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hay boys and girls i don't know if this is in the right section but i thought i would post it up anyway,

i have just finished putting a couple of pedal boxes into ef el series falcons for my car and my sisters bf's car, and i was thinking...........
if there is anybody in the greater brisbane area that has a manual ef, el falcon with a rooted manual pedal box or auto pedal box wanting to change to manual, aslong as you supply the pedal box i'm willing to change it for you for $100 and 3 hours without your car and when you come back it will be just like a bought one if your interested pm me and we'll go from there

MODS if this post is in the wrong place or your un happy with it please move or delte the thread. cheers Justin

Just a question, ive been told that an EA pedal box wont go into an EL. Is this true? I only ask because i just striped and EA and am about 2 convert my EL 2 manual.

with a little bit of grinding, it works

You'd swap a pedal box for $100? Fk that.

^^^^ lol I reckon.

Thats $25hr labour over the claimed 4 hrs

Soooooo not worth it.

Rollin Motorsport Hourly Rate?

More than $25/hr! Ask Rollin how much it would take for him to work on another IRS AU, it alot more than that!

Yes rollin i will change a pedal box for $100 plus i'm poor and if i can do it why not do it huh? Does it make sense trust me if anybody has done them and they know there not the most fun things to do and i'm willing to do it cheap as chips, and HOMEBUILTEL yes they fit mate i have a eb manual pedal box in my ef right now so they do fit have a look in my build thread and you will see what you need to remove either that if your in brisbane bring it round to mine and i'll change it for ya

Hey if you want to do it for that money then that's cool, it's just not worth it for me. I've done quite a few over the years and there is always some random shit trailer brake harness or busted ass stereo wiring that either needs to be cut, re-routed and soldered or removed completely, which makes it take forever and be totally gay.

I also usually make a small reinforcing braket for the LHS of the clutch pivot to attempt to stop it bending.

or pedal pin kit, for $105 plus postage, takes 15 mins if your blind.. WINNAH!!!

i like oeds indea haha i will be using the pin again did last time and it worked perfect

Another_ef wrote:Yes rollin i will change a pedal box for $100 plus i'm poor and if i can do it why not do it huh? Does it make sense trust me if anybody has done them and they know there not the most fun things to do and i'm willing to do it cheap as chips, and HOMEBUILTEL yes they fit mate i have a eb manual pedal box in my ef right now so they do fit have a look in my build thread and you will see what you need to remove either that if your in brisbane bring it round to mine and i'll change it for ya

Thanks mate, i will look, was just told by a bloke here in Geelong that you cant. I havnt lived in brisy for 4 years now, so my be a bit hard.

ROLLIN thats a fair call and i'm not saying it's always going to be easy but, i don't mind changing them for $100 thats not a worry for me, as i said before if you can do it why not do it???

HOMEBUILTEL trust me man they fit all you need to do is remove the handbrake bracket on the pedal box for the dash handbrake as the ef/el's don't use them. I hope that helps bud

cheers Justin

If you have an auto car and you want to fit a manual box to it, get a pin from Mal Wood, it's about a million times cheaper and easier, trust me.

The only boxes I replace are factory manual cars where the pin for the clutch is bent or tearing out of the box, which is why I make a bit of reinforcing steel to support the other side of the pin.

kev swapped mine back in the day in my eb in like 2006 and it took us like 45mins lol

Yeah i understand that it's easier to go get the pin, but the service is offered if someone doesn't want to and cant be assed putting the pin in thats all it's here for i'm just saying i'm willing to change a pedal box for someone who wants it done

Another_ef wrote:

if you can do it why not do it???

I'm pretty sure i said something similar to you when discussing putting a 4L in the KE

Another_ef wrote:Yeah i understand that it's easier to go get the pin, but the service is offered if someone doesn't want to and cant be assed putting the pin in thats all it's here for i'm just saying i'm willing to change a pedal box for someone who wants it done

True but the pin is only $ 10 more aand stronget than a factory box so much for muchness but id go a pin

either way the service is offered

yes bush we did discuss putting a boosted 4L into my old ke70 but figured it was too much work would have been fun but to much work

your gay should do it, grinder FTW

fine bush we'll buy another ke70 and put a boosted 4L into it after i've finished my ke70

ba jebus why buy a pedal pin kit for $105 u can make it urself grinder, welder, some steel a lathe and an oxy if u wish to be a ruff ****

Rollin wrote:You'd swap a pedal box for $100? Fk that.

haha u think thats crazy he did myn for $50

_JP_ wrote:ba jebus why buy a pedal pin kit for $105 u can make it urself grinder, welder, some steel a lathe and an oxy if u wish to be a ruff ****

The time, effort, materials and consumables make it unworthwhile. If you work at your job for 3 hours you'd earn the money to buy one, and you haven't wasted 3 hours, grinding/cutting wheels, oxy gas etc (plus, who the fk has a lathe in their garage? Not many people...) and you can kick back with a beer instead of sweating in the garage...

yeah fair call man but i can do most of it for nothing due to the fact i have a nice boss and access to a lathe is granted as my old man has one in his shed but yes it would be a whole lots less effort to buy the kit or just brace the standard manual pedal box

Either way i'm saying i'm willing to change a pedal box in a e series for $100 in 3 hours thats what i'm trying to say and offer

Any body want a pedal box changed?