I’ve got loads of bits on order from Tris-R-Us, and I’m running out of things to take off the car in the meantime. I don’t want to touch the bodywork yet, and I need to get my acto together and buy a shed before I spray the contents of my garage with underseal and rust by grinder brushing the underside again. The wirings all stripped out as far as the door pillars, the brake and fuel lines are stripped out (They were all crushed and rotten). The old exhausts are off, despite the nuts being welded on!

The old column is out, not that it was really in. It was held in with wire and weld. Theres a new one on the way. I found a 10 bolt Posi axle the correct width to replace the one I’ve got. It’s got discs on it already, which is what I planned to do ultimately. I’ll pick that up in a week or so hopefully Got a replacement pan for the TH350 along with a gasket and filter. and pulled the pan off. It was full of sludge. Im hoping this is from it having no dipstick in while it was at Doosters and in my garage. The box was coated in a thick layer of dust and grease, and then wire brushed clean.

I scraped it all out and broke it up in my fingers to try and work out if it was metallic. It’s impossible to tell, so I changed the filter, wiped up the last of the oil and put the old pan back on temporarily. The nice new chrome one has a drain hole, but I won’t put it on till the box is in the car. I realised the speedo drive was missing, and thought “I wonder if the one off the old ‘glide will fit?”. Amazingly it does! Will it work? I’ll tell you in a few years when I get the car on the road!