BigCav

the return rate on the new ones are very low, there has been a bad batch of floats that were damaged and a leak at the wiring pin post on another model but they were all fixed a while ago, there is a new quality control machine checking resistance on every sender and checking the lever arm operation and smoothness across the resistor wiring now too, every return iv had in the last 6 months personally ended up being a wiring fault in the factory 40 year old wiring or dash etc

howards instruments have the resistor blocks and you can repair them yourself easy as, if not send the unit to howards and they can repair yours and do a full reco

the trouble is that non of the sports bars are the same as each other really, unlike say a ba where they are all running ford brand bars our x series are all random brands or custom jobs
 
as far as im aware nobody makes a cover to suit, but it wouldnt take much for a trimmer to modify one i recon

The only difference would be on XD where factory A/C had the clutch fan and non A/C had a fixed fan.
Non A/C water pump (NO CLUTCH FAN) had no fan thread and a different pulley bolt pattern compared to the A/C water pump (CLUTCH FAN).
All XE and XF had Clutch fans factory, all XEs and Non A/C XFs had a steel one and A/C XFs had a Plastic one, they all used the same clutch and water pump.
Some water pumps come with different impellers but this just depends on the brand of pump.

So I got the new spindles and thought I would take a few pictures and measurements before I put it back together.
 
ZH spindle on the left, later model XD/XF on the right.
 


 
So the later model spindle is about 10mm taller between the ball joints and the steering arm is shorter and more in board.
 
See below for overall height, old one first, newer one second.
 


 
So what does this all mean?
Increased distance between the balls joints should improve the camber curve, as it will have a similar effect to dropping the upper control arm pivot point, aka the "Shelby" mod.
 
Shorter steering arm should speed up the steering rate. Having the pick up point more in board will increase the amount of Ackerman in steering geometry, which is in line with the requirements of a more modern radial tyre.
 
Happy days.

fan resistor block will be shot, they use different size resistors to slow the fan speed down on the first few settings but the top speed setting uses no resistor so will work fine if your resistor block is stuffed
 
should be behind the glove box somewhere, a few screws hold it on, been years since i looked so memory is fuzzy

fan resistor block will be shot, they use different size resistors to slow the fan speed down on the first few settings but the top speed setting uses no resistor so will work fine if your resistor block is stuffed
 
should be behind the glove box somewhere, a few screws hold it on, been years since i looked so memory is fuzzy

need an obd2 unit and there is a program you run on your laptop while hooked up to the car and it will enable it, best thing i ever did on the ba condsidering most of my driving is highway between those stupid point to point cameras on the hume
 
i have a cable and the program if your ever in the area but do some searching on the ford forums and youll find it all

sure its on avg fuel and not inst fuel?
 
fuck all that shit off and fit police mode, best thing i ever did, gets rid of all those trip meter stuff which just annoys you by telling you your wasting to much fuel being a hoon haha and replaces it with a digital speedo which is actually spot on accurate instead of being 3kmh faster like the needle gauge
 
ba wagon here too, my best daily yet

Yeah thought i remember you telling me back then "they are rares", ive had these for years now Cav.
Mate, it fit great, was installed in only 5 mins.  

those are rares seals steve, A ) I know the seller and B ) rare seals have the white inner section of the pinchweld, if on this model car it has the white then its a rares seal, youll notice almost every seller is selling the same seal even if they claim its theres (rares sell through hundreds of rubber retailers), pretty sure even the "BETA" rubber version linked above is white inside
 
so buy it from whoever is cheaper or local etc

I bit the bullet and ordered some pinchweld seal from rare spares, $10 per meter.
 
Thanks for your help BigCav.

if they are standard bolts use the torque to yeild method, more accurate for that application

http://www.niceproducts.com.au/catalogues/wheel/nuts.php

dunno about a 5mm hole but seals in general run a small maybe 3mm hole at that sort of spacing to vent air when the door is closed against the seal, all depends on the design and car etc
 
but if you glue the 2 end of a seal together it would hold pressure inside the blister and not squash/seal properelly, so there are holes every (approx.) 200mm to vent the air

patents and drawings
 
http://www.ipaustralia.com.au/applicant/michael-robert-krogdahl/designs/199303732/

loctite 424 should be used, little tip is to also put a little bit of vacuum line inside the blister at the join that goes into both sections of rubber, glue that in and youll get a lot more strength at the join
 
http://www.loctite.com.au/3320_AUE_HTML.htm?nodeid=8802625912833

loctite 424 should be used, little tip is to also put a little bit of vacuum line inside the blister at the join that goes into both sections of rubber, glue that in and youll get a lot more strength at the join
 
http://www.loctite.com.au/3320_AUE_HTML.htm?nodeid=8802625912833

loctite 424 should be used, little tip is to also put a little bit of vacuum line inside the blister at the join that goes into both sections of rubber, glue that in and youll get a lot more strength at the join
 
http://www.loctite.com.au/3320_AUE_HTML.htm?nodeid=8802625912833

PCV stands for Positive Crankcase Ventilation
 
its a very basic system and no issue at all using a breather on the rocker cover
 
when an engine is running gasses and emmissions are created inside mostly from gas that escapes past the piston rings etc, in an old car these were just vented to the atmosphere by a hose and would drop oil mist and also release emmisions out to the air
 
now they vent that air back into the engine so it can be reburnt (better for the environment)
 
there is a suction hose and an inlet hose, the suction hose is routed from the inlet manifold under the carby (throttle body) so that it sees constant suction, this sucks the air contstantly into the engine through the pcv valve from out of the rocker cover, if they just left it at that the crankcase would depressureize but there wouldnt be any airflow to suck the air out, so they also add a vent on the rocker cover to let fresh air in, this hose goes from the rocker cover to the air cleaner assembly at a point past where the air would be filtered so only clean air is getting sucked into the engine cause you obviously dont want dirty air mixing with your oil
 
reading above people assume that its sucked into the top of the carby, that is incorrect, the pressure is lower bellow the carby then in the air cleaner so the air will always flow through the engine and out the pcv valve, most people, myself included remove this inlet hose when changing air cleaners and put a stand alone filter on the rocker cover, nothing changes in how it operates it just looks better
 
note too that v8's have the pcv and inlet on different rocker covers so it flows from one head through the crankcase and out the other head, better design then what they can do on a 6

PCV stands for Positive Crankcase Ventilation
 
its a very basic system and no issue at all using a breather on the rocker cover
 
when an engine is running gasses and emmissions are created inside mostly from gas that escapes past the piston rings etc, in an old car these were just vented to the atmosphere by a hose and would drop oil mist and also release emmisions out to the air
 
now they vent that air back into the engine so it can be reburnt (better for the environment)
 
there is a suction hose and an inlet hose, the suction hose is routed from the inlet manifold under the carby (throttle body) so that it sees constant suction, this sucks the air contstantly into the engine through the pcv valve from out of the rocker cover, if they just left it at that the crankcase would depressureize but there wouldnt be any airflow to suck the air out, so they also add a vent on the rocker cover to let fresh air in, this hose goes from the rocker cover to the air cleaner assembly at a point past where the air would be filtered so only clean air is getting sucked into the engine cause you obviously dont want dirty air mixing with your oil
 
reading above people assume that its sucked into the top of the carby, that is incorrect, the pressure is lower bellow the carby then in the air cleaner so the air will always flow through the engine and out the pcv valve, most people, myself included remove this inlet hose when changing air cleaners and put a stand alone filter on the rocker cover, nothing changes in how it operates it just looks better
 
note too that v8's have the pcv and inlet on different rocker covers so it flows from one head through the crankcase and out the other head, better design then what they can do on a 6