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After spending the better part of a year not fixing my car due to lack of tools, funds and laziness it now moves under it's own power for the first time under my possession after replacing the clutch.
After putting everything back together we were left with a bracket and its accompanying bolt as well as a larger bolt with a washer, I am unsure as to where both of these pieces should be located in the engine bay since we started taking the car apart quite a while ago and the pieces weren't properly labelled in the process.
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When my Father and I were reassembling the front suspension we couldn't seem to get the rubber boots for the control arm ball joints to seat properly on the lip, as soon as we let go of the boot the wire spring would push it off and unseat it, one of the wire springs was also lost and/or misplaced during the disassembly of the car, we tried to fix this with some brass wire tightened against the boot although it's effectiveness has yet to be seen since the boot was reluctant to stay put in the first place, we couldn't be bothered fiddling with them for too long and just continued on with the suspension however we did pack the boots with new grease, they're pretty grotty but the plan was to replace the control arms some time in the future anyway.
balljoint right.jpg balljoint left.jpg
If and when another problem arises with my car I'll post it here, at least if I can't find the solution on the forum already
and if you know where those miscellaneous parts go or how to remedy my issue with the rubber boots please let me know!
After putting everything back together we were left with a bracket and its accompanying bolt as well as a larger bolt with a washer, I am unsure as to where both of these pieces should be located in the engine bay since we started taking the car apart quite a while ago and the pieces weren't properly labelled in the process.
Misc. Parts.jpg
When my Father and I were reassembling the front suspension we couldn't seem to get the rubber boots for the control arm ball joints to seat properly on the lip, as soon as we let go of the boot the wire spring would push it off and unseat it, one of the wire springs was also lost and/or misplaced during the disassembly of the car, we tried to fix this with some brass wire tightened against the boot although it's effectiveness has yet to be seen since the boot was reluctant to stay put in the first place, we couldn't be bothered fiddling with them for too long and just continued on with the suspension however we did pack the boots with new grease, they're pretty grotty but the plan was to replace the control arms some time in the future anyway.
balljoint right.jpg balljoint left.jpg
If and when another problem arises with my car I'll post it here, at least if I can't find the solution on the forum already
and if you know where those miscellaneous parts go or how to remedy my issue with the rubber boots please let me know!
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