Ando81

I’ve got a dual battery system in 2 of my utes and they use this dual battery isolator. They have an override button on the isolator that connects starting battery to auxiliary battery if starting battery dies on you. My xf ute has an N70 lead acid battery in the tub and I’ve used this feature to start my crossflow many times. I’ve also got the same isolator in a Px Ranger 3.2 litre diesel and my 85ah auxiliary battery has jump started it using the isolator override feature. So simple and fast, I couldn’t suggest an easier solution [emoji1303]

Well done [emoji1303]

Without sounding negative mate I think I’d be running some heat wrap on the cable being so close to the V8 exhaust. The inner cable has a plastic liner that could melt from the heat.

Yeah whole housing hub to hub [emoji1303]

Outback utes had the hydratrak lsd mate. There’s not a lot of those around these days though [emoji51] If you’re not concerned about if being a hydratrak then you could fit a standard Borg Warner lsd housing into it. I wheeled an xh xr6 lsd housing under my 92 xf ute for better ratio and to have lsd. It was a great upgrade [emoji1303]

Ha ha, you’re not crazy mate. She doesn’t have it. I’m always glad to help out when I can [emoji1303]

This is an xf heater control without A/C. The circled area is where A/C control would be if the car had Air conditioning. What is your car?

Yeah, they all have hot/cold knob but ones with air conditioning have A/C towards the top of the hot/cold control knob.

Close, they’re the ATC lines. Automatic transmission cooler lines. They run through the radiator to help cool the transmission. The A/C lines will be on the opposite side of the engine. Driver’s side [emoji1303] and a belt off the big pulley on the bottom of the engine runs to the A/C compressor [emoji1305] Its located under the Alternator. Looking at your harmonic balancer pulley it doesn’t appear to have an A/C belt on it. Maybe your car didn’t have A/C [emoji2369]

I got my xf reflectors done at the place in Melbourne about 5 years ago. Someone on this forum told me the company that does them. I remember a fella telling me that WB holden headlight reflectors are very similar to xd or xe. Not that they’d be easy to come by these days either.

That’s really cool Gary. Thanks for sharing the pic and the story that goes with it [emoji1305]

I purchased an xd fairmont years ago that had the York compressor and R12 gas in it. I’ve never had a/c as cold as that car since. It was that good in fact that I thought it was blowing smoke out of it on one particularly humid day. I took it to the local garage after a hasty panic to remove the battery lead. The mechanic laughed and said it was moisture droplets forming as the cold air met the hot humid air in the car. We were both very impressed with how well the R12 was working [emoji1305]

Fucking poor form when they rip off anyone mate, let alone a pensioner. When you don’t have a clue, go to Lew’s [emoji1304]

I’m glad you found the problem but I’m worried about the possible damage [emoji51] I wonder if it’ll perform ok with the new ecu now that it’s reading correctly and doing everything ok.