Apoc's AU3 XR6 & other assorted cars

by **apoc** » June 24th, 2013, 9:41 am

Bit of an update on this, been pretty busy so haven't got a whole lot done on anything lately.
Been buying a few turbo kits, going to make the best out of a few for my EB, then use the left overs to boost something else ha ha

Been working on my XT500, engine needed a rebuild. Has been sitting for ten years in a pile, will be nice to get it back together!

Also put the windows back in this, aligned the doors, got the engine going again, almost ready for some club rego!

Been having some issues with my EB, leaking water, P/s fluid and all manner of things. The heater pipe return into the water pump was stuffed, also the feed line for the gas converter had a split in it. Ended up having to fill it with water every drive :banghead:

Found a stainless bush the exact size of the water return hole, put it in and sealed it up with a bit of stag sealant. Its pretty tight anyway. Axed the heater pipe and joined it with a short piece of heater hose. Hopefully will be alright, I'm a bit wary of heat in that area. Maybe some heat shielding / wrap will help.

This is why we ALWAYS run coolant kids. Ive been filling up with water only, it was going through so much. Will be coolanting it soon after I make sure its not leaking anymore!

Also got a few more cars for bits - EB2 S and and EF Futura. :thumbsup:

Also cleaned the engine bay up a heap after all the fixing, heaps better. Hopefully Ill get my steering wheel back this week all retrimmed, will be good to have a decent one back again!

Cheers, hope you are all well!

by **apoc** » June 24th, 2013, 9:54 am : **agros ef Likes this post**

staunchxr wrote:Love your collection mate the hurst shifter / gearknob looks awesome top job painted my scuttle and window surrounds after seeing you do it looks 100% better thanks for the idea

Thanks mate! I agree, it looks sick. Shifts pretty well too :cool:

Cheers, I got the idea from RYNSXR or something like that, but it looks really good once its done! very neat. You're ahead of me already lol, got a turbo falcon

by **staunchxr** » June 24th, 2013, 10:30 am

Your ahead of me again having a GT haha my dad had a John Goss special xc , and a xc gs ute love the old
fords and if i could afford a xa gt thats my ultimate car :grin:

by **apoc** » June 24th, 2013, 1:14 pm : **staunchxr Likes this post**

Also we got the sidevalve v8 going in the 46 ford freighter, runs pretty well. Put some new stub axles on the front and found a set of f100 sunrasias with 30x8s which fitted straight on. Ill grab a pic soon, looks tough :thumbsup:

by **apoc** » August 15th, 2013, 6:43 pm

So we're now buying an XA GT lol. Anyone want a '68 Mustang? New paint, recovered seats, new hoodlining, new bushes, rebuilt 302w engine w/ mild cam. Unsure on price right now.

by **apoc** » September 2nd, 2013, 11:08 am

Pulled my drivers seat apart the other day to fix the r/h bolster - The reinforcing rod had broken from before I bought them. Came up good, much better to sit in! Still need to fix the leather on it though.

by **apoc** » September 30th, 2013, 3:59 pm

So I impulse bought an AU XR6 on Friday. Series 3, 120000km, 5 speed, sunroof, Narooma blue (I think), cruise, VCT, 17s, supposedly got decent speakers. One owner, Got it for a pretty good price.

Its nice to be in a car where everything just works how it should. Figuring out a bit of a miss and lack of power atm, but the only other thing is the R/R door lock doesn't work. That will be replaced.

First port of call will be lowering it and a stereo, the stock Ford one is lame! Saving for some coilovers I think!

Ill grab some pics when its sunny and I've cleaned the thing lol, but its mint. Almost as good as my 50000km xr8 was, which won best AU at AFD

The EB will be up for sale, to fund this, unfortunately I cant keep them both :cry:

I know Ill regret selling it but money is tight.

by **apoc** » September 30th, 2013, 4:02 pm

Also we picked up a red pepper XA GT a few weeks ago, two owner, 60,000 miles, been sitting in a shed under a cover for 25 years. The things you find! Needs paint and a good clean up, but will be sweet!

by **apoc** » September 30th, 2013, 10:15 pm

by **apoc** » October 15th, 2013, 8:43 pm

Bought a nice Alpine Head unit for the AU, put it in today. Looks and sounds sweet!
Got it rego'd, gave it a wash, ordered a coil, leads, fuel filter, and an ODB2 scan tool.
Cleaned up the interior and started putting some FatMAT in the boot to shut it up.

