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I <3 this car! Were you manually shifting the trans?

Hey, If your slugs are stuck in the bores, I've heard that milk is real good at freeing them up. Something in the milk (like moo cow milk, not cutting oil milk) breaks down where the piston is seized.

On my sc14 I pulled out the hose tails, and just pressed in bungs.

Where's the dyno sheet?

Good work Hogan. Do you know what the standard compression ratio is? Should wake up your engine quite nicely.

Good luck Si.

How long has it been since the motor ran? I once saw the fuel pick up removed from a '65 chrysler imperial. When compressed air was applied to the line, a 6 inch long sausage of degraded fuel mud oozed out. If it's blocked like that, even your mum couldn't suck gas through it. Although chances are the juice has just drained back. Definately try KK's idea.

I'm pretty sure that someone else beat ten-five to the punch for this diff.

I'm 99.99997% sure that cutting and welding of Cast (or forged) steering components is full blown no-no. something to do with there being no way of knowing what material the stuff was made from to begin with, so there being no gaurantee that the weld will stay glued together. (Just what I've heard, might be bullshit)

where now?

I Ussually go up the hill from governers bay to the sign of the kiwi a dozen times or so. Coasting back down each time with the motor off. Keeping the gears up, but not letting the motor run too slow. One engine I ran in by doing a repeated max speed test. Four or five times up and down a 6.8km straight of road. We even towed it there so the fesh engine wouldn't have to idle.

If I'm about when your in dirty old quake town, I'll gladly meet up for a beer/bourbon or 10. We have a small but dedicated core of actives here. Plus a few fringers, and lots of ghosts.

You can get rebuild kits for most auto's off the net for shit. Which shop quoted that price? I knew a guy who worked at an auto shop. (Name withheld) They charged top dollar, but the guys who worked there were monkeys.

Fuck all. Gearbox mounts are real easy to make. What flavour of machine do you have?

Whats it in? The BW35 is a complete lemon. If you've lost reverse, chances are your reverse band is toast. I have a factory valiant workshop manual, which has a chapter on the type 35. Thats right, falcons and valiaints had the same gearbox as Avengers, hunters, and trumpets. The Vals eat them for breakfast.

OMG! Dereg_leppa. That is fucking gold. It's only funny because it's true too!

Nice repairs. For all their faults, these 'goons are very under rated. There should be plenty of space under the hood for that supercharger too............

I haven't followed that link, but someone told me the auto's and manuals had different floor pans. (might be BS?)

Shit ten5. Shane BRE510 will be coming down for the NZdatsun nats at labour weekend. He's from Hawkes Bay. But he has family in Aucks that he visits from time to time. I'm sure if you asked him nicely he might help you out. I also know Vaughan too. (Classicdat) He's a GC as well.

Fark that is some unsightly cancer. Thats almost as bad as my datsun. lol Since you're now fixing this, you must revert back to your original plan of strapping a roots supercharger onto this. Followed by lots of skids.

Those van speedo's are poos. I ran 215/65/15's on my vannette. And it could still go right off the clock.

If you're lazy like me, just ring this guy -Craig on 3746484. He'll come and take it away for free. Who can be fucked with getting a few bucks for scrap when it's so much work to take it there?

I really enjoyed the drive. Fantastic roads!

I did some work on the datto today. And on the way home an evil yellow and blue meanie tailgated me for ages. I had the idle wound up to 2500 cos the battery is fucked, and a cunty exhaust leak. Plus numourous other stickerable defects. So I was thinking I might needs Pete's spare seat this saturday. But they didn't pull me over.