Snow anyone? Makes a Viva that little bit chunkier
Luckily nearly all the work I did today was in the garage attached to the house so I had this to keep me toasty
Didn't have too much time today, largely thanks to my girlfriend turning my alarm off ::)
Had lots of fun (not) farting about getting the bushes in on the rear arms. These are the only bushes that aren't split so are a pig to do but got there in the end.
So then on to the rear axle bushes for the upper trailing arms. Got them in just far enough with a BFH to then use the left overs of the sheered bolt from last week, chamfered the broken end and cleaned the thread up. Found a couple of M10 nuts and created this
Managed to get the first fully on and moved on to the other. After a short while the nut started slipping and doing jolly pain in the backside all. Ah
Cut the end off and chamfered and cleaned it up again but it wasn't working and just stripped the thread again. So that bolt has finally turned its last, long may it rest in pieces. So will have to find another method/bolt to finish the job tomorrow. Also tomorrow I'll replace the gearbox rear oil seal, finally finish front fog wiring, and drill a hole in the gearbox tunnel to run the wire through for the reverse light. Now due back on 4 wheels next week as I ordered the gearbox end cover for the reverse switch too late and it hasn't come yet
can't wait to have a car again!