steve mcqueen
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I guess its Smartlock??
Ill check tomorrow if i can swap the lock sensor but the original lock barrel
is ka-put. Somebody smashed a big phillips head screw driver down the ignition
barrel and it can't be turned now to remove just the barrel.
I was hoping to just remove and replace just the barrel but i can't remove it from
the rest of the ignition body hence why i just swapped the entire unit over.
Are you thinking "if i can remove the original damaged barrel and i remove
the barrel from the new lock and swap it over" it might start up??
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Hey team
I have just replaced the entire AU Falcon ignition assembly on a 1999 XR6 Falcon
due to the old one being damaged with a big screwdriver and hammer by a previous owner.
Anyway...
I guess i now have to re-program the 2nd hand/new assembly and transponder to the rest
of the car so it will start.
Is this a simple operation??
I did one in a EF Falcon years ago and if my memory is working, the Max Ellery repair manual said...
I had to leave the ignition on for half hour and press the rear demister button 3 times?? and then
the car's ECU went through the motions of relearning the ignition so it would start.
I think this is what i did, was many years ago.
So is this the same for AU Falcon or is it more complex??
Im not a member of any other car forums and finding info on this subject is rather difficult
So help here on this topic would be super awesome.
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My GARMIN brand sat nav GPS unit has built in speedo and no antenna needed.
Put it in any car plug it in and Bob's your father's brother.
It also tells me where to go if i get lost
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Build a decent fuel system for your car/engine conversion.
One does not just stick a SOHC or BARRA into the hole and
hope for the best. There is more to it than that.
(do a BARRA conversion)
Start reading what others have done with fuel systems and
accelerator pedals. Then dummy up your design before going to town
on the conversion. Gotta make that Throttle body work.
Research Research Research = Good job.
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You got a spray gun and a compressor??
If so, just go buy a litre of Acrylic auto paint and 4 litre tin of all purpose thinners, cos you have to wash the gun out
and presto, your done. I think Super cheap and nasty mix paint up??
If not, get it mixed up in an aerosol can and spray away.
As Hendrix has asked you, how much do you have to paint?
The car looks high in the front, is your engine out??
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2 hours ago, IVC434 said:I can't answer your gasket question I'm afraid, but I DID manage to find a fuel pump repair kit and the pump has been completely rebuilt and is ready to go back on the car again...
I found it at a place called Auto Surplus in Croydon South, Victoria..
www.autosurplus.com.au
The kit was $64 or so and everything fitted perfectly. With the new, flexible diaphragm, that pump will suck a golf ball through a garden hose now...
Bear in mind though, that the pump on my XC is for the 6 cylinder engine. If you're after a V8 model, I can't guarantee they'll have one, but they're definitely worth a try...
Good luck....
Your a legend.
Yep mine is for a 6 cylinder, its a 200ci in an XP.
Ill go have a captain cook now.
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Yeah i have searched high n low for a rebuild kit for these and to no luck.
If it was the Holden Glass bowl fuel pump, it wouldn't be a prob, heaps on ebay
but Ford Glass bowl fuel pumps, bugger just cant get em.
Another question without starting a new thread.....
The Fuel pump gasket on these things on early Falcon engines, you no between the block and the pump,
why is it like 5mm thick?
Does it act like a spacer and have less wear on the cam lobe to operate the fuel pump??
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So im guessing your way a head of us here bear.......
I no where the chassis number is stamped in the rad support panel of these things are
and yours, the actual number part is bent out of shape???
If not im thinking...
"Can you just cut the number part out of the old rad support and re'weld it into the replacement part"
and carefully grind the welds down??
This would clearly save you headaches upon rego inspection time after you have made that part look neat and tidy
and factory looking.
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On 4/17/2018 at 9:51 PM, gurumotorsport said:yep that's the spoiler! Am guessing your at Alfa Fiberglass?
I still have my spoiler under the house although it needs some minor repairs, that bar hated speed humps.
Here is a pic of my old Millenium
Ok, Im in need of this front spoiler/bar for my Project Goldie.
Who's got one??
And do we have pics of this spoiler around the sides??
I been looking at pics and it looks like you can see the original XF front bar
around the edges or sides of the spoiler??
Hope im wrong.
Also, does it weigh much more than factory Ford front XF Bar?
I dont need extra brackets and what not do i?
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On 10/29/2020 at 2:10 AM, bear351c said:maybe an under dash fanny freezer, but modifying the dash controls isn't really my thing.
"An under dash Fanny freezer"
Bear, you crack me up. I love it.
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On 7/4/2020 at 10:15 PM, 2redrovers said:Repco had a sale on... A pair of cheapskin seat covers, job done
That they did.
I agree tho. Duct tape and a seat cover.
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Yep as wok has already said "start with engineering first" my advice to.
In NSW you would need it.
And Haltech all the way.
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I drove an old XY Falcon back in the day that had been converted from the tree to the floor, still the 3 speed .
I kept wanting to go from 3rd to 4th even tho it wasnt there, just my mind said
"its now a 4 speed with this floor change".
Id find an auto for your car. Keep it simple.
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I converted my sisters XP Ute 10 odd year ago.
Her's had the 3 on the tree and hydraulic clutch and we used a single rail gearbox.
Now we used her 3 speed bell housing and we had to get the centre hole machined out to fit
we also had to get a new hole drilled and tapped in the bell so the box would bolt up to it.
We used a brand new 4 speed clutch kit when we installed it.
Then we dummied it up under the floor so i could mark out where to cut the hole for the shifter.
We never had to mod the trans tunnel, was simple cut a hole and stick the shifter thru.
We did have to get a new gearbox cross member as the 3 speed was different to the 4 speed
and i think i just got that from Sydney classic Falcon? (i have a fuzzy memory)
Never changed diff ratio's, just drove it and it worked.
Still does today , she still got it
Oh and hers has bucket seats so never had issues with shifter.
She has an XF centre consol in there and all look well.
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Pop sum split tube now over your electrical tape to make it look pretty. Good job.
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Never, your a talented man, ive seen your work here that you post up.
You should have held off and spent your time and money on something better.
Arn't you building a Ford coup of sorts?
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Sell the front grill, get your money back and ring the scrappy.
WOFTAM!
Let the flamming begin
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If its what im thinking, just use a bead of silastic along the dash ( i always find that black engine silastic the best)
and put the dash back in per factory. It screws up to those white nylon plugs if my memory is working
perhaps use 4 short self drillers thru the brittle plastic and into the metal bulkhead. 1 in each corner and 2 in the center.
Let it dry and presto.
your dash wont squeak again is a good point
but if you have to ever remove it again, that is going to be difficult.
Unless you take the windscreen out so you can cut the cured silastic.
AU Falcon ignition assembly
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I had a locksmith say something similar last week about "needing 2 keys for reprogramming"
I just thought he was daft
Well, ill get in touch with him again and ill get this old broken barrel out and go from there.
Will be a after xmas thing now i reckon but that's ok.