SPArKy_Dave

x file or not ? the bolt that holds the spare wheel in a std GL is smaller in length than say a xe ghia ,my 14x7 hotwire does fit in the well,but the bolt wont reach even tho the wheel is in the correct way with it facing backwards to give more room on the offset of the mag to fit,but wait a 15x7 snowflake fits ? or is it the offset of the snowflake that lets the std bolt go in all the way ? really moulder your bolt is that long.

There's only two brands I've seen -
Loctite (my preferred one)
and Permatex, which I've not had much success with.

It's the little things, that make all the difference!

Thanks 🐻. I fitted a GT40R today and it was smooth as... 😎 

I have been running a GT40 coil with my standard Bosch points system, since I rebuilt the 302W engine 13 years ago. It runs smooth as glass most of the time but sometimes grumbles and runs rough. I could never figure out why. Is it because it has a GT40 instead of a GT40R???

Could well be. As Sparky Dave said, you need the Resistor coil, for anything with contact points. Doesn't matter if it's a "coke can" or a T -coil, as long as it has the R after the GT40. 

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

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

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

Are there any problems with running a GT40 coil on my ZD? It still has points. Sometimes it runs rough and wants to stall. Could that be because I should have a resistor coil on it?

the one in the car atm is the 83 revised one ,it does work but ratio is a bit out,i knew this from the begining and just took a chance with it,i reckon the new one will solve all issues,and start in park like it used too,should take all of 10 mins to install it.

Now this one looks spot on to the factory diagram,note how it keeps it straight NESS and bends look the same as the 79 to 82 one in the picture a few posts back.

is it an XA falcon? (from Australia)
if so, then it should have in to My understanding the same spindles as the later cars @bear351c may be able to confirm
 
if i had one, i'd go no lower than king lows.
get if they still make them KMAC camber bolts( the pre XE bolts are a smaller diameter and more prone to slip, depending on road conditions)
 
@SPArKy_Dave and I generally go for zero camber and 2mm toe in and caster i can't remember. 
 
good quality rubber bushes in everything other than nolathane sway bar bushes. 
stock sway bar should be fine i would imagine, i'd try it first. (i've never upgraded them, depends how you drive i guess, king springs are quite stiff and don't require a thicker bar, but Pedders are softer and they sell a thicker sway bar as a package)
 
that's My 2cents/pence? worth

Hello Fordys, Ha-Ha _ _ _ Just reading these stories makes me Larf _ _ Coz we've all been thru these experiences and Miraculously Lived to Tell the Tale. Grandpa was probably so shit scared of driveing that XF Ute he just left it in the garage and left it. As for the ZG Fairlane _ _ and they are'nt small & light. Bloody Car Yards & 2nd hand car salesman selling an obvious deathtrap to a young man in his prime with his whole life before him! It could've been a young family man with a wife and 2 Bubs needing a bigger car! Should've been used in a Ford Versus Holden Demolition Derby! FFS! I've driven some Scary Lemons when I was Younger and Fearless But that would take more than I've got. Nerves of Steel Cables and Balls made of Titanium_ _ and some Genetics borrowed from Evel Knievel. Have a Happy Safe Sane Day.

My mates first car over 30yrs ago, a ZG fairlane bought from a car yard with RWC had stuff so rooted, it chewed tyres out on the front in very little time, and what we didn't know then would have been how to check what was loose or stuffed.
when you looked at it from the front, it was towed out and negative camber.. put it in reverse and back up 6 feet and the wheels would toe in and camber to approx zero.. 
you can imagine the driving experience of that one lol. 

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!
 

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!
 

another x file is ,is the watts linkage the same between xf and xe ? i have heard there is a slight differance  in them.

What can I say, I like to make things faster than they were stock for minimal cost, taxi engines are usually a very good starting point for a performance build as they usually never completely cool down and if they have been regularly serviced about the only part of them that usually need attention is the rings

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.

Hello Fordys, All I can say is Wow about the Hi-Mileage. Its not the Main Steel Components that wear out is it?? Usually the smaller fiddly diddly things that break down.But what they say about Taxis don't turn off only for a service and to refuel.And most Taxis run on Gas or Used to(can't explain how they get hi-mileage from Gas when Mr. Civvy St burns his Heads out) What about the rest of the car? Was the handleing loose and sloppy? Thanks for the Posts Guys Mucho Enjoyable.

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.

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.

You've got it, about the only other thing is the bellhousing, it will bolt up to the block but the sump won't bolt to the bellhousing unless you swap to an au bellhousing, I recently found an in car video on an old sd card of my ute circa 2008 after it had the hot 4.0 but before it was tuned, I don't think i ever uploaded it back then because it was a zero to 180 pull, it was quite capable of getting ot of its own way and it lived through 180,000ks of p plater abuse

wonder if that's the one @SPArKy_Dave has?