After 2 months and lots of chasing my crossmember turned up !
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Rotten.
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New one fitted, quite happy with it,
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Spent today ripping off all the rear suspension that looks to have been on there since new bar the rear shocks.
Tomorrow im expecting shiny shiny - although nothing can be fitted till after i give it wire brush and 2 or 3 coats of tetrosyl, thts tomorrows job.
Got a big order of stuff coming from yrm for the tub , cab and bulkhead.
Got +11 pin x pin shocks and dropped forward pin shock mounts , hook dislocation cones , full spring clamps and galvy spring seats. From gwyn lewis.
+2 bearmach springs and superpro polybushes from island 4x4
Need to look into cranked trailing arms - and possibly a wide angle prop.
Had a bit of an identity crisis buying bits for this this , it started life as i wanted to build a fairly original looking v8 winter road car, realisticlly its going to be used for winter driving and rtv trials so went with traction/articulation over road handling
Going to be a slow build anyway - work offshore so dont get to spend loads of time at once on it