Then it was time to start on the engine bay. I undid all the electrical fittings (coil, fuses, regulator) and covered them in plastic bags. All the windscreen washers came off but the washer bottle was rather difficult but after numerous squirts of RP7, the clips came loose. (see the plastic bags in the pictures below).
I really wanted to move the car out from under the house but the transmission was supported on a trolley. Using some chains, hooks & bolts, I attached the top of the housing to the bonnet supports & that allowed me to remove the supports under the transmission (see the chain in the picture). The car was then moved a few metres outside so that the cleaning of the engine bay could commence. At first I tried a little steam cleaner we had & while it did get some rubbish off, it was not really powerful enough. So out came the Karcher (see picture). It gets stuff off but things get messy. After a fair bit of degreaser & a few minutes of blasting, quite a lot of rubbish came off. I then spent as much time cleaning the floor of all the mess, especially all the transmission fluid that was under the car. The leaf blower then came out to dry off any excess water.
I also removed the front parcel tray as there are a few things to be done under the dash & I thought the washer bottle was screwed through from the inside. That was incorrect & the clips came off from the outside. Next step is preparing to paint the engine bay & that may take a bit of time.
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