Yep, it was foul!
Full update is:
This first part is stuff I forgot to update on, done about 3 weeks ago!
After going to the tip, I hoovered her out a few days later (probably, can't remember the specifics!)
The carpets came up brilliantly with just a good vac. Will get the steam cleaner in there to fix the pile right up and get rid of any remaining sand
This happened as well
Which turned this
into this
And onto today! I had planned to wash her and polish/wax, but I felt like shit when I woke up at half 9, and it was drizzling all day! So did some odds and sods instead
Tailgate lamps out for inspection
Bulbs cleaned, contacts wire-wooled and smeared with copper grease
Other side. Replaced the about to die sidelight bulb with a random one I had that fits
That done, I removed the 9 torx screws and dropped the carpet down from the tailgate. Every moving part got a good coating of plusgas
No befores, but this is the rear wiper motor. All the grease had stuck to the back plate, so I smeared it all over everything again. Can't hear the ting now, could hear it before!
Took the light cluster off that is attached to the car next. Rear cubbyboxes unscrewed for bolt access. Shat myself at the massive spider skin, which quickly got hoovered away
Cleaned and waxed the hidden bodywork so the rain doesn't linger
Passenger side next. The seal wasn't even pretending to be on, no idea what happened here!
All back in, with a few drops of glue to stop it coming out completely and neatly hanging itself off the front again...
Before
After
Whilst fishing around the passenger side, I found the rear washer hose. I'd assumed it didnt have rear wash wipe, despite a switch telling me otherwise, as I'd never found the jet. I opened my fucking eyes and BAM!
There it is! Fed some wire through it to clean it up, and scrubbed out the inside and it still doesnt work..
Crap shot but cleaned the spindle up and coppaslipped it up
Next, and thanks for you helps in the other thread, I jacked her up. Suspension in high, jacked up 2 pumps so a stand would slide in underneath
ta-daa
Some lovely compost
I was aiming to get at the washer pumps but couldn't with the wing in so
Now, for the past 2 weeks I've had the odd waft of rotten eggs, mainly when coming off the motorway either to or from work and turning, or when firing her up. I absent mindedly removed the full to the brim headlight resevoir (as I never use the washers with lights on, and the headlamp washers are blocked anyway, and nearly fell over backwards. Certainly didnt do my hangover any good
It was full of stagnent water
Everything seems good underneath
Chucked a capfull of this into the washer tank and brimmed it, swished it a bit then left it to sit
Then, it pissed it down. Everything got jet-washed off, all the mud removed, then re-assembled. Broke the y piece going to the headlamp jets, so atm it pisses all over the floor if I set them off
Moved onto the passenger side, where the windscreen tank is. No mud behind the wing here
The bit where the wing and bumper bolt onto was very salty. Must rust-kill it one day
Through connecting the two pumps up in random orders, I diagnosed the rear pump is dead, as the front pump works when plugged into the rear loom. Any ideas where I can get one of these from?
Had to re-fit it as it plugs a massive hole. Also cleaned up the level sensor as it was heavily corroded, but it didnt like that as now everytime I wash the screen it bleeps that the level is low. Anyone got a spare one of those too?
Finally, I wound the two torx screws back in as they were hanging out and put everything back together
Every bolt and mating surface got a coating in copper-grease, so hopefully it will all come apart again.
The suspension feel alot softer now, I don't know wether jacking it up has done something. I'd like to say the brakes are a bit spongy now but I'll see if some citrobatics will fix that. Either way, not alot done, and the passenger side has to come apart again to replace the broken pump!
And she is still filthy
And I need to re-align the front jets as they moved when I re-unblocked them
That car is going to be a show-winner very shortly!