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Doesn't Moosen know someone with some 1300 boxes, charlie i think his name is. Thierry

Sorry kosta no picture, these recollections were around 20 yrs ago. The difference i saw was in the selector housing, on the top of the housing where it bolts up to the main case i noticed the casting where the bearing sits is bigger on the 1300/1400 box to the 1100 box, other than that they looked identical. never split the boxes to see internally. Thierry

Kosta, My experiance with the FF1 box's was there is a difference between the 1100 and 1300 box, from the 1300 onwards things seemed the same. The changes on the boxes was around the back of the main housing where the selecter housing bolts up, i noticed it when i had the 2 boxes side by side and a 1400 box as well. My intention was to find a early 1400 5 speed and fit the 5th gear onto the 1300 box, as you might know the 5th gear was in the selector housing as well as the 4wd transfer gear, just incase you looked at going down the 4wd route. Hope this helps Thierry

I was going to pay 10G for a ff1 1300G sports from japan if i could get it out of the country. Thierry

how hard is the rubber on the inside, if it is still soft enough just put pressure from inside out, ( i used to sit on the seats with my feet on the screen ), and get a friend to help roll the inside rubber where the pressure is to realease it, once it has started then it is easier from there. Thierry

opps http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ultimatetarga&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dultimatetarga%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG hope this helps Thierry

Tracked down a blog from the 1300g sports i have mentioned earlier, it is a translated version, has lots of picture but for you kosta look at the disc brakes as well as the exhaust system, and if you have not got excited yet look at the webber carby and manifold at the bottom of the first page. Cheers Thierry

I enquired out this car a few months ago through an importer in australia, he came back the car can not be exported as it is not registered and no proof of ownership, or something like that. Basically stops exporting stolen cars if you know what i mean, even though this car is legit. It would be a nice car, set up for competion and all. If i could read japaneese and make contact with the seller there might be away around it, but i have no way of doing that. Thierry

same site came across a GSR and the 1300g sport that i can't get out of the country. http://list1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/2084048120-category-leaf.html Thierry

Yep it is true FF-1 wagon for sale in yahoo Japan, looks in mint condition, here is the link http://www.mailorderjapan.com/yahoo-auction-japan/catmainframe.php?caturl=http://list1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/26360-category.html?alocale=0jp go for it, i am still looking for my sport model. Thierry

Well you guessed it you have an oil leak, where from, could be from a few places, my guess would be the front oil seal or maybe the rocker covers, but anywhere, as for the smoke, the oil is just leaking onto the exhaust. to find the leak clean down the engine till no traces of oil then start the car and see where it is coming from. Thierry

This is mainly for we people who live in the better hemisphere, just kidding, you people are welcome up there to, the local paper here in brisbane australia i saw a 74 gl coupe for sale for $600 so if anyone is interested pm me or call direct on my mobile 0427124233 and i could check it out, the car is about 1/2 hr from where i am. Cheers Thierry

It will bolt up no modification but why, the port on the manifold is smaller that on the 1600 Thierry

The heads should come off without pulling the motor but why would you, within 1/2 hr of starting you can have the motor sitting on your bench, then easy access to do what ever you need. Thierry

WARNING WARNING WARNING, once you remove the heads do not , repeat do not turn the motor over, very good chance of pushing the liners out when the motor turns and you may have problems with the seal under the liners, they might start to leak water into the oil. Thierry

Sounds like an exhaust valve has gone, 2 things you can do 1; if parts are still available ie head gaskets and valves give it a head job and regrind your valves into the head. 2; as mention before retro fit a 1600, not that difficult but you need to swap the bellhousing off the 1400 onto the 1600, it does fit up trust me, use the 1400 flywheel and space it out about 5mm -1/4 inch and find a bearing you can press into the flywheel to use as a spigot bearing. i am pretty sure that is all you need to do it has been over 20 years since i did it. Thierry

The sleeve gasket don't come in one size fits all, they come in different thickness to suit your engine, you can get away with a copper gasket once you know what your thickness you need, from memory you need to have the sleeve protrude the block by about 3 thou so it give possitive sealing on the gasket and a good seal around the head gasket. common problem why head gaskets kept on failing once the headgasket was ever replaced. Also applies to the 1400 ea63 Thierry

These are as rare as rocking horse poop, even more rare than a unsold still wraped in plastic FF-1, but around there are twin exhaust port heads to suit a ea71, and i am sure that the 71 and 81 heads interchangeable. How do i know about these rare heads, ive seen a set from a guy who rallied a factory subie back in the mid 70's. I bought my first FF-1 sports off this guy. In saying i have modified a set of ea63 heads to fit a ea71, went like a rocket, i think i said how it was done somewhere in this thread or another FF-1 linked thread. Cheers Thierry

Remove the starter it gives you more room if you haven't already. Thierry

Kosta, in my tool box i have a special tool to undo the bottom 2 nuts on the trany/ engine, basically just a 17mm ring open spanner heated and bent into a z shape to clear, can still use the spanner on other jobs even if it is bent. but before i made the tool i used to jack the engine up enough with the trany to access the nuts. Thierry

What i did on one of my cars was to dump the 2 hoses into the chassis rails where the cross member bolts up, wont stop the oil from coming out of the motor but will stop the excess smoke and keeps the rails lubricated from rust. Thierry

I think the shipping came out to be about $10 US for all three, Thierry

Mine arrived in the post this week. one white one, one red and a yellow one, to go with the 2 green one's and a 1/63 white coupe. Thierry

Scroll through this listing from yahoo japan, disregard the alloy wheels, there is a sports dash as well as a steering wheel. http://www.mailorderjapan.com/yahoo-auction-japan/catmainframe.php?caturl=http://list1.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/26360-category.html?alocale=0jp Hope it comes through, and you can read japanese. Thierry Type in ff-1 were the blank is and mark catorgary as automobile, motorcycle

The car being japanese it is metric not imperial, so if the 1/4 pin started but not all the way that mean the splined shaft would have a 6mm hole so a 6mm pin is what you are after. Thierry