Before you start and your using the scuttle panel for your nuts and bolts plus tools
Check to see if it’s empty if not move what’s there and you know what’s yours and if you are unlucky and left anything over
I had a motor home come into work today that I did a clutch and gearbox + service and a mot the gearbox repair specialist left a ball baring in the box and it tried to worked it’s way back out in the diff housing and split the casing and leaked oil out so had to do the job again pain in the butt
My boss called me over as he was doing the mot and said to me look at this there is a pair off mole grips on the clutch cable opps that’s where they went to
. I'll try and remember to move all the bits first. I also always forget to loosen the wheel nuts before I put the car up in the air. So I have to bring it back down again! Every time!!
I did service + new callipers, pads, discs, front dampers, springs and top mounts. Put it all together, wheels back on. I use the trick of foam inserts in my tool trays, so I knew one of my hose clamps was missing... I went round taking each of the wheels off again. Checked all round the suspension, top mounts, engine bay. Basically stripped the whole thing down again. Then just thought meh... one of those things. Sat down and jumped back up, it was in my back pocket the whole time.