Been a month and a bit since the last update. I went to a local panel beater and they pulled the lower frame out on their jig, everything aligned back into spec chassis wise, and got a wheel alignment done and my mechanic was happy (they referred me to the panel beater as they knew they'd use a jig as oppose to a tree to pull it).

The other morning I noticed I could smell a lot of petrol fumes, but thought its just cause its carby. Drove to the shops and back and I was down nearly half a tank from full. Under the bonnet revealed the problem, the fuel pressure regulator was leaking, pretty much a constant drip coming out of it, with petrol running down the intake side of the motor, very dangerous from the heat of the motor.. So I went to the wreckers and found one, simply cut it off of that one as the OEM red rubber fuel lines wouldn't come off, also popped to the local auto parts store for some fuel lines. Got back, cut the lines to the same length and then chucked it all onto the new fuel pressure regulator and on she went, fixed!

Then the following night I had been having a little bit of fun with my mates on the road, once I got home the lunchbox was idling really rough, bogging like crazy. 2 of my spark plugs were sat in oil, with the result being the tube seals were old, probably never replaced from factory, and were crisp hard. After 5 days of attempting to source the gasket kit, finally got it and put it on, along with 4 new spark plugs as these ones looked pretty wrecked too, she's now running a lot smoother with her new bits in. She does also need a service done on the asap, but awaiting more money haha.

Then to top off all of this, it started leaking petrol again, this time onto the exhaust side of the motor which made me very concerned. The culprit this time, the mechanical fuel pump was bust. On the photo below I've drawn arrows to where it was leaking from, its like the metal was pressed together and has parted, and it was spewing out petrol. Same as before, went back to the same wreckers and took the fuel pump from there and whipped her on.

Now with all of the 3 piece's replaced, she has been running fine, enjoying driving her around, now just awaiting to get the money together for a bushing kit, really need it!