The Australian comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson sings a song describing the kind of day he has had. Note, only google this if you are very broad minded. After today, I know where he is coming from.
It started off quite well, steering wheel off, column out, instrument panel removed.
The silver box on the rh side is from the alarm immobiliser I had fitted a while ago, at least I can wire it correctly now. The black box on the left is from a previous alarm install. That will be removed.
Then the fun started, disconnect the earth point,the manual totally forgetting to mention that it is a nut and bolt.
The manual says remove the 2 securing nuts and leave the master cylinder connected. This is not possible unless you have a trained octopus. Removing the wiper motor and power steering reservoir give a little more access.
You then have to remove the 5 13mm bolts securing the pedal box, 3 of them can be seen marked in green.
There is no way of getting to these without removing the BMC & wiper motor.
The manual then says, remove the pedal box and servo. After trying for more than 1 hour, I gave up and went for a beer.
The designers of this car need to be forced to play the Kevin Bacon part in National Lampoon's Animal House. "Thank you sir, please may I have another" Except in their case, the scene needs to last a lot longer, about 1 year.