Brilliant, thanks Brian
Despite me saying that the engine was staying in and staying in one piece, i have two weeks until the kit turns up and with the Sammio there were a few jobs that I'd wished I'd done more-thoroughly,so.....
Engine lifted.
Manifolds off, dynamo off, fan off, steering rack off, front brake pipe off etc...
Front chassis de-greased and fibre-wheel'd
Etch-Red-Oxide applied:
Then when that dried, Chassis Black applied:
So that is now the whole chassis done, apart from the inner rails at the front which face the engine as after the grease was stripped off of those, they were mint!
gawd-bless the Triumph rust protection scheme i.e. cover it all in oil-n-grease!
Exhaust manifold fibre-wheel'd and painted in VHT.
Steering rack stripped down, cleaned, painted, new gaiters fitted and new track rod ends fitted
and while i'm waiting for the new gearbox and engine mounts to turn up i've also started de-greasing and cleaning the inlet manifold and gearbox:
I should gain a fair bit of weight saving simply due to removing pounds of crud from inside the bell housing!
So "Fingers Crossed" this will be the last of the stripping and cleaning and i'll soon be on to the build/rebuild