I've never had an axle tramp problem with mine... just breaking diffs and wheelspin
 
Try driving it abit before you go changing muchThat was a good little car that didn't need much love to keep it happy
 
Why don't you just put the alternator in the A12 spot... mine is on my A15 
 
Remember... its not a 1200 ... its a new path your on now boy

yea neil i hear ya this thing is in realy good shape for its age ,cant believe how little rust it has in it for its age! 
 
first official test drive was yesterday and it ran rich and would splutter off the line ,so i went in a mates car to see how much black smoke it was blowing ,and it wasnt heaps but enough to make it splutter
 
then as we came up to the light it just stopped ,wouldnt start and smelt like fuel ,as we pushed it onto the side of the road i noticed a puddle of fuel on the ground and thought maybe the line had comeoff or the pastic filter had split . as i lifted the bonnet i seen fuel coming out of the trumpets of the front carby ,so i waited there till my brother got allen keys from the workshop (not even a km away) and then removed the top of the carb to check the needle and seat
 
with the key on and at 3psi fuel pressure and float removed the seat sealed perfect and opened fine with my finger removed ,so i then shook the float to check if it had fuel in it but the traffic was too loud so was hard to tell 
 
after rechecking the float levelwas right we tried starting it and the starter had died ,so we end up towing it .tomorrow im going back to the workshop to test the float for leaks and see if i can fix the starter aswell ,then head up to mikes towing the trailer full of stuff haha should be interesting !

 

4 doors are a good looking specimen especially in smurf blue my fave colour for 1000s apart from peppermint