XF EDDIE

Sure enough checked my back brakes and one of the springs broke off. Gonna fix it tommorrow and flush the fluid and see if that makes it happy.

My au has a bad misfire and the abs dosent work, I have an elm 327 adapter and forscan but ive heard that it uses a different standard to regular obd2. Any suggestions?

Well the abs module was unplugged and after plugging it in the abs light stays on and when hitting the brakes they behave like an old non abs car. Im gonna hunt down my elm 327 adapter but I read somewhere that you can use a terminal to communicate with the computer

Recently got an au series 3 and the temp gauge is completely dead (among a serious misfiring issue) I read that its between cyl 5 and 6 but cant see it anywhere. If anyone has tips or photos it would be much appreciated!

Well what happened was that I hit a bump and the plastic cover fell out, so I just reached in and unstuck it and now it works!

Thanks for the tips, Ill hook my smoke machine up to it to see if theres anything obvious but Ill probably do the gasket anyway as they like to fail. I have another au that runs good so I can play swaptronics, any parts I should look at first if the gasket looks good?

Turns out the temp gauge itself was jammed

Ahh great

My ute came with the spare, jack and a wing nut but I cant figure out where it bolts to. There is no hole in the center for the nut and I cant find a photo on the web. A photo would be much appreciated

Just wondering what engines can I put in a fg? I saw a bf barra come up for cheap near me and was wondering if it would work?

Hey presto Make sure to save it as discord links like to go dead!

Yeah man will do, The only other xf ute ive seen also just had a gas tank so it had me fucked

Thanks for that Ill give it a go when I get back from work

I feel like this should be simple but its got me stumped This is the correct bracket right?

So the wheel dosent sit flat on the floor?

Well ive done a compression test and everything is bad. First off the tips of the plugs were all wet with water so there have been more water hiding in the intake and second the readings arent great with all cylinders being zero except for for number 1 which was 30. I could hear compression when I put the gauge in and this gauge has been very dodgy before so im going to rerun the test with a new gauge. However if these readings are correct what does this mean? Bent valves across the board?

The engine dosent sound too fucked up (no knocking or scraping) just sounds like it has a dead battery. So if the rods are bent could I still run a leakdown test to see if the valves are still good? Im just thinking if just the rods are bent can I just get some used rods and just slap it back together?

The oil has no water in it as I got to the other side before it died. Yeah flooded road with overgrown depth markers, water was only about 30 cm deep but this car is too low for almost any water and so it went over the bonnet and flooded the intake. Im worried if maybe the main bearing caps would have been damaged, if the block and head are salvagable ill put some new rods in it and do it up to xr6t spec. Also might be a dumb question but would el rods fit? I got an el bottom end in the scrap heap and it would be nice to get something out of it

That probably would be the go, although if most of the guts are ok I was maybe thinking of doing a turbo build (nothing too crazy just put some stock xr6t parts on it if i can find them cheap)

Ill give that a try. If con rods are fked what else needs doing or could I get some rods and go?

I'm not sure if this is ok on this forum because its for an AU so let me know if I'm in the wrong place. Recently a mate killed the BTR 4 speed in his series 3 AU and he wants to pay me $500 to do the job. Now I am wondering what was different between the btr's between the models. I found a box out of a BF that is supposedly in good condition but I'm not sure what if anything needs to be changed to fit it to a AU. So what boxes are compatible and what do I need to keep from the old box? Also is it worth it to rebuild these gearboxes or am I better off just getting a new one?

Hey thanks for your help everyone, turns out that for some reason he decided to sell the car which he paid $3500 for $100 to a guy who is making it a paddock basher even though he was previously offered over a grand for it. He decided to tell me this afternoon even though he did it a week ago. So theres some time Ill never get back chasing parts. On the flip side this thread has given me some useful info about btr boxes.

Ok so b series transmissions are a no go? Ill see if I can get one from an au, any difference between year models?

This forum is (in my opinion) one of the best out there when it comes to active users as well as the quality of information on the site. It would be nice to bring that to some of the newer stuff.

I recently found an EL falcon 'sports' cluster with the oil and volt gauge for cheap and would like to replace the cluster on my XH as the screen has bleached and the last 4 digits are unreadable. Is this a direct swap, will I need extra sensors for the motor and can I change the odometer reading on the new cluster? Any help would be much appreciated!