Marks XG

mate i did buy the glue   but the catch was you need the gun to go with it which was dearer   so that got put on shelf  lol   i ended up borrowing a hot plastic  staple gun  then bogged over it an painted it turned out better than i expected  there is some good videos of bumper repairs on youtube .
can't take a pic as the ute is gone.   now tinkering with another one but its a very  s l o w  job lol  
 

With the bf bellhousing you will lose your column shift linkage mount, to keep the xg column shift setup you will need an au column shift bellhousing

That should work fine 

Tuff Mounts make one, think it was about $400 last year(mate bought one to fit AU engine in XG) 
in this package with mounts for engine 
https://www.tuffmounts.com.au/product/conversion-kits/tuff-mounts-barra-conversion-kit-into-xa-xf-ford-falcon/

Pretty sure the fg sump won't fit the xg, fg's have a rear sump, earlier engines have a front sump, I wouldn't be surprised if the fg sump hits your drag link, an au/ba/bf will hit the sway bar in an xg, but there are 3 solutions to this, make spacers for the sway bar to move it out of the way, aftermarket sway bar that clears the alloy sump (I think whiteline make one) or you could modify the front of the sump to clear

Hey Thom thanks for the response,  I’m currently talking to a guy about buying his BF barra with btr attached as well as ecu. It comes with an FG sump and pickup for better clearance I believe.
Ive messaged Bill Hooten about a harness, slowly educating myself on these as I’m a newbie to Fords. 
Thanks again 👍

Yet another... Molasses dipping to remove rust. Apparently it's better than blasting or rust converting, but takes weeks to do.