Just get a long piece of wood to stop the panel flexing when you beat the lip.... Also just heat it up with a heat gun, should help stop the paint from cracking
Thanks mate, if I give it a go myself, I will be sure to try this out.
Okay so I've started to pull out the motor now, she has quite a few oil leaks and its getting really bad, so time for a rebuild, some mild work, smoothening the engine bay then respraying it body colour and also hidding all the bay wiring.
Starting pulling her down:
then my phone died and i didnt get any more pictures, but you get the gist
Planned to have the motor out at this stage but got slack and enjoyed my holidays a little too much so its still in, but I have been doing other work.
Got stuck into cleaning up the t5, there was sooo much oil you can see in the photos but all over the bottom of it was caked, the rear main had been leaking for some time.
to this:
and relocated and fiberglassed up my washer bottle:
Doesnt look like much work, but that gear box was a down right c*nt to clean!
annd thats how shes sitting now, gearboxless.