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Old Jan 8th, 2022, 10:46   #34
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Default Initial Reconnaissaance

I've put GAM up on some ramps and had a look round this morn, here are are my first thoughts.

This is the hole I was concerned about in the OSF chassis rail:



I'm not too worried about this, the rust seems to be quite localised so I think I'll get away with just cutting the the rot out square and welding in a patch to the horizontal plane - the vertical walls seem to be solid enough. I've ordered some steel, but there is no point starting to cut out rust until that arrives so I'll just clean it up and cover it over with some Harry Black to keep the weather out for the next few days.

The oil leak I suspected seems nowhere near as bad as I thought it might be - I'll just keep an eye on it for the time being:



The top of the engine looks dry, which is good:



I can't see much wrong here:



The front suspension needs a bit of a bit of a refresh:



The heater unit has all been changed, so that should be okay:



The inside of the wings seem solid:



... and it has an alternator, which will save me having to fit one.

So, all in all there isn't too much that needs doing straight away.

Now I'm off to get a tyre for the spare wheel.

:-)
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