Dan's daily.

by **Malakai** » January 25th, 2008, 11:18 pm

Nice buy dan, it's good to have a car for just getting around and not having to worry too much about it.

by **Dansedgli** » January 26th, 2008, 7:18 pm

Yeah its good. I came home after being away 4 wheel driving last night and it started first go and the air con cranked into life straight away. The EA gave me nothing.

$1000 well spent.

Gotta organise a front passenger side guard in the same colour if anyone knows of anything? Pick a part near me didnt have anything, neither did just falcons.

Once that is swapped over Ill clean it and take it for a RWC.

by **OED666** » January 26th, 2008, 7:27 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Once that is swapped over Ill clean it and take it for a RWC and then turbo it.

Good idea...

ps, i let you know about the cooler tonight, or early in teh morning...

by **Kaddis** » January 27th, 2008, 11:44 am

DaNeOs wrote:soon as i saw the first pic....
i thought it was my old car. but then i remembered that last i heard it was in a wreckers somewhere
nice pic up, identicle to my old ef, they love a thrashing nice pick up

did yours have ultra lows in the back?? caus i got a set out of one identical to dans at pick-a-part....now there in cranners car

by **pHaT`eL** » January 27th, 2008, 12:05 pm

Think they were just supers, or chopped..

by **DaNeOs** » January 27th, 2008, 12:14 pm

Kaddis wrote:
DaNeOs wrote:soon as i saw the first pic....
i thought it was my old car. but then i remembered that last i heard it was in a wreckers somewhere
nice pic up, identicle to my old ef, they love a thrashing nice pick up

did yours have ultra lows in the back?? caus i got a set out of one identical to dans at pick-a-part....now there in cranners car

if it was kilsyth pick a part, most likely was mine, had a dint in d/s/r 1/4 panel

by **Kaddis** » January 27th, 2008, 12:34 pm

thats the one, was going to get the fronts out but cbf. $30odd for set of rear ultra's ftw

by **DaNeOs** » January 29th, 2008, 7:33 am

Dansedgli wrote:Yeah its good. I came home after being away 4 wheel driving last night and it started first go and the air con cranked into life straight away. The EA gave me nothing.

$1000 well spent.

Gotta organise a front passenger side guard in the same colour if anyone knows of anything? Pick a part near me didnt have anything, neither did just falcons.

Once that is swapped over Ill clean it and take it for a RWC.

dan my old car thats identicle to this was at kilsyth pick a part, dontknow if its still there or so? paint on that was pretty good. might be worth checking out if thats still there?

by **Dansedgli** » January 29th, 2008, 7:45 am

Nah its gone now. Sunny told me about it last week so I went on Saturday.

What is on there will do for RWC. Ill get Sunny onto the job later on to make it all look good.

by **Dansedgli** » January 31st, 2008, 7:39 am

I washed the engine bay last night and it came up looking a treat. No dizzy ftw too. It didnt run like crap afterwards.

Its going in for a RWC today or tomorrow if Dad can book it in. I havent done anything to fix it up but I know the brakes need doing because they shudder, the exhaust is leaking, a globe needs replacing in a headlight and the trans is a bit strange sometimes. Not sure if the trans flaring up a few hundred rpm while cruising and it making the car nearly stall when slowing down on the odd occasion is a RWC thing though.

There is an oil leak from the engine somewhere too which Ill get sorted later on. Ill pull the motor to fix the leaks, fit an oil drain and replace the torque convertor. The TC might be causing my trans dramas.

by **private9** » January 31st, 2008, 9:59 am

I know bradman posted up a link somewhere for a company doing BTR high stalls for about $400 - might be worth a look, certainly livens things up combined with some diff gears.

by **Malakai** » January 31st, 2008, 3:38 pm

Oil drain? As in for oil return from a turbo?

by **Dansedgli** » January 31st, 2008, 3:42 pm

Im not at liberty to discuss any turbo conversions until they are completed.

by **Malakai** » January 31st, 2008, 3:46 pm

Ooh sneaky sneaky, that's a good bit of sizzle Dan.

by **sphell** » January 31st, 2008, 11:03 pm

Nice car Dan, good as for the price. A bit of colour coding here and there, some dumpage and the other EF caps and it'll be sick bro.

by **Dansedgli** » February 3rd, 2008, 6:58 pm

Got the EF back from getting a RWC yesterday.

It only needed little stuff.

Windscreen, front brakes, new exhaust as both mufflers are leaking, nuts tightened at the seat buckles and a clean up of the oil leaks.

I put new calipers, discs and pads on the front today and cleaned up the motor a bit. I think the sump gasket will need replacing but it should pass the RWC as is now. Ill get the rest of it done over the next week or so.

I also put a new speedo transducer in to see if it would fix my weird behaving trans and it did'nt help.

The notchy speedo is fixed though so it wasnt a complete waste of time.

