Whey hey - I'M TESTED! :spin: :woot: ...and that little baby goes like sh*t off a shovel! Gearbox is a lot quieter with oil in it an' all... got a bit panicky when the tester said the computer had said it had failed on the brake percentage ...but when he re-entered the info it came up okay 2nd time - phew! I'll try and get some piccies up soon. Cheers all - thanks for the helpful input... :hug:
...all I need now is a roof rack of sorts...
can side rails from later Pandas be fitted to older models? cos if I can get some rails I've got some rail fitting roof bars in the garage... :chin:

Congrats

BTW how did you manage to put the D/S bearing on the wrong way round and what effect did it have? as it may help when doing it next.

Well done. Happy Pandering.

'BTW how did you manage to put the D/S bearing on the wrong way round and what effect did it have? as it may help when doing it next'

Alan, the kit came with the seal/bears ass. in position inside the boot, but my mate (a full time mechanic - vice free and circlip pliers!) said he normally doesn't bother to swap the seal/bearing ass.) and separated the 2 - he was busy - I got distracted...
..took for ever to tap it on wrong way round as I hadn't got the recommended length of tube either!
Later when I put the d/s back on and realised the bearing was visible the effect was:
:bang:
Ground down some old long nose pliers to get circlip off and found some 1" copper tube which I cut lengthways into 2 halves to make collets to fit inside the recess on the bearing so I was able to tap it off again (with mole grips loose around d/s acting against copper collets)... otherwise I would have had to go and get another boot kit...
second time I didn't set it up to the collar (the end of machined section on d/s) either just to the rec. 143mm - which (presumably) stresses the boot less... anyway job was a good un in the end
I once got distracted by a neighbour when fitting a balljoint into a Uno lower susp' arm - put it in upside down! - by the time I'd pressed it out and in again it was too loose - had to go and buy the complete arm then... doh...
It poured with rain again as I refitted the driveshaft (soaked again!) but otherwise it would have been a straightfwd job. Next time though i'll def. give a bit more thought to the rec. tube fitting tool as outlined in the Haynes manual as the bearing needs to pressed on very close to the d/s with no force applied to the outer parts of the ass. Kit was non Fiat and about £17 btw
the only other prob encountered was with one of the gaiter clips - with restraightening it fractured - but I was able shorten and reuse it
cheers

Do'H Glad it worked out in the end....Thanks for the info i'm sure it will come in handy