields are mashed up from the engine and / or gearbox being removed previously. I'll replace these studs.
The servotronic solenoid is looking very crusty, and the green verdigris hints as to why it is intermittent. The rack will need to come out to replace this, which is a shame as I didn't disconnect the steering column before putting the car on the lift
More grot from oil leaks
Its going to take some cleaning, this one...