I made some progress today.
i finally got the guard back on. I have mixed feeling about this. Good because it is the first thing to go back on, But I think it could have gone on a bit better. I had to do so much work to get it back into a usable guard and I kind of wish I had just got a one that was in good nic to start with. I'm hoping all the lines are good once the bits start going on.
Anyway at least it is moving forward now>