After an early set off this morning driving through the wind and dodging fallen tree branches when driving through the New Forest we arrived safely in Lymington near Southampton ready to fit a set of recharged Hydragas units and two new front to rear suspension pipes to an Allegro. The car was already down to the bump stops on one side due to the badly corroded front to rear pipe, the other side was up but was rigid with no travel as a result of the units being empty of gas. We set about removing both of the original pipes which fell apart on removal and was suffering from corrosion in multiple areas, particularly near where they pass behind the steering rack and behind the underbody fixing tabs. We firstly replaced the pipes and then the units, we had the benefit of a garage to carry out the work. Once completed it made the car what it deserved to be as it is a low mileage example. The customer has a little more work to do before it can go on the road and he’s looking forward to using and enjoying it
