Well today has turned into a day of not so good discoveries.
I got up early all enthusiastic, went to the recycling centre to ditch an old downpipe, get rid of some oil and ditch that rank spoiler.
Then it all went wrong. I had planned to get stuck in and remove the diff and axles today but my first problem was this...
A pond in the wheel well.

I tried using my new wiggle syphon, but that was rubbish so resorted to the old sucking technique. That worked but I was slightly unnerved to see lots of bird feathers in the water. I may have just poisoned myself

Bit cleaner but a little smelly

Whilst I had the boot open I noticed a rogue wire going through the bodywork. Not sure what is going on here. Either its a terribly lazy fix or the fog light has been wired in to the bumper light (there is no fog under the bumper)

To top that off I discovered that I had made a school boy error. I never thought to check if I had the socket for the wheel nuts.
I had nothing to undo this. Not sure if it is a standard mazda pattern but it pretty much ended my days work on the car.

So, the only progress I made today was draining the diff fluid.
You win some you loose some
