Sorry when you described it as bent then I guessed that it was ummm bent :-)

So it's got a worn bush then?

These are quite easy to straighten accurately if they are bent at the top end where the rotor fits on.

Either take it to a shop that has a distributor graph, use an analogue dwell meter, or use a micrometer.

Hey Slim. Loosen off the rockers and lift the pushrods out.

You will also need to remove the sideplate and there lifters.

They all do that 

Take it back and the next one will just do the same thing   

Superglue or 5 min Araldite it back on, ensure the cable has some lubrication, that its routed correctly, and that the bonnet catch is adjusted right.

Should be OK.

Hey Ed, as a simple alternative why not try using a motorbike/jet ski/golf cart/scooter battery with a trickle charger, preferably solar type.

Will work ok but may struggle if the fans run for extended periods. Get a battery with the highest Amp Hour rating you can afford.

Usually stored in a few sheds, only out a couple of times a year. Its an incredible collection.

Most have 1970's or early 80's rego stickers but you're right, very few are currently registered.

I had a full button clutch in my XU1 but impossible on the street and because I had to try to slip it flogged out the flywheel face in no time. Even worse the hotter it got.

Now fitted is a cushion button which is more manageable but still a little aggressive if you get caught in traffic.

Both clutches don't like to back the car up but have been hammered at the drag strip and track where they work well.

My next clutch is sitting on the shelf in the garage - an organic one and that's what I reckon you need to use. Just specify what you're going to use the car for to the clutch supplier and they'll give you something that is most suitable.

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A XU1 is a bit different to an FC too.

Very similar weight but higher centre of gravity and therefore more likely to lift an inside wheel and lose traction.

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On my way back from last weekends Phillip Island Historics I stopped off at Riverview near Tatong in country Victoria.

Here are some pictures.
































And this is the Holden Service centre at Koo Wee Rup.

When you have a powerful engine is a light car, say going up hill on a slightly greasy or damp road, the thing will "snap out" sideways quite quickly with LSD

My XU1 has 260hp, weighs just over 1100kgs, and drives perfectly with a tightly shimmed LSD. It can definitely be hairy in the wet but is easily controlled.

The engine Josh has with a single spinner will just be impossible in the wet as he won't find traction.

Steve I saw your cars at AHD last year and looked out for you but I think we both might have changed a little in the past 25 years 

I love the way you lightly restore them rather than going the whole yards. I especially like your preference for the standard model 

I'm sure we'll bump into each other again one day.

If you are going to do any drag / track work with the car keep a single spinner in it.

So when it unloads the inside wheel what happens???

Proper track cars use locked diffs for a reason. An LSD is a good road/track compromise.

A 3.89 will be too short, not too tall.

owned the car for years, then moved from Emu Plains into the city and lost all my storage and all my cars bar and FB and EK.

Hey Steve, I lived on Russell Street Emu Plains and you stopped and chatted about my FC with me. Must have been about 1984/5 

I vaguely recall going to your house in Emu - had some FB/EK's in a shed out the back??? One was damaged??

Good to see you've seen the light and got an FC. What a top car you've found. I'm sure there are a few more you are going to dig up around that area.

Put an LSD in it. It'll only go sideways if you tell it too 

With the engine you've got I'd be looking for a 3.55 or if you drive longer distances a 3.36.

They ain't cheap these days though, maybe $600+ for a good one unless your lucky and stumble across something.

They typically wear the LSD cones which are not easy to get.

I know a guy in Sydney that has some parts still and last one I got rebuilt (3.08) cost $500.00 and included a good second hand crown wheel and pinion, bearings, and new LSD cones.

The 3.08 was fitted for my trip to Victoria last week and will be removed soon as it blunts the performance of my car too much. Spends too much time 'off the cam'.

Greg is spot on. Lots of guys work there who have been in the parts game since I grew up around St Mary's.

Gary (Zulu) goes there as well.

My brother paints them. As you can see in the picture he has worked out a way to do it so it looks factory.

Contact him via http://www.hgsmash.com.au

He charges slightly more for people who don't use the search function 

Thanks Ken. Will be in contact.

Power Brakes (S.A) 613 North East Road Gilles Plains 8261 0888

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Cannot recommend these guys highly enough. Post it to them, call you with price, they fix it, they send it back. All within a few days.

Top quality work and too easy.

About $10.00 or less a metre for the felt stuff. I think you need 6 metres to do a car? Someone will confirm.

The factory stuff can be sourced new from Rares and is typically glued into place as the clips are unavailable.

If the car is modified or you are not fixed on originality then I'd be putting the later model push in type.

Cheap, easy to fit, and works perfectly.

Before you pull the old stuff out give it a spray around the edges with WD-40 and wait a day. Should come out more easily and may not leave you with as many broken clips that you have to scrape out later.