Got my head back from the shop. All rebuilt and at a price I couldn't find anywhere else. so awaiting water pump, gaskets and new solid motor mounts as notice one is torn up. Parts due to arrive Wednesday, so planning to fire it up by friday hopefully. Better get fluids. also need to source coolant filter setup as be keen on installing that setup for sure. Still playing with the wiring. Looks like I'm going to have to splice the front light harness in again. Shouldn't be to bad and perhaps this time ill use solder.
here's to having stock power again.