Dan's old ute. Retired. Replaced with AU Ute.

by **Dansedgli** » June 23rd, 2009, 2:32 pm

That looks like it could go places the maverick couldnt dream of going.

Do want.

by **Sunboost** » June 23rd, 2009, 2:39 pm

The TCU or ECU is picking up that the car is struggling to accelerate, so it holds the gear. If it goes to the next gear it'll be struggling harder, so the TCU knows it's sht.

Once u fix issue with the gas it'll be all good. Sounds like "performance" mixtures are set too lean or the mixer is stuffed. WHat mixer is it? 200? 225?

by **Dansedgli** » June 23rd, 2009, 2:41 pm

Not sure which one is on it Sunny. The accelerator cable is really fcked too. Could this be a contributing factor?

by **nstg8a** » June 23rd, 2009, 3:04 pm

Dansedgli wrote:

Those twinlights - how much better than stock are they? 11ty or only a little?

imo, 11ty.... especially on high beam.

see if you can borrow a set to try out, i dont think id own another xf with standard lights.

by **Dansedgli** » June 23rd, 2009, 3:15 pm

Thanks for that. I looked them up and they have a 55/100 regular light plus a 100w high beam. They sound impressive. Does the stock wiring cope with that kind of output?

Ill look into getting a set after my rwc is done. I dont really want to fit the spotlights if I dont have to.

by **Phillis** » June 23rd, 2009, 5:08 pm

Give me a model number on some lightforce gear and ill get a price for ye tomorrow

by **Kaddis** » June 23rd, 2009, 5:16 pm

TUFED6 wrote:It can be jumped by a KTM.

Fixed

Fixed.

by **Commando** » June 23rd, 2009, 5:41 pm

Phillis wrote:Give me a model number on some lightforce gear and ill get a price for ye tomorrow

PM sent, that way Dan's Camira thread stays uncluttered

by **Frost** » June 23rd, 2009, 5:49 pm

Your UHF Aerial why not use one of these

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brand-New-ZCG-Sc ... 1|294%3A50

by **travs ea-xr6** » June 23rd, 2009, 6:14 pm

they look gayer then stock aerial

by **Frost** » June 23rd, 2009, 6:47 pm

How? it looks like a mobile phone antenna.

by **Dansedgli** » June 23rd, 2009, 7:08 pm

I thought mobile phone antennas went out of fashion with house brick sized mobile phones?

The antenna I have will be fine hidden under the rear window in the tray.

My usual mechanic cant do a rwc because its on gas.

I predict many headaches.

by **nstg8a** » June 23rd, 2009, 9:36 pm

cant you remove the gas for the roadie? or does it need checking as well?

by **Dansedgli** » June 24th, 2009, 9:14 am

The gas was only fitted last year so the tank is in date but I may as well just get it done elsewhere. Its just a pita now because I wanted the other guy to fix the brakes and windscreen and do the rwc all at once. Now I may as well do the brakes myself on the weekend, get the windscreen fixed myself then take it for a rwc.

More effort ftl.

by **ClassicAU** » June 24th, 2009, 10:49 am

Dansedgli wrote:Now I may as well do the brakes myself, get the windscreen fixed myself then drop in the DOHC motor and turbo setup on the weekend.

More effort ftw.

I thought thats what you meant! :grin:

by **Dansedgli** » June 24th, 2009, 11:00 am

Nah, cbf with that kind of stuff anymore. I dont have the time.

Got it booked in for brakes on Friday now I can go riding saturday. :thumbsup:

by **SNR** » June 24th, 2009, 1:22 pm

ClassicAU wrote:HA! Don't laugh, I am expecting this thing to be mint by the end of the year!

Based on past history, it will be sold as an incomplete turbo car by then.

by **Dansedgli** » June 24th, 2009, 1:36 pm

You guys are hilarious.

Ute stays until I get run over by a 4wd while riding the dirtbike or get a better ute.

by **Phillis** » June 24th, 2009, 5:20 pm

we do roadies at my place dan?

by **EB_Ghia** » June 24th, 2009, 5:52 pm

-jjM- wrote:needs "**** off" spotties on it and cow catcher

love this ute!

like this you mean?

i couldnt have the f off spotties... couldnt open the bonnet. even with the ones i have now i had to remove the grill so i could open the bonnet

how faded are the reflectors dan? that would provide shit light. my xf ones are fairly good atm

i wish i had a straight tailgate too... cables broke and tailgate found the towbar....

havent been bothered to de sticker it.. no point now cos they'll go when i replace the tailgate

by **Dansedgli** » June 24th, 2009, 10:28 pm

Phillis wrote:we do roadies at my place dan?

Ah nice one. Ill get the brakes and windscreen fixed up and make it more presentable then Ill bring it in.

That front bar is huge s_pack89. Should ram raid some ATM's!

by **EB_Ghia** » June 24th, 2009, 11:06 pm

Dansedgli wrote:
Phillis wrote:we do roadies at my place dan?

Ah nice one. Ill get the brakes and windscreen fixed up and make it more presentable then Ill bring it in.

