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Yeah with the shifters on ford single rails I have found 4 types 

1  Cortina shifter

2  the long fork

3  the shorter fork 

4  the long fork with the narrow horse shoe.

And what I have found is number 4 is very early, number 2 is around xb to xd and number 3 is xe to xf . 

Found out all this the hard way.

Did you get a answer on this sparky ?.I have the same problem 

Hi I have my single rail out of my falcon and would like to replace the selector shaft seal ,what's involved in doing this ? 

1  , remove the six 7/16 bolts from the extension housing which I have done ,how do I pry the extension housing off ? And anything else I need to know ? 

PS also I will replace the extension housing gasket also ,does this gasket need sealer on both sides ?

Thanks in advance 

43 minutes ago, CHESTNUTXE said:

You can use it ,just dont go crazy in 1st gear too much,the one you want is the 008 or 009 box quite a few for sale ,or xb v8 single rail,they tend to have a taller 1st gear.

I already have this xf one as it's a very low km box that was driven very carefully,I'm just putting new selector seal and gaskets through it .I'm just worried about the short 1st gear.

Would this mean 1st gear would be a longer shift or a shorter 1st gear shift being 3.47 ?

I've got hold of a really good single rail from a XF ( 038) I want to put it in my xb with a mild 351 in it .Now I believe first gear in these boxes are 3.47 ,I'm running with a 2.92 diff .Has anybody had this set up before? Or is first gear a bit short?

2 hours ago, Outback Jack said:

Yeah, fuel line on end of pick up. But a filter sock on the end will stop you sucking up crud in the tank, extra protection.The standard fuel pump will be fine mate.

 

With the adjustable resistor, all you can do is say...half fill the tank. Tank is 68L, so 34L.

Then just wire up the sender wire to your guage and see where it sits. If its close to 1/2 you may be OK.

You don't need to calibrate the guage, the adjustable resistor does it, once you set it up right.

On the XG tank there are two wires coming out.

One is power for the fuel pump, the other is the + wire to the fuel guage/sender set up.

The wire on the right is the sender one.

If your wondering where earth is, its the tank bolted to the chassis. If you don't have any luck, maybe try put a wire from the sender set up screw on top to earth.

And just see if the guage works if you do.

 

So anywhere on that + wire, just put it in line and adjust as necessary.

You probably want to try something less than the total resistance, so under 200ohm. 180ohm is Full tank, so say around 1/2 is 90ohm.....you just adjust the resistor as necessary to get the guage to read 1/2 tank, rest should take care of itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the great info outback jack .il rip out the sender tomorrow and go from there . You answer all my questions.

Thanks outback jack ,with the pump can't I just put a fuel line on the end of the pick up like you said and just use the standard mechanical fuel pump on the bottom of my block ? Also when the resistance is sorted out will I need to calibrate my gauge ?

Hi I have a xg_xh tank in my xb ute ,the sender looks to be a EFI sender with the electric fuel pump removed ,how can I get this sender to be compatible with my original xb gauge? .thanks