The Ev-olution continues - more lol's within

by **nstg8a** » December 6th, 2012, 9:15 pm

Get it checked ffs, no point getting all twisted in the panties until you know what's wrong.

Probably something minor as,. And yup, karma for fucking with it.

by **Hayden** » December 6th, 2012, 9:17 pm

did resetting the battery work? the ZF's have a habbit of self-tuning themselves... after kyle towed a trailer in his fairlane the zf was fuckin about for a awhile, then went back to the normal tune

by **67rce** » December 6th, 2012, 9:44 pm

The long thin core is a Power Steering Cooler. ZF's run a remote heat exchanger as nothin suss said.

by **SLY5LT** » December 8th, 2012, 5:03 am

SLY5LT wrote:
EFFalcon wrote:mine used to get 400+ then i changed the fuel pump... don't understand how that could make a difference though.

i'm puting in a new fuel pump today, hope mine does'nt do the same

after doing the fuel pump (i still had fuel starving issues) :glare:

i did the fuel filter yesterday with AWESOME results :good:

along with getting full throttle back, the klm per tank/economy has gone up...even after a night on the hwy :shock:

by **bentls** » December 8th, 2012, 8:17 am

ill give you 2k for it how it sits

by **Parfrey** » December 8th, 2012, 11:42 pm : **LUXO_8 Likes this post**

Check for melted wiring around the exhaust??
And stop doing random shit to try fix it lol.

Lol's. Lol's everywhere.

by **braad** » December 13th, 2012, 3:52 pm

has it burnt to the ground yet?

by **private9** » December 15th, 2012, 9:26 am

And then?

by **superhuS!** » December 15th, 2012, 9:58 am

Inb4 hurr durr I love it to bits and I'm not selling it anymore.

by **t1MMy** » January 3rd, 2013, 7:22 pm

Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near cars. At all.

by **nstg8a** » January 3rd, 2013, 7:31 pm

Where did he go? Not like ev to be this quiet for this long.

by **Mr. CVE** » January 7th, 2013, 6:21 pm

t1MMy wrote:Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near cars. At all.

Only you have the power to fix that !!

Just kidding :drinks2:

by **superhuS!** » February 6th, 2013, 1:29 pm

Have you bought an Excel yet?

by **private9** » February 6th, 2013, 3:18 pm

Poor Ev...

Last visited:
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by **nothin suss** » February 6th, 2013, 5:32 pm

I heard he got a Missus and doesn't need us anymore.

That or a car suited for a girl...

by **EBOOST** » February 6th, 2013, 6:56 pm

Last I spoke to him he was keeping it and had booked it in for the zf to be serviced and so on.

Updates Evan?

by **ClassicAU** » February 26th, 2013, 9:51 pm

Yep, this......

nothin suss wrote:That or a car suited for a girl...

by **nothin suss** » February 27th, 2013, 1:34 am

They say a change is as good as a holiday.

by **[Sterling]** » February 27th, 2013, 5:35 am : **NUT347 Likes this post**

FUCKING LOL.

by **Commando** » February 27th, 2013, 9:05 am : **Ef_frmnt Likes this post**

I AM THE CLIO COMMANDER!

by **NUT347** » February 27th, 2013, 9:36 am

Sundeep wrote:Lol's. Lol's everywhere.

by **nstg8a** » February 27th, 2013, 1:17 pm

Someone hack evs account?

by **nstg8a** » February 27th, 2013, 1:17 pm

Double

by **LOW_XR** » February 27th, 2013, 3:29 pm

Unlucky

by **ClassicAU** » February 27th, 2013, 7:02 pm

nstg8a wrote:Someone hack evs account?

Sadly not, this is actually what I have been reduced to now. Check the location of the photos, it's the same spot I have taken photos of my last couple of cars. The BF was going to end up too expensiveto repair, so I literally swapped it for that which has been dubbed 'The Tampon'. Oh, and the reason I haven't been around is not because I have a girlfriend, because lets face it, that'll never happen again. I have, for once, genuinely been busy at work. I am flying between Sydney and Brisbane twice a week. Plus, on top of all that, my housemate had enough of me and gave me my marching orders, so I'm moving house this weekend too!

