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Well there you go, you learn something new every day!

Nice score, they should fit no problem! May even need spacer to bring them out. Cool

project_timemachine wrote:Very observant! They're actually made by Enkei, but were only sold in Japan. AME (Auto Mobile Engineering) is the high-end brand of Enkei...like what Lexus is to Toyota

Nice find. Now the right tires and all is good. Beside working better, they will look good.

Spent the day on my back, upside down, and uncomfortable, fitting the dash loom and gauges.
Apart from a few whoopsies, everything worked out OK.
Need to get a dozen globes to fit to all the lamp holders for the illumination and warning lights.

Speedo and tacho cables are in, as are the choke and hood release cables.

I've been searching everywhere for a positive earth battery but no one seems to have them

Interesting, I never realized, and didn't think, there was a difference in the battery, just in the wiring of everything else connected to it?

Nissanman wrote:Need to get a dozen globes to fit to all the lamp holders for the illumination and warning lights.

Dash looks great!

Not sure if they will work on the early gauges, but I found, at "Batteries Plus Bulbs", direct replacement LED bulbs that fit my late model tach perfectly. They were so new to the store that they had not yet received them into inventory so not found a place to display them.

notoptoy wrote:Interesting, I never realized, and didn't think, there was a difference in the battery, just in the wiring of everything else connected to it?

Score, Nissanman..1
Now set the hook and reel him in

....or as they say in Oz, "come in spinner!"

Nissanman wrote:....or as they say in Oz, "come in spinner!"

Ok ill bite, a 1500 with a "flat dash", RH drive. A rare fish indeed.
Thought I had been paying attention,,,,
Coming along quite nicely,,

Thanks, I hope to have the engine running later this month.
I have a kit to clean and seal the fuel tank but the weather here has been atrocious lately.
Waiting for some sunny days
Oh, and there is no such thing as a positive ground battery, it was as mentioned, as "fishing expedition"

Ahhh, you're gonna hurt my feelings. Fished in....

So finally did the two relay headlight conversion ... Based on the extra 3 volts going though to the lights with no engine running ... I may be able to see a bit better with the h4 conversion now !!!
Will have to try it out now !

Some $$$$s later I have fitted a fully reconditioned radiator and filled the cooling system up with water.
No idea how many years it has been since this all happened!
No major leaks......yet!

There were a few drips from the water pump but that didn't surprise me.
It's fixed itself now
Have to wait and see how it behave under stress.
I'll get my spare re-conditioned anyway and swap them over later.

I actually have 3 water pumps.
The original, a used one [on the engine] and a brand new alloy pump.
The alloy one is not 100% compatible but it will do at a pinch.

Replaced the spark plugs, wires, cleaned up the distributor, new air filter, tuned the SUs and advanced the ignition.

took it out for a 1.5 hour drive running great here is some pics of a nice alaska late summer day.

I finished Greg's wiring today while he was assembling his engine. That thing has some serious head work.

Now on to my car.