Dezza's 1990 EAII Ghia & 2000 AUII Fairmont

by **spope** » April 18th, 2008, 2:13 pm

Good to see my springs are still working well!

PS pump leaking onto alternator is A Bad Thing. I killed two alternators in my EA because of that.

Anyway, changing all accessories is not such a bad thing. Serpentine belt > three belts.

by **Dezza** » April 18th, 2008, 2:26 pm

spope wrote:Good to see my springs are still working well!

PS pump leaking onto alternator is A Bad Thing. I killed two alternators in my EA because of that.

Anyway, changing all accessories is not such a bad thing. Serpentine belt > three belts.

Yep. The springs are good. The car looks and handles a lot better than it used to.

Yeah, the serpentine conversion is actually one thing I want bad. I've had a number of belt and pulley related issues in the last year and a half. I'd prefer to have one big belt than 3 skinny ones. There doesn't seem to be much wobble in the harmonic balancer, so that shouldn't be the cause. Hopefully the alternator holds on till the engine swap.

by **glenneaux** » April 18th, 2008, 4:06 pm

dezza buy my el xr engine/ecu/thermofans/fan relays+wiring

by **Dezza** » April 18th, 2008, 5:15 pm

I'll certainly consider it

by **glenneaux** » April 18th, 2008, 5:28 pm

Dezza wrote:I'll certainly consider it

its from my EBII so it should just plug straight in, however its smartlock so unless your banger has it you're on your own.

p.s. i have a smartlock module i can throw in but thats it

by **Dezza** » April 19th, 2008, 9:21 am

Nope. EA=no smartlock

I'm just going to keep it going as is for the time being. As I said, I'm not in any form of hurry with it.

by **glenneaux** » April 19th, 2008, 8:25 pm

err i mean
ur car isnt smartlock, mine is, mines getting wrecked.
take the whole setup d000d

by **Dezza** » April 20th, 2008, 11:13 am

glenneaux wrote:err i mean
ur car isnt smartlock, mine is, mines getting wrecked.
take the whole setup d000d

lol. As I said, for the time being I need to keep it on the road, so an engine swap is going to have to wait.

by **glenneaux** » April 20th, 2008, 12:50 pm

Dezza wrote:
glenneaux wrote:err i mean
ur car isnt smartlock, mine is, mines getting wrecked.
take the whole setup d000d

lol. As I said, for the time being I need to keep it on the road, so an engine swap is going to have to wait.

engine swap took me and jdub 2days from taking bonnet and airbox and shit out and letting it cool down to driving it back to melbourne!

by **Dezza** » April 20th, 2008, 3:02 pm

Yeah, but I'm flat out at the moment. It is a daily driver after all

by **Commando** » April 20th, 2008, 3:22 pm

use public transport

by **Dezza** » April 20th, 2008, 3:40 pm

I hate public transport

I mean I got the EA to drive. It's still going, just leaking a fair bit. It's convenient in that I just jump in the car and go. I also don't have the time to work on the car at the moment. So while it might take 2 days to do an engine swap if I could work on it constantly, I just can't do that at the moment. In fact, with the amount of spare time I have at the moment, the car would probably be off the road for a while. It's not going to happen yet, simple as that.

by **Commando** » April 20th, 2008, 3:42 pm

buy 2nd shitbox runabout car?

by **Dezza** » April 20th, 2008, 3:46 pm

Commando wrote:buy 2nd shitbox runabout car?

I might be able to borrow a car when I do the engine swap, but I've got other priorities at the moment.

by **Dezza** » May 25th, 2008, 9:57 pm

An update!!!! As of today, the EA now has thermos! Thanks to Josh (efgiar) for wiring them up for me, despite my car constantly attempting to kill him. My first impressions are that it's so much better than the clutch fan! I should have done this mod a long time ago. Instead of using the Davies Craig switch, we used a Tridon switch, and also have an override switch on the dash (a wagon tailgate lock/unlock switch

) so that I can have them on constantly.