So, as usual, fail all round! :cool:

by **superhuS!** » February 27th, 2013, 8:07 pm

"The Tampon" clearly did it's job and plugged you up for a while.

by **NUT347** » February 27th, 2013, 8:16 pm

What was wrong with the BF in the end?

Well done with the new jerb!

"The Tampon". I are confuse. Isn't the tampon inside the ****, and not the other way around?

by **vegabass** » February 28th, 2013, 9:46 am

Commando wrote:Well done with the new jerb!

"The Tampon". I are confuse. Isn't the tampon inside the ****, and not the other way around?

This needed to be quoted rather than just "liked".

Oh Ill do that too lol

by **braad** » March 1st, 2013, 7:28 am

Commando wrote:Well done with the new jerb!

"The Tampon". I are confuse. Isn't the tampon inside the ****, and not the other way around?

[Sterling] wrote:FUCKING LOL.

Fucking lolled my ass off whilst sitting on the shitter at work

by **DJV8T5** » March 1st, 2013, 9:22 am

NUT347 wrote:What was wrong with the BF in the end?

Do we have an answer for this Ev? I am interested to know what was wrong that was going to cost so much to fix.

by **ClassicAU** » March 10th, 2013, 9:54 am

Yep, the ZF mainly. It was going to cost more just to fix the trans properly than the asking price for Renault! Plus seeing as it would limo off the line when I tramped it with the tc off, I'm pretty sure the diff was shagged too. Did mad circle work in second gear though! So the motor was still good. Anyway, I'd had enough of it, so just up and swapped for the Clio. Plus I am still driving to work, and this thing is getting over 550kms to a 42L tank! And I chopped a VS Statesman 5L to about 80 in it too, so it does alright! :lol:

Helps that it weighs less than my left arse cheek!

by **Sunboost** » March 10th, 2013, 10:15 am

So how much was it actually going to cost to fix the trans? I've sold 2 ZF Turbo boxes for $1800ea. but have seen some as low as $800 on eBay. Haven't seen a V8 one go though, but finding one for a XT would be a hard task. Word on the street is if it's an F6, it needs an F6 box from same year, if it's an XR6T it needs an XR6T from same year and so on and so forth. I don't know if that's true though.

by **DJV8T5** » March 10th, 2013, 10:27 am

that sucks, but I suppose cost of repairs v cost of other car makes a difference too. The BF looked like a pretty nice car too. Gotta make the hard decisions sometimes though

by **Parfrey** » March 10th, 2013, 10:33 am

You can swap a part (valve body or something?) in the trans with your original so that it will work in a different car.

Lol @ going from a V8 BF to that thing! I wouldn't drive it if it got 1L/100k

Suppose it won't be long until your in something different anyway?

by **Sunboost** » March 10th, 2013, 11:05 am

Ah ok. I might have to look in to it. It makes it so hard to sell these boxes or buy a car with a broken box when you don't know what the GO is with whether it's compatible or not.

by **justa6** » March 10th, 2013, 11:30 am

A blown au xr 5L never looked so good.

well you probably got the car you wanted a while ago.

by **ClassicAU** » March 10th, 2013, 12:11 pm

Aaaw, thanks for bumping those pics and making me sad! :cry:

**** I miss that car somthing feirce! Easily the best car I have owned yet, and took the most punishment! The BF was either half stuffed when I bought it, or just weak as piss.

Sunny is exactly right, because of ZF computer its only possible to replace like for like, same year and type. So I was fucked from the start by buying the rarest combo ever made! From what I could tell, even an XR8 box wouldn't have worked, it had to be from another 3V, which is rare as rocking horse shit! Yes, as mentioned, it is possible to swap the mechatronics unit, but if that had water in it as the rest of the trans did, it required replacement. Which meant even if I rebuilt the box and replaced the unit, it would need to be reprogrammed, and the only place who has the factory programming for ZF's is Ford in Sydney. That's $700 just for a factory re-flash. Yes, there are ZF's available, but they are mostly XR6T boxes which was completely useless to me. Prices I was quoted was anywhere from $4k IF my vavle body unit was ok, to $11k for a complete assembly new from Ford! So, this is why I now have a shopping trolley.

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