XF EDDIE

Thanks for the rundown. I'm pretty sure its not a fairlane cluster but ill just plug it in and see what happens. Also is the oil pressure sender in the same position as on the crossflows?

Seems weird but knowing ford it wouldn't be surprising

Ahh so without that the screen will be dim? Seems a bit odd but I guess Ill find out. Also I suppose those are called trip meters cus I cant think of anything better to call them.

I thought both clusters had the trip meter? When it gets here Ill tear the old one apart and see if i can just switch the ic that runs the odometer

I've got two xh longreach utes both made in 1999 with one being a few months newer and also a tradesman. The tradesman has the el style motor with eec-5 whereas the other has the older Ed style motor with eec-4. What's the go? Has the tradesman been messed with or was ford just using up stock?

Makes sense then. The one I have must just be the end of the line then. Now to figure out why it's so fast.

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?

Gave rare spares a call and no dice? Anywhere else I might be able to find em. Also still need to find that spring, would that be something I could buy or do I have to hunt down a seat

Well she runs good so I decided to try to fix the seat, and that's where my luck ran out. It was sagging on the drivers side which I found out was because the wire/spring that holds up the padding had broken in several places so that needs replacing, and to really twist the knife in all 4 bolts snapped off so now those gotta be fixed too. Anyone know where I can get a replacement for the spring and bolts for the seat or is a new seat my best bet? This one is really fucked up with there being more foam visible than vinyl on the drivers side so it needs reupholstering at a minimum. Ill call my local seat shop and see how much it'll cost to fix this but if you know if know of a goodish seat in central Queensland it would be much appreciated.

Well I'm back with good news. So at idle when I drop the timing the engine runs slower and rougher but after setting it at around 12° it seems to be really happy. When I put my foot down it goes hard off the line and seems to cruise nicely. I might fuck with it more but so far so good. Just gotta deal with that cold starting issue although I think the thermal choke is rooted, I'll swap it out tomorrow and hope for the best.

I gave the carby a half assed rebuild while I was trying to get it running so it should be ok. I'm thinking of doing a full rebuild on the original and put it back on but it's missing some shit.