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After getting the COE passed by the engineer and then having to wait
 at least 3 weeks for paperwork to come through I decided to fix the
 radiator as in previous couple of pages and also remove the FMX transmission
 as it was leaking from the front pump and selector shaft, so the trans was
 removed which wasn't easy as I did not leave enough room between
 Transmission and floor of the Bed, so the trans crossmember had to come
 out as well , it was then modified to have the centre section removable,
 this has now all been done and the trans and crossmember are now back in.
Another thing I wanted to do was to soften the front suspension,
 the Coil springs are F100 but the new shocks were just too stiff,
 so I found a pair of softer shocks in the back shed, these were
 cleaned up and fitted, this required a pair of new top mounts,
time will tell if it was worth the effort.

Well the 302 Cleveland V8 that I had in the Truck gave up on the day
 I got my plates !!!!
It just lost all oil pressure in all cylinders, I still haven't worked out why.

I did have this Cleveland 351 V8 that had been sitting on the workshop
 floor for the last 7 years. So a compression test was done and all cylinders
 were ok in the 160/180 psi range Good enough for me, so it was started
 on it's Trolley in both Petrol and then with LPG
After this it was cleaned up and fitted into the Chassis.