Thanks Peter, Hanno and Daryl for your thoughts. I am not looking forward to it but hopefully this op will be the last one.
Back to my story.
I continued to refit the restored parts onto the chassis. I had painted it but most of the parts I had pre-prepared were in some kind of primer.
Front and rear axles and spring packs were refitted and as I said earlier, with new bushes in the springs, the shackle bolts being ok.
New transfer case insulators were cut from neoprene and the transfer case re-fitted. Here the universal flange nut is not on. Why? Because I could not find it. It took me about 3 days off and on to locate where it had been carefully put away. Eventually it was found, thanks to the little lady, and bolted up tight.
Next was the gear change tower and then the gear linkages.
New welsh plugs were fitted to the front of the gear change tower to keep the dirt out and oil in. Here two still have to be fitted.
This is the fulcrum refitted before the linkages were connected up. I do not know if I have the rods adjusted correctly but that can be done later.
The colour top coat was painted on to the primed parts mostly in place. I used a long handled paint brush where the spray gun couldn't reach.
Rick.