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

by **EFFalcon** » August 28th, 2009, 10:12 am

Dansedgli wrote:My house has no concrete so I cant jack the car up safely or pull the motor out.

Poor excuse.
I jack the EF up on grass..

by **Dansedgli** » August 28th, 2009, 10:16 am

How does one get engine crane wheels to move on grass when they hardly move on perfectly flat, smooth concrete?

by **EFFalcon** » August 28th, 2009, 10:25 am

attach it to a car

my first wreck was pulled apart in a paddock

by **Dansedgli** » August 28th, 2009, 10:50 am

Might be a bit harder to put the motor back in.

by **stav50** » August 28th, 2009, 10:58 am

Dansedgli wrote:How does one get engine crane wheels to move on grass when they hardly move on perfectly flat, smooth concrete?

put 35 inch muddies on it??

by **NEILLY1** » August 28th, 2009, 4:05 pm

hey mate did u buy the car from a guy called stewie?? he also has a turbo fg ute in blue??

by **Dansedgli** » August 28th, 2009, 4:08 pm

Yep. You know him?

by **NEILLY1** » August 28th, 2009, 4:11 pm

yeah mate we were on strike with work n he cam down with us a fight with us.. he is a CFMEU union delegate

by **EFFalcon** » August 28th, 2009, 4:15 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Might be a bit harder to put the motor back in.

harden up and do it by hand

or.. lift motor... move car

by **Dansedgli** » August 28th, 2009, 4:15 pm

Ah ok, that explains the stickers then. Hope doesnt cover the FG in them. They were hard to get off.

by **NEILLY1** » August 28th, 2009, 4:19 pm

lol he maybe will mate not as bad as the white ute lol.. good pick up mate i remember he brought the blue 1 a few times n then he stopped coz ppl reconised it 2 much n he was gonna get in trouble by cops.. funny stuff.. good bloke 2....

only thing that gave it away was the stickers... i didnt know it was 4 sale i would have bought it me self good pick up tho mate

by **DEVLXR** » August 28th, 2009, 6:37 pm

LOL, we did Mick's motor on grass using an A frame and block 'n' tackle. Just moved car into position!

by **Sunboost** » August 28th, 2009, 6:59 pm

we've taken motors out with a bobcat.. it's mint.

by **travs ea-xr6** » August 28th, 2009, 7:12 pm

i remember seeing the pics of that sunny,that was sick :thumbsup:

by **SNR** » August 29th, 2009, 12:49 am

You could do it the way Karl has in the past? Undo k-frame with engine attached, then lift car with a tractor, drag car with tractor. Don't forget to detatch tailshaft first or else they bend; badly (or so I was told

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by **Dansedgli** » August 29th, 2009, 12:20 pm

Grrr this thread should be moved to the in the build section.

Just had a look at the doors and the metal around the lower hinge is rusted through on the door. Looks like I have to pull them off and weld in new steel to fix.

Looks like rain. Better put it off til another time

by **nstg8a** » August 29th, 2009, 1:26 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Grrr this thread should be moved to the in the build section.

Just had a look at the doors and the metal around the lower hinge is rusted through on the door. Looks like I have to pull them off and weld in new steel to fix.

Looks like rain. Better put it off til another time

might be easier to source new doors, im pretty sure theyre the same as the sedan doors...

but at least its not in a visible spot so the repair dosnt have to be too pretty...

pity your not here, im gonna be wrecking a xf ghia shorty, could have had the doors of that, easy electric windows.

by **Dansedgli** » August 29th, 2009, 3:27 pm

Thanks. Had a quick look over on xfalcon and apparently the XF and XG doors are different where the locks mount so they arent interchangeable.

Ill wait til its nice weather then Ill get stuck into it. Its been raining on and off today and I dont have a garage

by **nstg8a** » August 29th, 2009, 4:42 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Thanks. Had a quick look over on xfalcon and apparently the XF and XG doors are different where the locks mount so they arent interchangeable.

Ill wait til its nice weather then Ill get stuck into it. Its been raining on and off today and I dont have a garage

thats right, i keep thinking yours is a xf

by **SNR** » August 29th, 2009, 11:11 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Grrr this thread should be moved to the in the build section.

Pretty sure you know someone who can do that for you?

by **Dansedgli** » September 4th, 2009, 8:55 am

Its not worthy of a build thread yet. Ill wait until I do something decent with it which might not ever happen.

I picked up some thermofans off moonman last night which Ill try putting in tomorrow. I cant wait to get rid of that clutch fan noise.

by **Dansedgli** » September 7th, 2009, 4:06 pm

Tried fitting the thermofans on the weekend.

