Striping the 1600e

June 8th 2010

we started off striping all the parts off the shell , it was basically a rolling shell , the car came with loads of other bits like full set of doors spare engine , spare diff etc etc so we stored all these then set about striping the back axle off the car and placed it on axle stands. next we tackled the front end removing the front struts and cross member we now had the whole car on axle stands , its bloody hard to work lying on your back ........we need a jig so we can spin the car on its back , back onto ebay .... found some at £100..maybe we can make one!!?? ,

anyway we decided to strip the back axle first and remove the diff so we can clean the axle prior to respraying , so we start by taking off all the brakes and back plates , and pull out the half shafts then remove all the bolts on the diff, and out pops the diff full of stinky oil , looks like brand new ,