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Does anyone know whether xh ef or el’s use the same lower arm to stabiliser bar spacer studs (ellery calls them stabiliser bar spacer studs, others sometimes call them rods). P219-221 of the ellery manual EP.F5 its the double nutted small rod that sits between the (stamped on an xf) lower susp arm and front stabiliser bar. xf utes use a threaded at both ends stud, xe’s ive come across seem to use a bolt threaded at one end, ef/el’s serm to have a stud the same dimension but thicker. the ones on my ute are absolutely munted. Ex farm ute it apparently was used as a garden feature and the studs are badly corroded. Csnt find a part number, or any wrecks intact enough, so last resort is to see if ef, el, xh are compatible. xf used stamped lower arms, ef el xh use cast arms

Failed again. Stuck on the stethoscope and isolated the dead relay. Went to the local pick a part and grabbed a bag of spares off an EL and an AU as supercheap had nothing. Sprayed relay seats, gave relay terminals a quick brush with a brass brush, problem now fixed

Looked next to fuse block and relay block, looked at relay block under expansion tank and couldn’t find the circuit breaker. Vanilla EF, so nothing extraordinary about the car from a electrical layout perspective. however, reseated all fuses, relays along the fender, scrubbed the battery terminals and it all came back on, both Lo and hi beams. so maybe dirty connections?

Thanks for that. Is this Ford specific or will a general purpose 12v 30amp circuit breaker be suitable? I’m hearing a “sizzling” type noise when I flick between Lo and hi beam, like an intermittent connection. Hazards and Parker’s/indicators are fine.. I’m assuming that as both Lo and hi are gone that losing both relays at once would be unusual

Rather than raise another thread, can anyone advise what this silver boxed “relay” is called and if they have a part number for it. is it common to ea, eb, ef and el’s? mines an EF and I’ve lost both low and high beams . Ji can hear a scratching clicking noise if I cycle between low and high beams, but no constant output, so either both relays are cooked or it’s this silver box described by others....

Log manifolds (not motors) refer to the combined head and manifold on Australian 188 and 221's - It was an australian nickname for combined casts they're NOT an american block but come from a US baseline 200 I6 but with a raised deck (done by ford oz). the oz 188 and 221's replaced the US 170 and 200 "logs" before 250's came out it was common to lance the manifold off and make a separate one. I did this to a 221 that was in my XR, once you shaved the manifold off you could fit one off a gen 1 250, although most just dumped the original head for a 250 -2v. plus you could use 250 extractors with the head swap its called a log because the manifold looked like a log