vanJack

How good's this? Legend! Hope all is well with your health.

Oops, my mistake... should be just one big word per day.

Just read the whole thread. Wow! Inspirational!! Apparantly Santucione from Ford (back in the day) said the 4.1 was a torque motor, not a high rev horsepower motor. Not that they cant rev, just no point, just moving the torque peak up the rev range for not much gain.

And you've proved it, you've used the torque, flogging them with an old tractor engine...!!!

Man that must grate on the rest of the field..

Love to meet some of you guys.

More power to you!

So the movement that does the damage is torsional twisting.. yes? which I think is the front twisting one way and the back end the opposite way.. ?

And the top of the A pillar is where it obviously gives.. and Ford's answere was to triangulate a small area at that point.

So maybe try and replicate what Ford did.. what the hey, give it a go I suppose..

Yes I noticed your location wagoon, "South of Ipswich". Be good to meet a fellow falconer. Was that you offering a ute on ebay.. I think it was?

Very much appreciate your offer.. maybe pm me an address.. thanks.

So brace it like in the picture above of later van..? (I forget what model that picture is.. XH I think..) or some other way..?

Ok thanks for the replies everyone.

Did he get it fixed? Very disconcerting.. (the big word for the day).

What I'm driving at is, has anyone here actually had this problem and fixed it..?

If so how? Is just welding it enough, or does it need bracing? Or what...?

Again, thanks..

OK.. thanks.

I notice later vans have some extra gusseting at the top of the A pillar..

Definitely metal. It's an old problem I thought was fixed by a guy I knew who said he could fix it.. NOT.. You can feel the movement at that break with your fingertip as you drive slowly over uneven ground, like a driveway onto the road.. actually pinches the skin of your finger. The plenum's good, no issues there. Apparently x falcon vans flex at the A pillar.. especially with hard springs.. and lots of weight.. and lots of kays.. like half a million..( but I can't prove it cause it's on it's 2nd odo.) 

Soooo back to my question, has anyone had this problem.. and fixed it.. or is it terminal.. as in EXPENSIVE! There's buggar all rust in the rest of the van, just the crap going on round the A pillars and down onto the sills. Thanks.

As the pictures show cracked pillar, water runs down inside rubber seal and ends up on the floor. 

It's a panel van, anyone else had this problem.  If you fixed it what cost was involved?