It could be the convertor that needs replacing so that will get done when the engine is out. Ill take it to a trans place to make sure of it though.

by **Dansedgli** » February 11th, 2008, 7:36 am

All the RWC stuff has been done now. Its booked in Thursday to have the certificate written up.

I threw a 2.5 inch cat back exhaust on it and fitted the headunit that was in the EA on the weekend.

Once its lowered which will likely happen next weekend and the windows are tinted it wont get modded any further.

pics to come once my panels are matching.

by **Gunns** » February 11th, 2008, 9:00 am

Dansedgli wrote: it wont get modded any further.

Come on Dan, what has gotten into you?

by **Dansedgli** » February 11th, 2008, 9:02 am

Common sense has come to the party.

Time to buy a house and get lockers for the maverick.

by **glenneaux** » February 11th, 2008, 9:53 am

Dansedgli wrote:Common sense has come to the party.

Time to buy a house and get lockers for the maverick.

Time to buy a house so u can have your own garage to keep cars in and work on i hope..!

by **sphell** » February 12th, 2008, 11:59 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Common sense has come to the party.

Time to buy a house and get lockers for the maverick.

haha yeah right. Houses don't dose.

by **Sunboost** » February 13th, 2008, 8:07 am

sphell wrote:
Dansedgli wrote:Common sense has come to the party.

Time to buy a house and get lockers for the maverick.

haha yeah right. Houses don't dose.

Yeah and you said they can't run 13's either =P

WGAF. Houses have heaps of other cool sht =D Like, investmentness.

by **EFFalcon** » February 13th, 2008, 8:09 am

it is possibly to have both.......

by **Dansedgli** » February 13th, 2008, 8:20 am

Nah modified cars are shit. Modified 4wd's and houses are where its at.

LSD, barwork and a front locker for the maverick then it will be time to buy a house. My sister and I will likely buy something that we can rent out while living at home to start with.

She has lots saved and I dont. : /

by **Dansedgli** » February 13th, 2008, 2:55 pm

Picked up some cheap pacemaker comp headers on fordmods for $150.

NA mods are so cheap.

When my next centerlink payment comes in I might get a cam

by **EDFalcon** » February 13th, 2008, 3:41 pm

Dansedgli wrote:Once its lowered which will likely happen next weekend and the windows are tinted it wont get modded any further.

Dansedgli wrote:Picked up some cheap pacemaker comp headers on fordmods for $150.
When my next centerlink payment comes in I might get a cam

change of heart??

by **Dansedgli** » February 13th, 2008, 3:42 pm

Not really. Spending $150 on it doesnt really count as significant modifcation imo.

by **EDFalcon** » February 13th, 2008, 3:46 pm

yeah i was really meaning cam. sorry bout that. so the plans are just NA mods and not boosting it??

by **Sunboost** » February 13th, 2008, 3:47 pm

Extractors, cat made my 2.5" on the EA sounds 40 million times nicer.

It seemed a little quieter as well and had a nice burble to it.

by **Dansedgli** » February 13th, 2008, 3:48 pm

Yeah, just small NA mods if they pop up for a good price.

Im not convinced I want a cam. I like having factory type economy and its only a get around car.

1 thing I do want though is an LSD.

by **Dansedgli** » February 14th, 2008, 11:07 am

Found a good bonnet and a guard today in the same colour

The car is off having the RWC finalised. It better pass or ill be

by **Dansedgli** » February 14th, 2008, 3:46 pm

Panels on and RWC obtained

Ill lower it on the weekend.

Then the motor has to come out :/

by **ned** » February 15th, 2008, 12:53 am

What for?

by **Dansedgli** » February 15th, 2008, 6:51 am

Twin turbo V8 conversion.

Sump gasket is leaking bad and I want to put a new torque convertor in it.

by **ned** » February 15th, 2008, 9:11 am

Dansedgli wrote:turbo conversion.

Sump gasket is leaking bad and I want to put a new torque convertor in it, while I'm doing the turbo stuff.

Fixed.

by **EFFalcon** » February 15th, 2008, 9:18 am

it looks far to stock!

by **Dansedgli** » February 15th, 2008, 9:54 am

Not going turbo.

Its getting lowered tonight on pedders springs and koni shocks.

Picking up pacemakers tomorrow.

The engine will likely come out next weekend if I can be bothered.

by **BI6TIM** » February 15th, 2008, 1:39 pm

Turbo 4L & water/air into the Maverick?

by **Dansedgli** » February 15th, 2008, 1:45 pm

Nah, 4wd's dont need to be fast.

I would only turbo it if it was deisel. I'd put a deisel in over doing mods to the motor in it. Water crossings are better when you dont have a dizzy.

by **Dansedgli** » February 16th, 2008, 11:07 am

Lowered and paceys bought. It needs to go lower in the back.

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