Reeeeallly needs to go on LPG soon, running on petrol is insane! Even if it wasnt drinking fuel, 90$ per fill up is not on my to-do list.
Have got an in-date tank and a pile of mixers/converters for an AU, and a bunch of under-dash wiring from an AU XR6 & XR8. As long as the gas fitter is alright with running the line and giving me a plate (and checking it over of course) then Im in business.

Tossing up between a set of superlow lovells / koni reds, or a set of xyz coilovers right now. XYZ for the adjustability, lovell/koni for the ride. Decisions!

PS: What do people with AUs do to secure one of those single din radio converters? I'm not overly happy with how if shifts around. Wouldn't mind screwing it / securing it into the dash somehow.

PPS: SOMEONE BUY MY EB

by **ClassicAU** » October 17th, 2013, 11:36 am

apoc wrote:PS: What do people with AUs do to secure one of those single din radio converters? I'm not overly happy with how if shifts around. Wouldn't mind screwing it / securing it into the dash somehow.

This:
http://aerpro.com/list.php?pcode=FP9140&cat_name=New+Products&cat_no=&product_name=FORD+AU+SERIES+1,2,3+PKT+BLACK+WITH+METAL+BRACKETS&cat_sno=

I've had that in two of my AU's now, works a tread and is very solid.

by **apoc** » October 17th, 2013, 11:39 am

Thats what I have, its not going to fall out but It needs to be screwed in. Itll shift around about 2-5mm at the moment in places!
i.e. when you pull a USB plug out of the stereo the fascia moves out slightly and I have to push it back in.

by **ClassicAU** » October 17th, 2013, 3:43 pm

Interesting, I don't remember that happening to mine? Must be different from car to car I guess. Sorry mate, I assumed you had the pocket thing only.

So after cleaning the fuel rail & injectors the AU has been running much better. Going to buy another set of injectors though, can still feel it stumbling at low rpm. Been getting 550-600km out of 57 litres of 91.
Also going to put an EL fuel rail in, the AU one just keeps rusting inside. Apparently it's a common problem with AUs and BAs?
I munged the fuel reg holder in the AU one anyway, trying to get the reg out to clean it again.

Other than that it's going great, so good to have air con these last few days, some tint and it's so good to drive long distance! AUs are a pleasure to drive in my opinion. The xr6 seats are so good.
My gf broke up with me after new years so I've been trying to save a bit of cashola to finish off the GT and all the other projects I have around, its good to have so much stuff to do to take the mind off things. Have already taken the GT out to dads and welded up a hole in the roof (the aerial hole) because I dont want it there and am not going to have a radio at this stage. Just a CD/MP3 player hidden. If I need an aerial I'll get a small one and stick it on the rear window out of sight.

Keen to get some low on in the AU, and some decent extractors & high flow cat when I get some spare cash. Im interested to see how the fuel economy and power changes with extractors, Ive never had them on a car before (except my xr8 which was a bit hard to tell ha ha)

Sold the EB to my dad, we're going to chuck it in storage and give it to my little sister for her first car. Will be good, am taking the wheels & steering wheel off it though. I need some money back from it, sold it way cheap.

Cheers guys, hope all your new years were decent! :drinks2:

by **misk** » January 16th, 2014, 9:22 pm

hey dude can you give me some info on who/how you recoed your injectors?

by **apoc** » January 17th, 2014, 8:37 am

Sure! I did it myself, bought the 20$ rebuild kit from ebay

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FUEL-INJECTO ... 3388d9b706

The kit is o-rings, pintle caps and the little filters at the top of the injector. The filters in mine were so full of crap I'm suprised any fuel could get through!

The way to get the filter out is put a screw in the vise (the screw i used is an EA-ED scuff plate screw, has a course thread, and fits pretty perfectly in the filter)
Gently screw the top of the injector onto the screw - NOTE dont go too far in, it will break the filter and put crap into your actual injector, but far enough so it will hold. Jimmy the filter out when the screw has enough purchase, will need quite a bit of persuasion.

Once the filter is out I cleaned inside the top of the injector with some carby cleaner to make sure there was no crap left. Then place the new filter in and gently tap it in with a small hammer (just in your hand). Doesnt take much.

For the pintle cap, they can be annoying. You can use sidecutters and cut them off, I ended up not cutting them and using a claw hammer to pull them off, worked quite well! Then the new one clips on. EA-EL injectors need more care putting the pintle cap on, but AU ones there is less to break at the end of the injector so its alright

O-rings are pretty self explanatory. Just put the one on the pintle cap end on before the new cap.

Most of the time the injectors will just be blocked in the filter, or o-rings will leak. Serious cases like mine will need an ultrasonic clean from someone like CVE. I assume he would put a rebuild kit through them at the same time as ultrasonic cleaning!

