Spring time in Summer

Saturday was the day chosen to lower the van.  Springs purchased, quick check of all the tools required, just needed to nip out and buy some axle stands. Dave was visiting for the weekend and had agreed to help out so...   ... we set to!

We managed to get one of the anti roll bar bolts free (the bottom one, as the top one was well and truly stuck (and I think I rounded the spline fitting on the first attempt - oops!). However, when it came to the separation of the strut from the lower arm, it all became a bit too scary with instructions of removing the drive shaft and "you'll need to replace this nut afterwards".  

ABORT!  ABORT!  ABORT!!  

Put the van back together. 

So, it's booked in at Mark Tempest Autos to have the springs fitted on Wednesday. 

Meh!!  On reflection, probably best it's done by a pro but at least we had a go.