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SPArKy_Dave

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    Xr Tunnel

    @Crebe, the engine/gearbox should be angled downhill to the rear of the vehicle, by around 3 degrees. Check the angle, with a carpenters degree wheel from Bunnings.
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    Brake fluid question

    Aussie PBR or Chinese Protex... the master cyl fluid pressure/volume ratio's need to be correct, or they won't provide correct application at the wheels. Drum rear vs Disc rear master cylinders have different internal ratio's. When working correctly, XF brakes (incl drum rears) will almost stand the car on it's nose. I've experienced both good AND bad XF brakes back to back.
  3. Originally posted by user DEANKDX Copied over from another forum, due to importance. I bought this set http://cgi.ebay.com....rack=true��last August 2011 figuring the main issue would be wear sooner than TRW branded stuff. i did not expect a FAILURE in a part i assumed was one solid cast. seems they are manufactured in 2 parts... and the thin section of the broken part is approx 1mm which surprises me it lasted the 10,000km it did. this failed on a slow intersection turn without warning(approx 15kmh). you could only imagine what could happen if it failed at highway speeds. i'll be changing at minimum the other side one as precaution to a TRW brand which are closer to $50 each(still cheaper than a tow truck let alone a life or injury) THIS DISGUSTS ME TOTALLY, And although i know you get what you pay for.... you shouldn't be able to buy at any cost something so inferior (worn originals would be safer) if you have any suggestions for AUTHORITIES to contact regarding this i'd like to get the word out to prevent this crap from ending up on our roads. i plan to contact vic roads and RACV to pass this on to whoever will listen.
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    Radial Tuned Suspension

    There are tubular upper arms available I think, which give a Shelby drop, without drilling new holes.
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    Engine mounts interfering with oil pan?

    Wow, what a pain! I've had gasket failure happen, mostly with 3spd BW Auto trans pans. I usually spray cork gaskets with Hylomar sealant, but found if I coat it too much without drying properly first, the gasket goes soft and breaks My factory XB service manual says 7-9ftlb for the smaller pan bolts, and 11-13ftlb for the larger ones at the end.
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    XF Panel Van Dash

    Tough part is, those tan interiors (an EA colour) were only used in 88-90 XF commercials. As most commercials had a hard life, there's not many good parts around anymore. It took me almost 2yrs, to locate a non-cracked tan dash pad for my XF SVO project ute, costing around $300 from memory!
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    Engine mounts interfering with oil pan?

    Big difference between the old (transgold?) and new (Pioneer?) mounts! Do u still have a factory Ford mount, to compare metal thickness?
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    Brake fluid question

    Buy from china/india for 0.50c each, put in shipping container. Ship to Australia. Unload shipping container, sell to plebs for 10,000% markup? To my knowledge, there's no real regulation of suspension/brake/general auto parts here in Aus, so they don't much care... Even a 50% failure rate = still making money, it's very much buyer beware IMO. (case-in-point - see @deankxf's experience with suspension components)
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    Engine mounts interfering with oil pan?

    Choices seem to be the following - Mackay - A1140 Kelpro - MT8095 Pioneer - 602257 Transgold - MNT836 I've also read, u can get new rubber vulcanised to the old metal pieces.
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    Engine mounts interfering with oil pan?

    Those new mounts look pretty bad, in comparison to ur originals. The angle of the upper tabs, is way different! What brand are they? ie - Mackay, Kelpro etc
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    Engine mounts interfering with oil pan?

    The top pressed metal part of those engine mounts, looks a bit thin tbh. Do you have any original mounts to compare with?
  12. The USA Mustang saddles had rubber pads from factory I think. It's a thing for some recent aftermarket spring saddles - suppliers source Chinese repro mustang parts probably?
  13. Can u post a picture of the spring, and height that the vehicle is sitting at? Also the bump-stop clearance. That will let us help u more.
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    Help me find the right water temp sensor for my Falcon

    TTS010, is XD/XE Cleveland - (XD/XE gauges use lower resistance senders) U need to run an XF temp sender, for the XF dash cluster I think around 60ohms, = mid-way on XF temp gauges, and 35ohms = Max/Hot Tridon TTS037 should be the one u need. (thread/post terminal) OR VDO 320.093 (OEM) OR FuelMiser CTS144 Undo the thread adaptor from ur old sensor, and re-use it (Crossflow 1/8 - 27NPT to Cleveland 3/8 - 18NPT)
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    Panko's Mk1 Escort (Round 2)

    https://mooregoodink.com/minimizing-spark-scatter-in-the-vintage-race-engine/
  16. There's only two brands I've seen - Loctite (my preferred one) and Permatex, which I've not had much success with.
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    Brake fluid question

    If it's a chinese knockoff 'PBR' master cyl made by Protex, I've read numerous people advising not to use them, as they can be problematic. Better to re-seal/sleeve the original PBR unit IMO. If it's an aftermarket one, it could be leaking? Watch it doesn't leak onto the engine bay paint!
  18. It's the little things, that make all the difference!
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    Calling Sparky Dave!!!

    That sort of coil should be fine, just needs to be a GT40R coil - to suit a resistor wire/points system GT40R is a 9v coil - to suit points GT40 is a 12v coil, for electronic style ignition
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    AU sohc

    reminds me of normal x-series steering... @deankxf When I drove the $300 Grandpa XF ute back from near Maldon, (in the dark and rain mind you), it was extremely taxing to steer. Terrible even for an XF... I wasn't comfortable going over 80. A look over in the following days, revealed an idler arm with no bushing left on one end. Some further investigation, showed it'd been off the rd for almost 10yrs!
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    AU sohc

    The XH seems to have a reco'd steering rack and power steering pump, plus newer lower ball joints, but all the shock absorbers appear to be original still.
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    AU sohc

    The 03/98 XH panelvan I'm cleaning up atm, has 566,000km on the original bottom end (and transmission too looks like). Cyl head was done at 520,000km-ish. It seems quite perky, and a COLD compression test showed an even 165psi across all cylinders. It's the highest km XH I've ever seen.
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    AU sohc

    Yes, bought one of those many moons ago.
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    2004 RTV Ba Conked Out

    Do a key relearn, that should fix it!
  25. My XB panelvan project, is a factory manual V8 vehicle. Before I owned it, someone converted it to Auto, thus I'm attempting to return it to stock. It would've been factory fitted with a Single Rail gearbox, but I'm struggling to identify what an XB single rail gear shifter, actually looks like. I've purchased a date-code correct gearbox, but the shifter it came with, is clearly not right. From what little info I can find, XB single rail shifters were chrome plated, same as Escort and Cortina (and XD falcon too) single rails. I've managed to find one person with a chrome plated shift lever, but they're asking north of $100 for it, so I need to be sure it's right. Here are the pics they sent me of it... can anyone tell me if it's XB, XD, Escort/Cortina etc?
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