Engine arrived... what now?!

After a few false starts, the engine, along with most of the bits the guy selling the donor parts had agreed to send, arrived. Here it is, undergoing an inspection by the chief technician:

She has not yet produced a final report but things appear broadly in order. Less in order are the missing fuel pump (easy to buy, but expensive), missing receipt (needed for registration, but ultimately this should be easy to arrange...), and, worryingly, missing wiring & plugs for the dash. This will be hard to source if I can't convince the seller to send it.

The crane looks like a decent buy so far - hasn't collapsed and seems up to what we need it for. There are a lot of wires coming off this engine and I need to figure out what they are all for...

Finally, tonight I was able to get started on disassembling the rear axle. As you can see from this pic of the front end, the donor bits came packaged in a protective layer of mud:

which had to be removed before much could happen. With a bit of the mud out of the way, the rear callipers are off. Tomorrow I'll attack the discs and continue working my way in towards the diff.