Realised I never said that I installed the tacho tyrie gave me with a friends help, thanks for that it's a very useful addition
So anyway progress over the weekend:
Engine/gearbox removed, engine stripped ready to send off to engine builder when I get the go ahead (friend of my uncles so he's giving me mates rates on everything). Degreased most of the engine bay (missed behind the damn crossmember haha) so that showed up a bit of rust i'll hit with rust converter.
Weber 32/36 with electric choke is on the way from spain, mentioned it in the previous post, ended up costing me AU 350 which was a steal imo.
Gearbox is getting the input shaft repaired (sleeved and machined) to fix up the rattle in there, muffler is being replaced as I blew a hole in it when it backfired one day. If the money stretches enough I might put in a new system from the extractors back, local exhaust shop quoted me 250 for a 2" system, which seems pretty cheap and give me a note to boot.
Should go pretty well, engine is absolutely shagged atm, timed 0-100 at 23.5 seconds (shifting 500 below redline as I didn't want to try my luck), which is hella slow even for a 120y
I would have preferred to fix the body first but the engine sounded like it was going to go on me and I need the car to get to uni.
*edit pics*
*edit 2 holy picture size batman I'll work it out later, never tried using pics off my own site before*
Pulling the engine out
35 years of sh*t on the crossmember :p
Stripping stuff off the engine
Ready to send off
I haven't got any post degrease as I forgot to take pictures
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Datsun 120y Wagon, Second Owner