I've had a busy few weeks. The engine bay is now completely stripped. Removing the wiring was probably more work than the engine. Anyway, everything's all labelled up and put to one side now.
I had to remove the rear axle to get the fuel tank out. It was a bit fiddly to remove, but I'm sure it's going to be 10 times worse to re-fit. The springs seem to have got themselves stuck to the body. A bit of violent persuasion will be needed at a later date to remove these I think...
This is likely to need a bit of work...
Chipping off the coating in the wheel well reveals a bit of tin worm. Hopefully it hasn't set in too far. I'll attack this with the wire brush soon to see how far it goes.
Unfortunately, one of the axle mounting bolts is completely stuck. I may have used a little too much threadlock when I installed this 11 years ago. It broke my extension when I tried to remove it. I might have to get that drilled out...
The floorpan looks fairly clean. I can see a little bit of rust in the seams, but nothing that looks particularly shocking. I can see a bit of crustiness underneath the plastic still trim. I'll take a closer look at that in the coming weeks.
I've started stripping the interior as well.