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righto!

Whats left to do is

One night of buffing from Joe.Pass side and tailgate

One night of wiring from Dan the man

Bleed brakes

Bleed clutch

Shorten handbrake cable and mod a little bracket

Find and modify accelerator cable

Fit thermo switch and top rad hose

Fit new seals/rubbers and remaining glass

Full diff up with lsd oil

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Im so lucky to have so many rad mates! So much offers of help to get thru and get this wagon on the road.Tonite Me , Nick Murchison,Nicholas Ching,Josh Helm worked till now getting the rubbers and seals fitted so all the glass is now in then we sorted out a few brake lines.ive got 2 more to sort and we can re bleed the brakes. Also Nick has come up with a plan for the handbrake cables.So its goin good. Really pining for a drive this weekend if the wiring can be finished on friday nite! So excited!

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Just aqquiring the last couple parts. After anight of wiring tomorrow nite i honestly think ill be able to take it for a drive on saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Test drive around block a few times. Get up to temp and bed brakes in then go for cert!

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Well after a 10 hour day . the Datsun is closer. Its does turn on at the ignition. The fuel pump turns on . There is no fuel leaks. One small radiator hose leak. 3 brake line leaks. one Clutch mc that wont bleed fluid.and one flat battery. Once this is sorted tomorrow i should be able to drive. Thanks Dan Lodge for your epic work in the wiring dept today.

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After a break from the wagon while i persued other interests im back into the wagon

The list of things to do is.

1. Refit engine loom that i just picked up from Dan. Hope for the best.

2. Raise front suspension to give steering clearance

3. Find Speedo drive to suit cable.

4. Adjust Handbrake

5. Weld exhaust tip on back. Nothing lame.

6. Get wheel alignment to find out front camber?

7. Fit Seatbelts.

8. Make/trim/fit rear cargo interior panels.

9. Test drive around block up to temp to ensure everything is ok.

10. Go for Cert

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IT FINALLY RUNS!!!!!!

Big thanks to Kane& Horse for coming around on Saturday and problem shooting my wiring.Thanks to Kids(Dan) for the plug swap idea. It worked.

Thanks to Nick & Spec performance for cleaning and flow testing my injectors

And Gal for giving me a hand putting it back together tonite. It starts up and runs! Needs a tune and timing as it doesnt rev out . Will get Kids around for a pine later in the week.

So stoked!

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Brought clutch m/c seals today. so will sort that out and refit and hope for the best.

Sealbelts are all fitted now

Also after alot of thought. & Stance King(Andy Gal)pushing me to change ive decided that my 185/60/13 s are destined as burnout tires and im gonna purchase some 175/50/13s

Will solve all sorts of issues and allow me to run it nice and low.

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Also a mindless update with not much happening.

After months of diagnostics with plenty of experienced folk helping out we discovered its was a continuity issue that was causing the bad running issue. Loom is now out and another loom is currently getting modified to suit.

Still got to re fit clutch mc. Just a prick of a spot to get to so cant be bothered.

Then save buy another set of 175/50s for the rear.

Wont be going to track day either

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Big Thanks to Kane for sorting out my loom and Dan(Kids) for sorting out fault codes.

12,21,43.

12. AFM. Easy. Replace it

21. Ignition wiring to secondary coil? Unsure on this one.

43. TPS.Replace

So tomorrow im gonna pull the plugs out. Blast em. then change AFM over and see what happens.

If still no go will test for fault codes and see if 12 has been elimnated then go from thee on the other 2 codes.

Feeling better knowing the direction im going now. Not just running around like a headless chicken

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Soooo yeah i started working on this thing again!

Removed dodgy engine wiring loom and the few parts i stole off Andy Gals car to try on mine.

Brought new Stock loom ready for some love from a professional

On the hunt for a stock Ecu

As soon as ive got Ecu its off to the wiring man

Then ive gotta track down some/save for a pair of 175/50/13 tires

Finally get around to re fitting my Clutch MC and bleeding

Then take wagon to Simon @ SURFAB and get full oval exhaust like Johns Cedric to avoid scraping noises

So one thing at a time starting with picking up new loom on friday

Will wash car on weekend and take a fresh photo!

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Filled Gearbox with Oil on weekend that OSGC Max hooked me up with!

Just got wagon up on stands double checking everything.

Will go see John and get some RCA spacers to sort out my bottom arm angle out and fit them up while up on stands.

Will Bleed clutch before the Long weekend!

 

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Got RCA spacers fitted up.

Have double checked everything on the car and everything checks out

Have wrapped loom back up and mounted ecu and associated shit

Ended up buying another Clutch MC as the thread where the line fits up to had cross threaded. Now looking into a braided line with banjo fitting at one end that will make life alot easier when fitting up. Everything is so tight at that end of the engine.

Thats all thats required to drive this prick of a wagon!

Then go for cert essentially. Which will have to be alot further south id say

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