As for the engine, I've had a change of heart. I've decided I'll just run it into the ground. The power steering pump has now been recoed, I've replaced an engine mount, and also had the heater hoses replaced because they were leaking badly). It's still running (not too badly actually) so I'll just stick with it.

by **Dezza** » May 27th, 2008, 10:09 am

Latest photo of the thermos:

I've really got to do something about that rocker cover!

by **Commando** » May 27th, 2008, 11:37 am

I think it needs an aftermarket windsor block.

by **Dezza** » May 27th, 2008, 12:24 pm

I want a Windsor

by **Dezza** » June 5th, 2008, 3:36 pm

I finally put this on today. Like everything else I've painted, it's a lot nicer in photos than it is in real life. I'll get some proper photos of the car on the weekend, when it's clean.

by **[D1SCNT]** » June 5th, 2008, 6:46 pm

mick spc much?

by **Commando** » June 5th, 2008, 6:52 pm

Looks good! Err, what's the latest addition?

by **pHaT`eL** » June 5th, 2008, 6:53 pm

Lip spoiler

by **Dezza** » June 5th, 2008, 8:47 pm

Pete got it

. I really should have stated it a bit clearer.

lol at Pat. If you're referring to initialD Mick, that is actually his old bodykit. It was in better nick back then though! The paint on his car was better too. But then I'm also a Mick (well, my first name is Michael).

by **[D1SCNT]** » June 5th, 2008, 9:15 pm

Dezza wrote:Pete got it . The paint on his car was better too.

your kidding yer??

by **Dezza** » June 5th, 2008, 9:19 pm

[D1SCNT] wrote:
Dezza wrote:Pete got it . The paint on his car was better too.

your kidding yer??

Ah well, I never looked too closely at his but my paint's pretty crap these days. It got keyed late last year, the bodykit is pressure pack (except for the front bumper), I've got a small patch of rust forming in the left rear guard, and the paint on the top of one of the front guards has gone all blistery.

I'm over worrying about it though. It's just a shitbox.

by **[D1SCNT]** » June 5th, 2008, 11:33 pm

Dezza wrote:
[D1SCNT] wrote:
Dezza wrote:Pete got it . The paint on his car was better too.

your kidding yer??
Ah well, I never looked too closely at his but my paint's pretty crap these days. It got keyed late last year, the bodykit is pressure pack (except for the front bumper), I've got a small patch of rust forming in the left rear guard, and the paint on the top of one of the front guards has gone all blistery. I'm over worrying about it though. It's just a shitbox.

send it my way il make it look pretty

by **Dezza** » June 5th, 2008, 11:42 pm

[D1SCNT] wrote:send it my way il make it look pretty

One day I'll have to book it in Pat! I'm in no hurry to get it done though, and I'll want to be earning regular money again before I worry about resprays. Cheers

by **SnyperEB** » June 5th, 2008, 11:51 pm

Nice Dezza Its missing something in the engine bay though!!

by **Damo** » June 6th, 2008, 12:09 am

Yeah I'm with Shaun, needs a battery box.

by **Dezza** » June 6th, 2008, 10:35 am

lol Damo. I've still got the battery box. might chuck it back in. I took it out when I replaced my radiator hoses, and didn't get around to putting it back in.

by **SnyperEB** » June 6th, 2008, 10:56 am

Battery needs re-locating to the boot to make room for other goodies!!

by **Dezza** » June 6th, 2008, 11:22 am

haha. Not on my daily!

by **SnyperEB** » June 6th, 2008, 11:28 am

Dezza wrote:haha. Not on my daily!

Soft!!

by **Dezza** » June 6th, 2008, 11:47 am

SnyperEB wrote:
Dezza wrote:haha. Not on my daily!

Soft!!

lol. With the cost of fuel, and the amount of kms I do, it wouldn't be wise.

by **Commando** » June 6th, 2008, 11:48 am

by **Dezza** » June 6th, 2008, 11:51 am

lol. Nah, 3.2 litre ftw!

by **Dezza** » June 7th, 2008, 3:59 pm

Few new pics of the EA:

by **Dezza** » February 22nd, 2009, 8:28 pm

Long over due updates. Since then I've fitted EB c-pillar trims, NL chrome window trims, replaced the bonnet and front right guard (which had paint flaking off, it now has a colour mismatch

), an EF fuel flap, a DVD player, changed the front speakers, hooked up an amp, an NL interior light, and blackouts in the headlights.

Here's a few photos from AFD

Today thanks to the help of BBQburner, lowxr, MarkTD, gthofan, Josh L, Brendan S, and Kyle we swapped the clutch on the EA. It had gotten VERY heavy, but recently it started slipping too. We fitted an RPM heavy duty clutch with new pressure plate and thrust bearing. The old thrust bearing was absolutely stuffed and it had destroyed the pressure plate. The clutch plate was down to nothing as well. We also fitted a later model starter motor while we were at it so it doesn't sound like an XF anymore. Thanks to all who helped. I'm very happy with it.

by **BBQBurner** » February 22nd, 2009, 8:35 pm

what no photos of our work today, disappointed

by **EFFalcon** » February 22nd, 2009, 8:37 pm

looks like you've been busy dezza.
its lookin pretty neat.

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