Thanks for the warm welcome guys. Plenty rust here cabbie surrounded by saltwater..its sorta hard to avoid lol as for 4th to 1st it works but still grinding for the gear. oil levels are fine but doing a change this weekend, cant hurt. The noise I think is just me listening to the gearbox to...

Hi, I happily bought a partly restored 1961 series 2 SWB recenetly. I'm in Australia so Im not quite sure what you will be familiar with but I will try. The previous owner had replaced the orginal petrol engine with a 6-cylinder 3.3Ltr Holden 202 Red motor which since asking the few people I...