XF EDDIE

While you have the head off check for corrosion and see if the head is flat. Also pay attention to how tight the bolts are, if any are loose or tight then that might mean your engine has been overheated,

Just wondering could too thick oil make an engine run bad? I changed my oil and I put 20w60 in it and its running shitty.

Well I got the ea seat in and it is way lower than the original. Its so low in fact that its getting jammed on the carpet and at full back the seat belts barely reach so I'll definitely need to hunt down an original seat.

I might be able to get a rotted out xg pano for free so I might see if I can swap the whole system. Would the cat section fit too. Mine has a broken stud so I would like to swap the whole lot

Just wondering, does an xg panel van exhaust just bolt straight up?

That helps me alot. So the seat that came out of my XF would be the same as the sedans, including the rails and springs? If so that makes everything a lot easier

Well I've been talking to ed and we're both stumped. Apparently the seat came out of an 85 xf ute so the rails being wrong seems weird as well as the difference in spring design and seat belt grommet placement. I've attached some photos for you to look at so hopefully I can figure out this mess. (The seat on the left is the original) Rail to floor bolts And the weird spring setup

That might be it too I'll have to see. I can swap the rails but if I'm going to use the wrong seat I may as well use the one out of the EA as its in much better condition. My original plan was to swap the vinyl cover from my seat to this one but as its different it would need a full retrim and it wouldn't be worth it

Well I have bad news. After spending $314 on a seat I now have the wrong seat. I think it's out of an xg rather than an xf because instead of those long bolts it has the e series bolts, it's also noticeably thinner and has a different spring design and backrest mounting holes. I'm going to try and put the seat from my ea into it and I'll see if I can find an actual xf seat in the meantime.

Just a random question but where does the jack go in an XF ute? When I bought it it was just thrown in the back along with the wire handle, in the spare wheel compartment it had some kind of hold down for something just thrown in there and in the top right there's a bracket which looks like something to do with the jack. I stared at it for a good 2 minutes and couldn't figure it out, anyone got any ideas?

Will a head gasket for an el fit it? If so I might just pull the head off

I'll try to get the motor in there going but when it comes to the idea of an engine swap I just can't see me actually using it after I'm done. I never really liked the EA and with this one being a bottom of the line cfi model I don't know if it would be worth it when I already have an xf. I'll give the ATF trick a try and see how I go.

Well the EA is dead on arrival. I was gonna drop the tank and put a pump in it but I decided to try and start it first. Turns out it's seized! I pulled the plugs and they were all rusty on the tip (they had that 'wet' rust like there had been moisture in there). I've sprayed inox in there but I'm not hopeful, I might try pulling the head off to see if I can give it a ghetto rebuild but with it being an ea with 365,000kms it's not a priority. Anything cool I can jam into an ea or would I just be better of listing it on marketplace?

Not related to this ute but today I just got given an ea falcon. Tomorrow I gotta drag it off the farm it's at and see if it'll run for the first time in 19 years. Hopefully it'll make a nice "reliable" daily for when the XF is being fucked with. It's a 1990 model so hopefully it won't have too many issues but hey where's the fun in driving when you know you'll get to your destination. Also $1.5k for a seat seems insane! I got the bench in the F100 done for $800 about 3 years ago so I'm hoping that I can get just the drivers side done in this for cheaper than that, otherwise I'm breaking out the sewing kit.

Well I've ordered a replacement seat bottom and bolts from midnight spares so that should be here next week, after that I'll have to get them reupholstered. Do they make replacement skins for the XF of do I just have to take it to a shop?