Just had a few mini sessions in the garage when I can sneak off... its not the most efficient way of working as re reading stuff all the time is a bit of a pain.. but needs must...

Spent more time than I should have done trying to find the bolts for the bottom UJ on the steering... & then took a while to realise they wouldn't fit because I hadn't lined up the groove in the steering rod... got there in the end. I did have to check with Derek why the steering lock wasn't working... answer it doesn't when you have a removable steering wheel... hhhhmmm, thanks... I'll be on my way then..

So... deliberate mistake of the day caused by me doing short sessions & losing track... Finally got a deep socket to do up the special nut underneath the upright which has been an on going saga. misread the instructions & tightened up to 80 nm (should be 54 or thereabouts, without consulting the manual). One of them did do up this tight but on the other side the spacer collapsed, probably good it did otherwise I would not have known... damn.. I wasn't happy, had been within a whisker of finally getting the front suspension put to bed... e-mail to Derek admitting my failings & asking for two replacement spacers... I think he will have my name flagged on the wall by now...

I intend to have a full day in the garage tomorrow as I think I have spun enough plates to go off the radar for a day... I'll just have to ignore the up right hanging off... I really need to get a good consistent run rather than popping in & out which I don't think helped the situation. Hopefully the spacers wont be a 'special order'...

Found out a few other things, the hole in the Centre console on the drivers side isn't needed for anything with my gearbox, thats good because I couldn't see what on earth it was for.

The back of the interior heater goes the wrong way up nowadays, which is good as there was no way it was going to fit the right way.

So I'd say all in all, one step forward & one step back....