1100 bulletproof..

[DomMINIque]

This definetly does not look healthy



Old mini shock fully compressed



Old mini shock fully extended



Then for the life of me I could not get the tie rod ends out, smacked it numerous amounts of times with the rubber mallet and got no where. Eventually gave up and had a break.
Then reverted to my trusty old friend - youtube. He shows you how to remove the tie rod end but uses a ballpeen hammer - sorted. Outside I went with a proper hammer now no more mallet and wala. Two good smacks on either side and this is the result:






So list for tomorrow:
Blue mini:
Remove engine steady
Lower gear lever and housing
Move battery cable out the way
After this the blue one should be free.
Black one:
Do everything I did today and tomorrow on the blue mini again.... just for fun and this time on the black mini

Then by tomorrow afternoon I should have two free engine/subframe combinations and two empty engine bays.
Then it starts to get interesting.