Donor Parts - Pt 2

Well, what can I say. Its been some time since my last post and I have accomplished a fair amount since then. I have managed to dis-assemble all of the suspension parts now into a more manageable pile! (No photo I'm afraid!)

One thing I must stress is that you very carefully read the parts AK need for modification!!! After dismantling into more manageable parts I had a rather excessive clean up of my garage to make a little more space.

In my haste I disposed of the lower rear wishbones having convinced myself that these weren't needed as the chassis comes with tubular ones! The only thing I forgot was that the rear hub carrier bolts to this using the original XJ40 bracket!!! I must say that Jon at AK didn't laugh too much (well at least when I was just checking what parts he needed from me). Oh well! Another lesson learned and another good priced purchase from eBay.

2nd set of  Rear Wishbone's

All the calipers were re-furbished through Anthony at Black Country Jag and a great job was done. They look really good now, much better than the rusty lumps that I started with! I purchased ATE front caliper setup but retained the original rear Girling calipers although rear brake shoes are proving rather elusive. Anthony supplied most of the necessary suspension and brake parts for me at a very reasonable price. He's a really knowledgeable and most helpful chap. The few parts he could not supply came from SNG, again really good to deal with.

Caliper's all looking like new

Regarding the rear handbrake shoes I noticed recently whilst reading through Andy Menzies AK build, that he has had similar issues of getting hold of the Girling JLM800 rear handbrake shoes. ATE seem to be the ones supplied. He was fortunate to find a local supplier who had some in but they are now out of stock and not expecting any more! One thing he did mention was that I could consider having my old ones re-lined. Looks like this may be the way to go as the old ones aren't too bad. As they say, "watch this space".