After getting the peril back onto some wheels and refitting the rear shocks so I could roll the peril around I decided to whip off the head after 6 months off the road ( broke something whilst in front of an s3 at silly speeds )
Holy moly!
Slammed rear as there's no springs fitted at the moment, still have to repair the thread on my hnr kit before I can put them back on.
Plan now is to whip the engine out
Split the box
Paint new block ( that's sitting in the boot ) and gearbox black
Fit new oil pump, water pump and toothed pulley to new block
Paint rear water pump
Replace the helix organically lined clutch with a 4 paddle helix I've got
Clean engine bay
Unwrap engine loom and extend some wires so they are a lot cleaner in the bay
Cut out additional sections of the front panel and cross member for better airflow
Mount aquamist kit
Ideally I'd like to give the bay a lick of paint, I'll see if we've got a compressor by then.
Body wise I need to
Strip out all seats and rear carpet
Remove the fibreglass repair on the battery tray we did 2 or 3 years ago and weld up
Redo the welding on the lower rear sill that was patched for the first mot it had in my ownership
Drop the tank, strip back the paint and rust from under the rear floor and axle mounts and check the state of the filler neck panels, repair if ness
Replace breather hose for something rubber with a grommet through the body panel
Zinc etch prime, paint and underseal the floor and all other welded areas
Fit my powder coated gt rear axle, new fuel tank, new in tank lift pump.
Reunderseal front and rear inner arches
Refit lower sill trims
Clean up spots of rust on front panel and edges of wings
Fit new inner door membranes
Only bits I need to buy is a bit of paint and a wideband lambda