Hey Andy thanks for the reply, I used to live at waterview heights, used to drink at the 5 mile pub (5 at the 5 at 5 lol) we never met but think I may have seen your car around. Cheers for the nice in depth reply, I have a service manual but not a workshop manual, guessing the workshop manual goes into more detail because this is fairly vague with everything!
I am fairly certain I have the correct parts, I bought everything through rockauto.com - very reasonably priced and 1 week delivery from the states was superfast.
The mechanic is owned by an old guy who has owned old cars but not mopars, he seems capable, so I will pass on your advice and hope they can solve my issues without me having to mortgage the house,
Thanks again for your advice and I hope to see you driving around sometime.
Ps here's how my ride currently looks cheers