Sorry it has been so long. I have had a bad case of the "Don't give a damns." Just to recap what is goin on here, I am posting up the log Tim is keeping about my "restoration," if you can even call it that. This should get you caught up with the latest "progress."
8/14/10: It has been over a month since I spoke to Jeff Sloan, and he still hasn’t come to look at the car, I'm going to assume he’s never coming and am moving on. Today I ground off the last few bolts holding the transmission tunnel in place and removed it. We took some measurements and it looks like the 240SX transmission is going to fit. The shifter will be about six inches further back than stock but that will make driving the car that much easier. We removed the driveshaft flange, the bolts holding the transmission to the cross member, the front cross member in front of the engine, and the bolts on the motor mounts. Now the only things keeping the engine in place are gravity and pig ignorance. We decided to postpone the actual removal until an evening so we will be in the shade while working.
8/21/10: Engine is out and on the floor next to car. Rear of “occasional seat” removed to access fuel tank. Lucas sending unit secured with six screws. Autometer sending unit secured with five screws. Not sure what to do about that.
9/11/10: Fabricated a new mounting flange for the Autometer sending unit.