Took 45mins to get the engine in last night and hooked up, everything except for the exhaust and starter.
That was because i bought one of these previously:
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Its a firewall lug for the starter and alternator and should speed up the removal and reinstallation of the engine even more than i could before.
So after 30mins work this morning fitting the new starter cables and then the exhaust manifold over the top of the starter it looks like this:
[IMG]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/32345-2/1000000816.JPG[/IMG]
Starts and runs quite nicely, so the new crank seems to be doing its job well. Saturday seems possible now. Just have to tidy up some minor stuff on the car, and finish fitting the brake controller to the Hilux.