Major Ledfoot Garth;97164 wrote Out gearstick still playing hard to get Loctite Freeze & Release is your friend. Heh, funny that, my 142's gear lever nut was just the opposite since it kept working itself loose on the drive back from Queensland...
Garth Still got 2 springs to account for will be in the bottom of the box somewhere amongst the sludge in there should find roll pin and thrusts there too never seen a gearbox si
Garth Matches the engine must have removed a half kilo of sludge from its tappet cover was an accountants car short runs all its life and no signs of regular maintenance
Garth There's much still to do but with a chassis number 5213. I'm picking its a very early car original owner believed it the first sold in queensland
Garth Every part that was replaced in its life came with it 6 sets of worn out brake pads 3 master cylinders even old spark plugs plus 2 bonus 10 packs of new NGK plugs Worn out ignition lock assy 3 brand new hubcaps 4 headlight inserts strange collection of spares
Vee_Que Cvi in sweden is a good source if you have a list of things for it. Sounds like a good idea to pull everything out and clean up/inspect it all! I have an 8 bolt early b20 bottom end that needs assembly that I will be looking to sell sooner rather than later. Already bored for 20' pistons iirc
Garth Will reassemble tomorrow last bearing needs to be fitted to rear housing heating housing now in oven doesn't smell good at all,
Garth Wheels here at last and located spare m 40s for it too she will be in a roadworthy state before long
