XF EDDIE

The old girl is back on the road! After a sketchy tyre scrubing drive to the tyre shop I now have two new tyres and an aligned car. Ive got my photos of the rebuild (which was easier than expected!) And will be writing the guide up soon. Ill do the suspension check guide on a different car as this one was tight as a bell even before the ball joints but all in all its been fun being behind the wheel of the old girl again.

The passanger side is done! Once I started it was pretty simple with the only hickup being splitting the top ball joint. The replacements seem of good quality with the same range as the originals and after replacing the lower control arm it tracks much better.

Modern parts suck! Had to die grind the inside of the lower control arm bush to get the bolt in

Ive cracked into the suspention and I dont think Im the first one, Its rocking black pedders shocks and the lower ball joint and bushings are still good. Since Im replacing the lower control arm anyway its getting a new bushing aswell as ball joints all round but so far its been okay with only the upper ball joint having play

I got some nos kyb's for the front but I havent decided for the back, probably gonna go with monroe

Well if you wanna do that Id be happy to send my kybs in before I fit them. Im probably gonna do the shock and spring saddle another time as I dont have the spring saddles on hand and I want the old girl asap.

I crawled under there today and found my problem with my lower control arm being munted. All my steering looked a-ok so I wont fuck with it. Ive got a bushing and balljoint set coming this week so when it gets here Ill start that thread and take photos and mesurements of every bolt and bush as I tear through it for future reference but it doesnt look like too bad of a job. Also in regards to shocks I saw in another thread about how the kyb shocks are smaller than factory so Ill be intrested to see how the ones I ordered compare as theyre new old stock.

Well this hasn't been aligned since the accident so I think thats playing a part. Ill check it out when I get home

Well Im back to it and it looks like the suspension work is gonna have to be done sooner rather than later as when I got it back the front two tyres were scrubbed to the wire. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/141382679799?fits=Plat_Gen%3AXF|Model%3AFalcon&_skw=xf+falcon+ball+joints&itmmeta=01K2DZES1S24VNSGBBWHSKR18P&hash=item20eb107cf7:g:uGMAAOSwichgieHf&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cpw5Mx6GFjC9g9hJWEgNjFFQysu1090bMjEq%2FXM1kLtNJPBRAv85aAHavYcRixU2LaFXHEXwkvMD1D520ra4UaYHTzLE42r4Kti6bA0eynx4eEpON%2F%2BxQL%2B2ipQVGgrS7eFRj2%2FuSX1M03UelRWXoStVQe7Jquh%2Fh8Q2KAfz1Gp544cyRTEV%2B2j%2B0M%2BzyvmQpFX8bIXD8GC%2FOxIiegiVDOjJnUFMa9rq8wj3IJiphNNU5W%2FA7%2BOsrU%2F8pchlQKZR8%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_yQu7-TZg This looks to be the best price on ebay so Ill probably go with that

I got one in qld I'm not using

Well my mates been driving it around for a bit while I'm out of state and he's having fun living the old car experience having people materialise with stories of their old xfs, going through fuel at twice the rate of his grandmas corolla and the shonky muffler finally letting go of the tailpipe down the road which gave him some father and son bonding with his (boiler maker) old man. Honestly with how he's talking about the old girl it wouldn't surprise me if he starts looking for one!

ITS BACK BABY! I'm out of state at the moment but the guy finished up today and it looks really shmicko. I still have a full suspension rebuild waiting for me when I get back (which I will be documenting) but I've got a bike and xh which will be taking priority.

Today marks a great occasion, I got a letter from the government that didn't have a fines and penalties header. Crazy it's been 6 months since it was registered! I'm expecting it back in 2 weeks and then I can quit driving the effy around car parks. Ford must have known this was weak as the xg I harvested the bracket off had alot of reinforcement compared to the xf

If cleaning all the connections doesn't fix it you can try adding a resistor in parallel to the pot to send a bit more power through

Recently Ive run into a problem trying to fix the old f100. I have called all the pannel beaters around my area of central queensland and I cant find anyone with a frame puller. The tip of the drivers side is bent but not too horribly and the thing still drives fine so I dont think its a write off (although Im closer to a butcher than I am a pannel beater so what do I know?) but no shops Ive called even have the tools to try and fix it. So here I am again asking for help, if anyone knows of a shop that can fix even just the frame it would help me greatly. The closer the better but Im willing to travel interstate for someone good. In the meantime Ill keep calling around and Ill keep you all posted if I have any luck. (Although it looks mangled, the only bit actually bent is the tip where the bull bar mounts the rest of it is just built like that)