Cougar lost it, turned in his wings.

I have been putting off the wings as I know I’ll have to drill out the mushroom screws that hold then to the bulkhead and as I’ll also take out the front panel I’ll have to drain the oil so I can disconnect the oil cooler. Of course various bits are also connected to the wings.

After drilling and ultimately twisting the heads off the mushrooms the wing came away fairly easily.

Hammer included for scale only (honestly)

No particular surprises as I already knew the side panel of the footwell needs some welding.

Quite why I hadn’t taken battery out before.

The offside wing took a little more to extract once all the bolts were out – basically where the edge of the inner wing passes through the footwell side panel means it only wants to come out one way.

Next up was the radiator panel. Shroud off and then the horn and bonnet catch were removed. Whilst I undid the bolts holding the radiator to the panel I left the oil drain.

With the front panel off I descended into the rabbit hole of looking at a previous repair. The repair consisted of a small plate of seal held in place with fibre glass and then a good layer of filler on the front.