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Here is a list what i have done in the last three days

Keep in mind I did all this without any help.

Auto box is sitting next to the car...

motor sitting in engine bay but not bolted in....

crank is different to the engine i pulled out...fark...need a manual

get clutch

fit clutch

get pedal box and clutch master and slave cyl from r31 and 200b and modify to suit application

manual in...

all anciliaries bolted to motor

gearbox is 5inches shorter than the auto

fark....manual out.....run around like an idiot looking for a long 5speed(impossible to get one atm)

find out that crank is NOT different...

there is an adapter on the end of it....pulls off with two tyre levers

put auto back in....

realize that i cut all the lines that the auto uses when i took it out as i wasn't using it

run around like an idiot again to find the cooler lines...

find some at murrarie.

remove clutch master slave and pedal and go get auto lines.

go cruising Sat night in Nismogirls car.....

get a defect in my bog stock silvia

fit auto lines to gearbox....remember that the motor doesnt have an oil pickup in it yet...

undo engine mounts

lift engine and remove sump....

go 1/2 way to toowoomba to get oil pickup

fit oil pickup

fit sump...lower engine....do up engine mounts...

fill with oil...fill auto with tranny fluid

fit tailshaft

try to start car,,,....nothing

find that wiring is all wrong on the auto...

fix wiring...try to start car....

car starts.!!!....exaust isnt done up.....FARK its loud!

turn car off.

fit exhaust

start car.....runs on 5 cyls only.....

begin diagnosis

find that no2 cyl is not firing.....

plenty of spark.....

check exhaust....no popping....not a valve

must be fuel suply to Injector....nope...plenty of pressure..

guess that injector must be the problem...remove injector(cvnt of a job)

replace injector

start car...WOOOOOO firing on all six!

fit radiator and hoses

fit fan

fill with coolant

let the car idle for 20 mins

not getting hot, go for a small drive....temp on 1/3....sweet

sit down and relax

What motor are we talking?  And which car?  The coupe or the sedan?

I cannibalized my Hilux project and pulled the L24e from it and fitted it to the sedan.

The hilux is now a no go. It will be sold for next to nothing, or dumped. I need it gone, so I can begin on the coupe.

Nope. Springwood. That's the issue.

Jason jumped in our car at springwood, cruised around all night, got back to springwood, and drove his stock standard ca NA silvia the 100m to Springwood maccas and the cops pounced on him even before he got out of the car. His numberplate isn't visible to australian standards apparently.

They said that my plates were ok along with the commodore beside us. They were targetting each and every silvia that came into the carpark sat night. As soon as one came in, they pounced.

Pretty pathetic.

actually.. friday night too i saw them around there too.. they were doing over a commodore.. so least it's not *all* the imports.

I think they are on a big revenue raise.. why exactly I don't know.. It's not as if a lot of the fatal accidents involving imports have been in QLD at all.

Its ok Jason, I whinged for you

From http://www.boostcruising.com/journal/entry.../7/no/3617.html

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^~^~^~^~^ - This here is why cops suck. The guy left his girlfriends dead stock automatic CA18 powered non-turbo silvia at Springwood and hitched a ride with us down the coast. Once he returned he drove the massive 100m up the road to Springwood Maccas to have a yap before heading home.... Unfortunately a pair of chumps wearing badges decided his car was defectable for his numberplate. Never mind the fact its dead stock with the numberplate fitted in the factory position, these guys decided a defect was definately neccesary. The reason given was that the plate cannot be read from a 45 degree angle at a distance of 20m. Im assuming this is because that is the angle required for a speed camera or red light camera to identify your numberplate and send you a nice revenue raising bill in the mail. Plenty of local cars in the carpark also suffered from this identical problem, specifically an Astra sitting two carpark spaces... In the meantime, countless rust buckets oil-smoked their way through the carpark. So yeah, just a warning to you silvia owners - check your numberplate position. Dunno how you are supposed to rectify this situation (but then again neither did the pair of chumps), so maybe a call to department of transport to clarify the laws on this? As a side note, if the owner of a red celica with a GT-FOUR bonnet (prehaps the whole car is a GT-FOUR but I didnt take enough notice) notices any dents and scratches on the passanger side of the bonnet, its because one of the chumps dropped his copper issue bum-bag utility belt thing full of heavy shit on the bonnet. A pity the night was ruined by the most roadworthy and legal car of all of us getting an unfair fine, but thems the breaks. Hopefully he can succesfully contest it as it would be pretty crap if a car can be legally complied with a defect like that. Anyway, feel free to whinge... I sure did.

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