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sorry to all the people watching but ebay keeps kicking me off for some unknown stupid reason.


The text above has been copied from the E bay description for those who have been following (or trying to).

Cheers   M

Perfect setup for transporting really, really, long,  longboards.


Cheers   M

Hi guys,

I'm after a flip down number plate bracket ala LH LX torana.

Not sure which other cars use them, but keen to find one.

After trawling ebay I cant find any. Does anybody have one kicking about?

Cheers

Ed

XD,XE, XF era  Falcons?? Or does it have to look/attatch a certain way?

does it smell bad?

;D

I've never owned an EJ and am happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but as far as I can recall the EJ's had the grey motor 3.89 diff centre as factory fitment.

If this is correct then it would appear that if your EJ is currently fitted with U bolts to hold the tailshaft uni to the pinion yoke and is also fitted with the red motor type rear uni joint then it may have been converted already to a red motor diff centre sometime in its pre history, and if so then in most cases the diff ratio can be found stamped into the steel dust/stone deflector that is press fitted to the pinion yoke in front of the pinion oil seal .

Scrape away any accumulated dirt and rust around this and you should in most cases find the ratio stamped into it.I have however seen some over the years that appear to have been missed being stamped in the factory showing no evidences of ever being stamped at all.

The first time I went to find out what diff ratio I had on my FC with a red motor and HR diff setup in it I did not realise that the steel ring had the ratio stamped on it.  I just jacked up one side of the car and put a mark on the wheel and tailshaft and just counted the turns.  Obviously just one wheel will turn twice as many times as if you had both wheels off the ground. 

Cheers   M

Handy hint with putting the door handles back on, don't do what I did years ago when I first took my handles off.

Dad gave me the thin flat tool to take the clips off and then he had to leave the house for a bit, I took the handles off real easy then did what I had to do inside the door.  Silly me then put the handles back onto the shaft then stupidly tried to get the clips on with the handle in place...........idiot.

Dad came home after a long while and saw me battling and just came over got the handle off put the clip on to the handle properly and just banged the handle onto the shaft.........took all of 10 seconds.

Yeah, yeah I know. Everyone can stop laughing and sniggering now, I just simply did not nut it out.

The end of the door handle shaft has a nice chamfer on the end of it to help the clip get over.

Will remember that day forever I reckon.

Cheers   M

Hi there,
                     I have sent you a PM  (personal message).

Cheers  M

Hi Cam, have sent you a PM  (Personal message) regarding posting of pictures.

Cheers  M

John,
The cut-out severely weakens the the floor (and body generally).
Where is your strengthening coming from.
Geoff

Hi Geoff, I don't really see why it would, it is the same size as the one in the EK automatic. Although I have put the hump in mine I have yet to replicate the cross member to the underside of the hump. So the strength would be the same.

Have you experienced some problems in the past with a bigger hump perhaps?

Cheers  M

One thing I’ve never understood about a recovery system and still don’t…

At higher pressure (caused by higher temp) the cap rises allowing coolant out the overflow to the catch can.

As it cools, how can the coolant from the can re-enter the system?

The system loses pressure and the overflow outlet (above the cap) is then closed.

somebody explain???

the overflow coolant recovery on mybike also appears to only work one way and it's bone stock.
Cheers
Ed

Ed, do you means it doesn't suck the water back in to the radiator from the tank?  If so possibly check that the tube to recovery tank is in good condition with no places for air to drawn in and check that the tube dips into the tank.

Rust is also bigger than the amount of original steel it came from, pretty sure it is about 8 times the volume.

Remember reading in some engineering magazine that rust has a very strong expanding force and has been known to break bolts on structures when the rust was trapped in between two beam plates.

Cheers   M

Yep, the older he gets the faster he was - and thats just Craig... ;D

Its not so bad Mikey, I have a mate who was supposed to finish his car when my daughter was 14 months old, she's now 17 and a half and its not only not finished he has to do most of it again :P

Cheers
John

Yeah I hear ya,
                        I have had mine in the shed for waaaay longer than I care to remember.   


Hmmm, where did I leave that angle grinder?


Cheers  M

Crikey, this thread is ancient, the last post from Fast Eddie was in November 2004.

When I say ancient it is relative I suppose, look at old our cars are. ;)


Cheers  M

Good old Delrin, is it not fantastic to machine?   Hard and stable and can easily get a nice finish on it without much trouble.


Cheers  M

Well Finally after 7 years out in the weather the FC has finally found her way into a shed!  After pulling her apart in the back yard of my parents house I have now got her resting safely in my shed allowing me to get back to work on her!

I posted on the General board about ideas for moving it with no subframe/crossmember and I will report that the Piano trolley is a 100% winner!

The trolley sits perfectly under the front chassis rail

Yay, I won  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Now what is my big prize?   Nah in all seriousness, nice work in getting it on and did not look dangerous in doing so either.

Cheers   M

Fantastic advice guys once again why live out a painful moment when there are so many people on here who have lived them out before..............It only took me about 20 little jobs and stuff ups to realise this!

MICK

Pretty much reckon that there is nothing you can do to an FE or an FC that someone on here as not already stuffed up, skun knuckles on, cried over, cut out, fixed or just about any thing else you can think of.

Maybe strapping a nuclear bomb to one, think that has not been done yet.

By the way if you don't take pictures of that thing being dragged on to the tow truck there will be hell to pay. ;D ;D ;D


Cheers  M

by what I have read they are supposed to be as strong as a f**d 9 inch and are out there in LSD as well
Volvo is same stud pattern as early Holden but you need to run 14 inch rims
also they are available in quite a few different ratios
If you go to the FB EK site forum and go to Transmissions Drivelines etc there is quite a detailed thread there
Sorry I do not know how to create a link (perhaps another forum member can post it)

Haydn

Links are simple, just copy the text in the address bar at the top of your browser and be on the page that you want to copy.

Here is the link to this page.

http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php?action=post;quote=88969;topic=14759.0;num_replies=5;sesc=c71a0209940e6233b15c213f8761b1ce

So open up another window and go to the FB site and copy the address when you are on that page.


Cheers M

Hmmm just one more,

                           Go down the local skate park and steal the poor little buggers skateboards. :D :D

Lend/rent one or two piano moving trolleys from a removalist. The front of an empty shell would weigh heaps less than your average piano I would reckon.

Tie the buggers down with straps and ropes possibly.

Or hack up a couple of old (or new) shopping trolleys :o :o.


Couple of quick ones I can think of.


Cheers   M

Just to save you any heartache the size is 5/16" UNF, would be a fair bet that Bunnings and Mitre 10 would not have that size.   They might, but chances would be on the no side.

Hope that helps.


Cheers    M