Heater for parts washer

Did an interesting upgrade to my parts washer today that I thought my interest some.
As my garage is only a couple degrees over freezing in the winter the cleaning liquid is really cold and not so efficient for cleaning parts.

Bought a universal element for water heater, 1500 watts, these are cheap. Drilled a hole on the side of the washer and screwed it in place. Toughest part was to find a nut large enough with the correct thread, couldn't find one in any of the local diy store so I just bought a small piece of threaded pipe and cut it. Seems like it's working well, an extra bonus is that I don't freeze my hands cleaning the parts anymore !

Front suspension

Front suspension is finally assembled, with poly bushes and all moving parts replaced.

Assembly of the driver side proved more difficult than expected as the top suspension arms were bent probably from a past accident. Of course, i did not find this out until after several trial fit of the newly painted parts.

Luckily the parts car came to the rescue and donated the needed organs !

triumph spitfire front bearings replacement

Since everything is apart it would be a shame not to replace the bearings as they are not expensive.

Much easier when you have done once before.

Start by pushing the old bearing cups out with a drift, there are 2 places to for that, clean the old grease out and you should see them

You can see here the 2 bearings and the cups that need to be pushed in. See the sockets I found that match the size.

Gently push in with the press or a vice.

Et voila ! Just need to pack with grease