That front bar is huge s_pack89. Should ram raid some ATM's!

how bad is the windscreen?
i took mine in with a 10cm crack and it still passed. but mine runs along the bottom of the windscreen though.. there were a few things that were overlooked on mine and still passed and werent exactly rwc. (front shocks were fucked, also leaked oil badly too)
just make sure its got a covered rear no plate light. i got knocked on that, so i'd fittled one of those led trailer lights to get through rwc

lol yet to try atms.
its killed 2 roos so far. 3rd hopped away after stufiing the radio antenna and mirror. i aim for the mofos now after hitting 2 in the ea
living out of town sucks at times.. but the roos have been thinned out now with my help and the shooters

by **Dansedgli** » June 29th, 2009, 4:40 pm

The screen has 2 small chips in it.

I found a place around the corner from me to do the rwc on Thursday so Ill see what they have to say about it. The rear brakes were replaced on Friday so it doesnt make grindy noises anymore.

I bought a new cover for the tray, replaced the throttle cable and fitted an S pack cluster on the weekend. It's ready for autosalon.

The last mods will be a wider plank to push the bike up and more tie downs so I can fit the bike in on an angle and close the tailgate.

by **EB_Ghia** » June 29th, 2009, 8:36 pm

Dansedgli wrote:The screen has 2 small chips in it.

I found a place around the corner from me to do the rwc on Thursday so Ill see what they have to say about it. The rear brakes were replaced on Friday so it doesnt make grindy noises anymore.

i'd wait to see if they mention it.. they may let it pass if there only small and not in the veiw of the driver. and the tester isnt picky

by **DEVLXR** » June 29th, 2009, 9:27 pm

Nice buy, wouldn't mind pretty much the same thing for myself but as a panel van. Very practical and a great daily! Good luck with it.

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 9:33 am

Thanks, having a ute is handy as.

I put an S pack cluster in it a few weekends ago because the gli spec cluster it had was gay and the odometer didnt work.

It seems to get pretty good economy compared to the mav. It was on the last green light when I put the new cluster in and it did 150kms before it ran out of gas. Im testing the petrol economy now. Exciting stuff.

I fitted a new tray cover.

I also made a start on derusting the tray yesterday. I ripped out the removable section and hit it with a wire wheel attached to the grinder to get all the surface rust off then covered it in some brush on rust converter/primer. It is supposed to get rid of the rust and leave a black surface that is ready for painting.

Does anyone know of anything durable I can paint it with so it doesnt get scratched up and rust again?

Can you get plastic liners for these things?

by **stevo** » July 6th, 2009, 10:36 am

Give Blueys a call or visit their shop

http://www.blueys.com.au/liners.html#nodrilltrayliners

by **private9** » July 6th, 2009, 8:24 pm

Dansedgli wrote: Does anyone know of anything durable I can paint it with so it doesnt get scratched up and rust again?

I don't know the proper name, but I've helped do a few trays with stuff called chicken sh1t. Spray on, durable as hell. And you can't stuff it coz it looks like crap anyway.

by **Commando** » July 6th, 2009, 9:33 pm

Does anyone know of anything durable I can paint it with so it doesnt get scratched up and rust again?

VHT.

Serious answer - I'm not sure about off-the-shelf plastic/rubber uteliners, but maybe give somewhere like Clark Rubber a go. Although surely there's a place that sells liners for XD-XH utes.

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 9:36 pm

Thanks guys, Ive seen that bird sht stuff before.

I might just paint it black and touch it up all the time. I want to make the removable section hinged with a lock on it so I can store stuff next to the fuel tank. There is heaps of room under there.

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 9:46 pm

Here is a photo of the space Im talking about. Not my car. Mine wasnt this dirty when I pulled the cover off.

by **stevo** » July 6th, 2009, 9:55 pm

Dan, I relocated my battery and put a holley blue pump into that spot on my old XF ute.

by **LUXO_8** » July 6th, 2009, 10:03 pm

that was the spare wheel well on my old xf....the original spare wheel well was taken up by the lpg tank

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 10:04 pm

Do you think I could get a battery and a tyre in there?

by **stevo** » July 6th, 2009, 10:09 pm

I doubt it.. Is the lpg tank where the spare tyre normally goes?

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 10:11 pm

Yep, LPG is in the way. The spare was just floating around the back when I bought it.

by **stevo** » July 6th, 2009, 10:17 pm

The AU has a winch that holds the spare up underneath, but that has snapped so i have spare in back as well. (strapped down)

Buy brockyb8's extractors off him

by **Dansedgli** » July 6th, 2009, 10:44 pm

Arent they for an xf? Ive got the 4.0.

by **nstg8a** » July 7th, 2009, 3:08 pm

my ute has the bit under the rear window covered up with checkerplate (along with the rest of the tray) and its hinged with a good quality lock, i used to fit heaps in there lol.

by **stevo** » July 7th, 2009, 3:29 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Arent they for an xf? Ive got the 4.0.

my bad

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