Having cleared the snow from the path to the garage and turned the heater on I got the parts out for the first side of the front suspension.  I thought, stupidly, that this would be a quick job.  However, I hadn't catered for the amount of time I would need to give to cleaning out the POR15 paint so that the cotter pins would fit.  Wasn't helped by a leak in the house plumbing which took priority or the desire to see Tottenham Hotspurs play this afternoon.  Anyway, I didn't get very far.