Margaret my 1975 88" series 3 was involved in an accident with a tractor last week and so I decided to rebuild her for a second time. Below are a couple of pics of the damage sustained
Day 1 of rebuild:
Started by removing the bonnet, and disconnecting the wiring loom for the wings (Its usually hidden in conduit which was removed before taking the photo
earth block removed (Ex Disco1 item)
Bonnet stay removed
Then removed the drivers side wing (Below are a few pics of the fasteners holding the inner wings in place).
Bolts going into footwell (13mm)
There is also a small bolt above the steering box mudguard holding it on too (11mm)
The bolts going into the J clips are 11mm
11mm nuts going to front slam panel (The bolts are captive)
The drivers side wing was a right PITA to remove because of how it had buckled, I had to cut an access hole out the side to get at the bulkhead bolts. The passengers side one came away lovely. Im glad i copper slipped all the bolts last time, everything came apart easily.
A shot showing the buckled dumbirons, this is the only chassis damage and it has resulted in the axle being misaligned giving me tracking issues. you can't see the damage looking head on or from above, only if you look from the side
Shot with the passenger side wing removed.
Drivers side
Next the front panel was removed, first I disconnected the bottom hose and drained the coolant into a tub. Whilst this was happening, I removed the earth wire which was attached to it with P-clips.
The 3 13mm bolts holding the panel to the chassis were then removed and the panel lifted out of the way
I was a bit bored so decided to tidy the engine up a bit, I removed the fan and the alternator and gave the front half of the block a quick first coat of eau-de-nil engine enamel (The colour I originally wanted). This is much brighter with a better finish and gives a nicer contrast to the marine blue
A couple of pics showing the axle issues
so thats all thats been done today, next job I'll do is probably remove the front axle and give that a good looking at whilst im waiting for my repair panels to turn up