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The new engine arrives

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So the engine arrived last Friday at my mums work, after a week there i finally managed to get up to their place and retrieve it. It was packaged on a pallet, complete with gearbox and inlet/exhaust manifolds. To make it easier to get off the Ute i decided to split the engine and box and drop both the inlet and exhaust manifolds. I took a photo, but it didnt really come out, the engine is in the corner by the wall in the third photo Its looks its pretty good condition, by the looks of it, it has been rebuilt pretty recently, valve train looks good, lots of new silicone on the gaskets. New frost plugs etc. I also took some time to take a couple of photos of where i am now. They arent the greatest, my phone it turns out takes terrible photos. So the firewall is mostly stripped with the exception of the solid brake lines and the wiper motor, i left my spanners at home so had nothing to remove those tiny mounting bolts with :) Its been wire brushed and oiled to stop the rus...