Before I started doing anything major on the car, I decided to give it a decent clean. This is only to remove grease and oils that tend to go everywhere.

After 30 minutes or so, job done!

Before doing anything else, there are a number of bits that need removing and either re-used at a later time or discarded. I have already removed the air conditioning pump (off to ebay with that one) and now all these bits, such as hoses, mounts, wiring loom supports have to be removed.

Original driveshafts, including the intermediate one that we will put back at a later stage...

Gear weight cut-off with hacksaw and a steady hand.

All removed now...