Unlucky8Ball

Thanks for that, will hunt down the Ellerys manual.

Cheers, had a look at my gearbox and it probably works like it should, though to get into reverse doesn't need much of a push, more of a gentle nudge.

The Gregorys manual has bugger all detail about this gearbox, is there a better service manual out there?

Hi all,

Got a single rail to do a manual swap, but have never used this gearbox before.

It goes through the gears fine, but the shifter doesn't spring back to the middle, say from between 3rd and 4th, or out of reverse.

Is this normal, or is something wrong here?

Cheers

Thanks for the help and the correction about the cable clutch.

It looks like some people have fitted a later Falcon clutch master cylinder to XPs, so will look into that.

Any idea about gearbox crossmember location and tailshaft length?

Hi,

Does anyone know what the specs (thread and length) are for the banjo bolts for the Girlock front callipers on an XE falcon?

Cheers

It may not be too close for you but I got my rusted through floorpans fixed by John Spano in Hornsby, old school guy who seems to know a thing about rust repairs on older cars.

It came out of an XT I think, that makes it early?

Hi all,

Got a C4 behind a 302 Windsor in an XP that's playing up, and want to swap it out for a single rail 4spd.

I've heard that that the Clevo bellhousing fits a Windsor, can I use the whole lot from a donor car including the flywheel and everything? Do I need a different trans crossmember, and did any single rails for V8 come with a cable clutch?

Cheers

Stupid question:

Should it open or close when vacuum is applied?

Took it to an A/C shop who inspected it and told me there surprisingly weren't any issues with the system, regassed it and I have working aircon now.

Cheers all

What's the best way to test for TDC without specialised equipment?

I've read about putting a long screwdriver down the spark plug hole in cylinder #1 and seeing when it hits the top, is that reliable enough for this purpose?

I'll get around the checking where TDC sits soon, but I was inspecting the distributor just then and noticed that there's a hissing sound (like a vacuum leak) coming from it - it stops at certain points in the distributor's adjustment.

It's a TFI distributor, so no vacuum advance.

Could this have something to do with it?

Hi everyone,

My EFI ZL has a weird thing going on with the ignition timing, it's had a rough idle since I bought it which I thought was a vacuum leak.

Tested for it and replaced all the vacuum accessory lines but no luck.

Then I took it onto a freeway with a full car and noticed it was pinging pretty hard, and soon enough the temperature gauge hit the top end and had to pull over.

Checked at home with a timing light, and the timing mark is so far advanced it's off the scale. But when I adjusted it to be 10 degrees at idle with SPOUT connector off, it barely even idles when in D with the brakes held down.

Haven't owned an EFI car before, and have no clue what controls the ignition timing or what could cause it to do this. Bad distributor? ECU?

Cheers

This is my first how to - no guarantees, no liability, blah blah. Just wanted to share what I figured out.

NOTE: These instructions assume that your central locking system works - or at least, well enough that the DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK switch on the driver's door will lock/unlock all the doors.

Thanks, I might take it to an A/C shop to get looked at first.

Does anyone know of any shops in Sydney that use Hychill gas?

Also, do these fittings mean it was converted to R134a at some point?

Cheers mate, will keep an eye out for that. Is it normal for the aircon system in these old cars to need regassing just because of age?

The rear window motors have pretty much rusted together, car was left out in the weather for ages - tried running 12v direct to them and not even a single click.

Hi,

I'm on my third X-series (an 85 ZL, had a 92 XF ute and an 88 ZL before), and none of them had working aircon.

The rear windows don't work on this ZL and can get stuffy on hot days so am thinking of getting the aircon fixed/re-gassed, but are there any common problems that stop it from working that I need to keep in mind?

Wouldn't want it to get re-gassed only to find there are other problems or it just leaks all away.

Also, any recommended shops in Sydney close to the city?

Cheers

Thanks Dave, traced the vacuum line back up and it went to the fuel pressure regulator, which was leaking and spitting fuel into the vacuum line. Would explain why it was idling rough too with sucking up that extra fuel.

Cheers!

I recently bought a cheap rough EFI ZL Fairlane, and the engine bay has a petrol smell to it. Looked around the engine and saw this leak coming out of the piping on the right side of the engine, near cylinder #4 and think it could be the source of the problem.

I've never had an EFI Crossflow before, and am not sure what this is. Can anyone name the part it's leaking from?