:drinks2:

by **misk** » January 17th, 2014, 11:40 am

sweet as, i actually googled it after that post lol.
the only thing i would do differently is use a 9 volt battery to power the injector open and run some carby cleaner through them.

i'm hoping this will be the magic cure for my setup as well, still using a fair bit of fuel with the barra setup, although it looks like i will crack 500ks to a tank if i'm very polite lol.

i might be a tight ass and see how much cve will charge only for ultrasonic cleaning.

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by **misk** » January 22nd, 2014, 7:23 pm

what exactly have you won? lol
also, could you send meyour profile from forscan?
it finally recognised and accessed the ecu, so i wanna try get it working properly

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Yep I'll find my profile and send it to you man

I won an FG GT 335.

by **misk** » January 22nd, 2014, 8:20 pm

lol farrrk if you have really won man, good shit.
give me your au?

by **Commando** » January 22nd, 2014, 9:08 pm : **misk Likes this post**

Sweet! Chuck it on gas & daily it haha [FGLPGT]

by **Pub247** » January 22nd, 2014, 9:12 pm

no shit huh? if you did that great for you

by **misk** » January 22nd, 2014, 10:11 pm

let us know cause i alwasy mean to enter those things and never get round to it lol always been suss on whether people win anything...

Epic Winning!

by **DJV8T5** » February 7th, 2014, 9:27 pm

so jealous. Congrats on winning though, gotta be stoked with a win like that

by **misk** » February 7th, 2014, 9:41 pm

lol thats fucking insane!
please give me your AU

i'll put a barra turbo motor in it...

by **apoc** » February 7th, 2014, 9:44 pm

Hahaha not a chance. The AU has done 130000km, everything is tight as, doesnt even need a barra

Also cleaned up the AU the other day, gave it a proper wax. Came up soooooooo good. Super awesome paint and the colour is amazing in the sun! Will post some pics tomorrow!

by **EBOOST** » February 7th, 2014, 9:46 pm

So keeping the au still?

What will you do with the fg?
Congrats mate

by **apoc** » February 7th, 2014, 9:52 pm

Yep keeping the AU, will be going on gas and dailying (albeit very nice dailying) as I have to drive 150km a day for work still. Commando style, but not as hardcore lol. I live in the same sort of area.

The FG will be going in the shed with the other GTs, probably drive it once a week hopefully! Might get a fair workout in the first while because, you know, I WON A FLIPPING GT FALCON. HOLY HECK. :shock:

For once I dont have to bust my arse to get one of these nice cars. Its a pretty amazing feeling!

Have also updated the ol' sig haha

by **apoc** » February 8th, 2014, 1:13 am

**DRUNK POST**

I shouldnt be able to access a computer when I have been drinking.

by **galapogos01** » February 8th, 2014, 10:45 am

haha, congrats on the GT! The image of the win post isn't showing for me, how'd you win it?

by **vegabass** » February 8th, 2014, 11:31 am

That is screaming for a nice trim with "Winner" embroided on it.

by **misk** » February 8th, 2014, 1:11 pm

just thinking, its a shame ford didn't pit more effort into the interiors of the newer GTs, looking at the EL it shares nothing similar to other models.
still, they're nice dont get me wrong lol, would have made them that bit more special i reckon.

by **apoc** » February 8th, 2014, 2:04 pm : **misk Likes this post**

I agree misk, the GT-P has the upgraded seats, and the R spec has piano black surrounds, but its not even on the same level as the EL GT. Its basically an XR6 inside lol.

Someone put one of these engines in an EL GT? Would be perfect.

by **Parfrey** » February 9th, 2014, 5:05 pm : **NUT347 Likes this post**

Wow well done man!! Good to see you want to keep it and it can live with your other GT's lol.

I think you'll struggle to only drive it once a week :cool:

They're such a nice car.. you'll soon forget about EL GTs!

by **fordpatto** » February 10th, 2014, 9:23 am

epic win!well done,and your ticket money went to a great cause win win :thumbsup:

by **apoc** » February 15th, 2014, 4:31 pm

New injectors in the AU today. Much better, have to reset the ECU though as its obviously getting too much fuel now. Can smell it!

Gave the AU a bit of a wash, vacuum, and interior clean today, came up reasonably clean. Need to get a steam cleaner, the arm pads on the door trims have a bit of dirt on them.
Took a few pics of it down near the lake:
[Please excuse the rubbish quality of the photos, just using the camera on my Nexus 5]

by **misk** » February 15th, 2014, 5:11 pm

just need a short shifter and you would have a mint package dude.

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