Boosted Falcon

Hi Guys,

I'm going to go look at a BF fairlane ghia on the weekend, its a 6 cyl and 6 speed auto.

Do you guys know if there is anything I should look for, ie common faults

Thanks,
Matt

Nothing too much compared to a regular BF such as diff bushes, ive had mine for 2 years and clocked 130'000km without any major issues, just usual wear and tear like brakes. Feel free to send me a PM if you have any queries mate

If you tow with it, the gearbox computer learns the shift patterns. but after 10-30 min of driving after the trailer's gone it goes back to normal.

Ahh cool thanks. What are some of the common faults on the bf falcon? i think i read somewhere that the dash cracks and come loose.. Anyone else heard this?

didnt u pop a motor kyle?

honestly who cares what common faults are, people still buy them and they are awesome cars... check the car out, its not brand new so it will have faults...but if you cant find any then buy it... think up about everything u want to work in the car write it all down and take it in with u and check everything off the list, check every seat belt works, door locks, lights, drive it for at least 20-30 minutes from low speed to freeway, rough roads, speed humps, pot holes, driveways, as much as u can find, check heater / ac, make sure the elec seats and sunroof if fitted works, make sure the bonnet cable works and isnt broken, check the boot seals, spare tyre jack tools , check everything... go over your car and make up a list of everything you know you want to check but might forget on the day and check it all off and then not only will you know what the car is like, you will have a good record of which car was the best and you wont forget shit about them if looking at more than 1

EFFalcon wrote:didnt u pop a motor kyle?

Yeh only because I turned the car into a submarine during the floods lol , otherwise nothing major

Great advice bentls, thanks man.

Dont get me wrong I know it wont be a new car, but I would like an idea of parts that do break to check if they have/havent yet. No so much basic parts that wear down just like any other car, but are unique to the car like your suggestion with the electric seats, which i didnt even think about lol.

But yeah any advice at all would be awesome, because to be honest I havent done any sort of research on b-series as ive been way to focused on keeping my e-series alive and running haha

make sure the CD stacker works, pretty common thing to stuff up.

Thanks EF Falcon ill check that.

Well I got it

Everything worked fine and it drove great! I should be picking it up tomorrow.

Thanks for your help everyone.