Dusting off the van

Dragged the van out to tidy all the rust and filler off the garage floor, thought I'd post a few pictures of the van, rather than close ups of welded panels and rusty holes for once.

It is so close to being solid again, just a few small jobs to do before dipping and paint prep. This may be a little further away than I thought as I spent my paint fund on an engagement ring.........

Guess a wedding gives me a goal to get the van finished by.

IRS Gear Box Nose Cone

I dragged my IRS gearbox out of the shed, I think I got this from a late squareback for £60 from Just Kampers when JK was a small work shop.

I pulled off the nose cones to swap

I struggled to get the CV joints undone, probably because I first tried to get an allen key bit into the rusted bolt head but then worked out I needed to buy a set of torque bits that fit better (or correctly!). Then needed a lot of welly and scaffold bar to get them to undo. Luckily I didnt shear any off.

Pulling the selector rods out of the nose cones I noticed one was bent, never seen this before.