What's in the workshop? Gareth's Tree-find

[MikkiJayne]

A day of mending and cleaning today.

The power steering pipes are in pretty good condition (city car) so I'll soak them in evaporust for a couple of days to clean them up, and then paint them with Rustoleum.



Grot:





All the AC unions are seized - I can't get the filter or dryer out, so just removed the whole lot so I can either separate the pieces in the vice or replace them.



The ABS unit has been replaced and for no obvious reason, someone has bent all the pipes so it doesn't sit properly so I'll sort that and re-seat it.



Much nicer





On to the other side



The screenwash bottle shows signs of mould growth so that needs cleaning otherwise it'll clog up the pumps



Loads more detritus up here. Cleaned it all but forgot to take a picture.



On to the various seized / snapped fasteners. I was able to turn the front panel bolt with the mole grips, but at only 10° a time it took a while. It came out though, so I cleaned up the thread with a tap



This one needed drilling out and then also cleaned up with a tap



This is the middle bolt for the windscreen wiper trim panel - whoever has been in here before just tore the panel off it and left the bolt with some plastic in place The bolt was so seized the rivnut just spun in the sheet metal so it'll need grinding out and replacing



Protected the glass and electronics box hole before cutting the bolt head off



Ground out the remains of the rivnut and replaced it



While I had the rivnut tool out I fitted a couple more in the engine bay to replace the silly plastic rivets with bolts. One for the trim round the air filter



and the other for the trim behind the header tank



Nearly ready to reassemble it soon!