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Day 9 and after a lot of derusting and painting with epoxy, I finally compressed the springs and got them fitted to the shocks, they needed a bit more compression than taking them off, I guess all the mounts had expanded a bit, then splashed some engine enamel on the disc guards.
I then used my engine hoist to transfer the assembly from the dolly to the scissor jack and rolled it under the car via the wheel arch. I also used a couple of trolley jacks to spread the load as I was not sure of the total weight and the limit for the scissor jack was 200kg.
Next was a lot, a hell of a lot of fettling , first to get the shock top mounts to fit on the studs, then to get the exhaust hanger to fit on the studs I added, then to get the front mounts to fit and the at least 45 mins for each of the two top monostrut bolts to go all they way through to the captive nuts. In all it was a hell of a job single handed.
These were the last two to go in that gave the most trouble.
Taking a break now before I get all the ancillaries bolted back together.
I then used my engine hoist to transfer the assembly from the dolly to the scissor jack and rolled it under the car via the wheel arch. I also used a couple of trolley jacks to spread the load as I was not sure of the total weight and the limit for the scissor jack was 200kg.
Next was a lot, a hell of a lot of fettling , first to get the shock top mounts to fit on the studs, then to get the exhaust hanger to fit on the studs I added, then to get the front mounts to fit and the at least 45 mins for each of the two top monostrut bolts to go all they way through to the captive nuts. In all it was a hell of a job single handed.
These were the last two to go in that gave the most trouble.
Taking a break now before I get all the ancillaries bolted back together.
