Eager to do something with the front axle (the rear stuff was waiting for me to get a puller) i decided to do some destruction work on the front springs. These things, while in the subframe, are under tension and need to be cut through before disassembling the rest. As I dont have a fancy torch to do this, the …
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Woke up Saturday morning early, two strange men in our garage. Turned out they were installing the door two days early. No objections.

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Spent the whole Sunday covered in grease; disassembling the rear axle. The start was pretty much ok, got the lower wishbones loose pretty easily. The only somewhat interesting part was getting the bearings out. Two sockets of appropriate size and a vice:

and out they come in no time:

I wish i could say the same …

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Drove up to John Kox from Dax Benelux today to fetch two jaguar axles and a differential. The diff looked pretty good as is, as it has been in a Cobra until recently. I saw a little leakage on the front seal, so it needs reconditioning anyways.

The axles are horrid as usual, but i trust they will clean up nicely when …

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The chassis has been ordered, that is, Mischa is visiting Gardner Douglas on wednessday an will order on my behalf. We spoke on what type of engine I wanted for the car.

(I managed to decide on the cubic inches, but not on carburated or injection yet, although i'm beginning to like the LS1 more and more) Apart …

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