lindsay.creighton

I will have to take a shot and send. probably later this week. Lindsay

The comment about expense. well around $500. Expensive, yes if you compare to garden variety piece of which requires modification to your vehicle I do not consider that expensive for the features you get. I assure you that I watch what I spend and only spend on things that I believe will be of sufficient benefit to make the purchase worthwhile. Lindsay

MacMan my experience with fitting is a positive one and I Managed to retain the ESP Premium sound system facia and components (including the graphic equaliser). the pots fur tuning and adjustments can be moved to accomodate mating up to the cars particular layout. the unit is really compact and light and if you you feel the need you can buy sticks facia with ford logo. I ditched this because it caused difficulty reading the screen telling me what I am scrolling to or what radio station that I am on. I was able also to get XD/E type knobs but because of my set up with retaining the premium sound look of the dash I had to modify knobs slightly but they do work ok and In my opinion look a bit oversized compared to the facia of the radio unit. blue tooth and phone connectivity is good as well. My son fitted the same unit to his XD Fairmont Ghia. Lindsay

Hi Fitted a retro sound unit to My ESP as I was fed up with trying to keep the original units running. retro sound was easy as and gives me the option of bluetooth, Streaming from phone and easy to install. pretty Awesome. My Son also fitted one to his XD Fairmont Ghia Lindsay

Yep, I had the problem appear as well and fortunately local wrecker supplied good dash out of XD better than ever now Lindsay

Well I have replaced my rails recently and the originals that I replaced did not have any spacers. I just replaced the rails with new ones. Mind you previous owners of my XE ESP could have removed them if they were on board. Lindsay

Hi all my 2 cents worth here on this topic. i had my 351 running hot and found a range of things that i was doing wrong. first up car involved in kangaroo hit which required new Radiator and after i got it back the problems started. 1. the arsehole beater put 2nd hand radiater in car (3core) but did not get it cleaned. i believed it was new as it had been painted and refused to believe this was the problem but it was a huge part of thee problem 2. i cut the guts out of thermostat as i felt it wasn't needed in qld (my first clevo and a lack of knowledge) 3. i installed a hi flow alloy water pump. 4. i was failing to tune the engine correctly. i was setting timing at 6 to 8 degrees BTDC at 600 rpm. with auto box when in gear revs drop to 400rpm or a tad less. i now run idle at 850rpm. 5. i fitted BA thermo fans with a davies craig digital controller after all that my clevo will run qtr on temp gauge cruising up and down main st in airlie beach to check out the back packer chicks all day long no temp woes. Finally regards the thermo fans With steel blade fans at 850 rpm (idle) i used an anemometer to measure airflow and got 120 mts per minute. after fitting thermos now getting 240 mts per minute airflow through radiator. to my mind Thermos are a no brainer they work. my temp gauge is under 90d all the time. i can leave sit at idle all day long no temp problems. I am also running MSD atomic Throttle Body fuel injection with controlled timing as well as a MSD 6AL ignition box. this runs sweetly when you get it sorted. Hope ol mate sorted his and maybe my words are of some help Lindsay