It turns out XG's have the same fittings for thermofans that late E series radiators have but the end tanks are 10cms closer together so thermos dont bolt up. The water pump pulley is also too close to the rad and EF thermos dont fit unless you cut the threaded section for the fan off.

I got grinder happy to make the fans fit the rad better and the end result was the clutch fan being refitted.

I reckon an E series radiator would fit if I relocate the battery and move the overflow bottle so might give that a go in the near future. My rad is fairly fcked anyway. Some of the fins along the bottom dont exist anymore but its not leaking yet.

by **EFFalcon** » September 7th, 2009, 4:11 pm

moving the battery and overflow is probably a good idea anyway.
one thing less to do when you get the turbo setup.

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » September 7th, 2009, 4:12 pm

lol that sucks about the thermos!

by **private9** » September 7th, 2009, 5:33 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Tried fitting the thermofans on the weekend.

It turns out XG's have the same fittings for thermofans that late E series radiators have but the end tanks are 10cms closer together so thermos dont bolt up. The water pump pulley is also too close to the rad and EF thermos dont fit unless you cut the threaded section for the fan off.

I got grinder happy to make the fans fit the rad better and the end result was the clutch fan being refitted.

I reckon an E series radiator would fit if I relocate the battery and move the overflow bottle so might give that a go in the near future. My rad is fairly fcked anyway. Some of the fins along the bottom dont exist anymore but its not leaking yet.

Well, sounds like I'm not doing thermos then!

by **Sunboost** » September 7th, 2009, 6:27 pm

Nothing wrong with a good clutch fan. If you have a good clutch and clean fan, they make less noise and work better.

Love the sound of a well serviced clutch fan on a hot night.

by **private9** » September 7th, 2009, 6:42 pm

Sundeep wrote:Nothing wrong with a good clutch fan. If you have a good clutch and clean fan, they make less noise and work better.

Love the sound of a well serviced clutch fan on a hot night.

Agreed, but it's hard to find a good s/h clutch fan these days.

I love the sound of an unserviced clutch fan on a cold morning!

by **Kenaz** » September 7th, 2009, 6:55 pm

Sundeep wrote:Nothing wrong with a good clutch fan. If you have a good clutch and clean fan, they make less noise and work better.

Love the sound of a well serviced clutch fan on a hot night.

This is true. I always wanted to put thermos in my EA until Sunny suggested finding a good clutch fan. We got one at nick a part one day and it was great! Best maintenance we ever did on that car I reckon :cool:

by **Sunboost** » September 7th, 2009, 7:03 pm

If a clutch fan goes off for 20 seconds or so when the engine is cold it is in correct working order

by **SNR** » September 8th, 2009, 7:54 am

Dan - why wouldn't it fit after mods? You should be able to drill some holes in the shroud and mount it with cable ties if there is nothing left of the sides?

by **Dansedgli** » September 8th, 2009, 8:57 am

Its hard to describe without pictures but the thermos are a concave shape like ) then there is a flat section on each side which mounts flush against the rad core. The thermos were wider than the core so that flat bit would have sat on the end tanks and looked like crap.

It shouldnt be too hard to mount an E series rad in there then the thermos will fit in all factory like which is better.

by **Dansedgli** » September 17th, 2009, 2:50 pm

The ute of awesomeness copped a puncture on the weekend. :cray:

Now riding on 3 rusty 14 inch steelies and 1 gutter rashed 15 inch EF fairmont rim. sik.

I bought a handsfree kit for the ute today. Now my iphone wont fly around on my bench seat. :thumbsup:

More exceptional mods coming soon. ;-)

by **TUFED6** » September 17th, 2009, 2:58 pm

What car are you gonna get once you smash your body and cant ride dirt bikes any more?

by **Commando** » September 17th, 2009, 3:20 pm

Wow, be careful with your words John! Remember what happened last time?

by **Steady** » September 17th, 2009, 3:34 pm

TUFED6 wrote:What car are you gonna get once you smash your body and cant ride dirt bikes any more?

XF panelvan

by **Commando** » September 17th, 2009, 3:36 pm

They came standard with a Disabled Parking pass yeah?

by **Steady** » September 17th, 2009, 3:39 pm

nah a foam mattress and a pack of dingers, BYO VB cans/rohypnol.

by **Commando** » September 17th, 2009, 3:41 pm

Dingers? I didn't know there was a Ghia variant.

by **Steady** » September 17th, 2009, 3:48 pm

my bad, you are right, no dingers standard but coat hanger was a free option.

by **Commando** » September 17th, 2009, 3:49 pm

We're not talking aerials here are we... :mrgreen:

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