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Old 07-04-2011, 08:31 PM   #1
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Starting on the first big mod on the wagon this weekend..
Gt40p heads and au manifold. While i am at it i will be changing the o2 sensors, cleaning the maf, modding the tps and some other bits and bobs.
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Old 07-04-2011, 09:43 PM   #2
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Gt40p heads are a hit with easy mods

Have you got extractors?
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Old 07-04-2011, 09:52 PM   #3
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Gt40p heads are a hit with easy mods

Have you got extractors?
Yes and no..lol
I have got some on hold down in melbourne but i wont get them till i go down there.
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Old 08-04-2011, 09:41 PM   #4
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Well i spent a few hours cutting and soldering injector plugs and fixing up the injector loom. Tomorrow i will pull the old heads off and bin the bloody things
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Old 08-04-2011, 09:51 PM   #5
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Mmm... What model wagon? Always love my wagons and pictures hehe
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Old 09-04-2011, 11:19 AM   #6
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Mmm... What model wagon? Always love my wagons and pictures hehe

She is a EF Fairmont in dark blue. Body is a bit beat up with scratches and that but i am going to be repainting it soon at work.

Well the motor is all pulled down! just taking a break before i start putting back together. Those E7 heads are junk and cant believe the difference in the ports with the au manifold.
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Old 09-04-2011, 11:46 AM   #7
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got any pics? would love to get an ef/el v8 wagon but they are pretty rare these days
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Old 09-04-2011, 04:48 PM   #8
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got any pics? would love to get an ef/el v8 wagon but they are pretty rare these days

Sorry mate no pics, kids stuffed the cable for the digi cam

Well i have the heads and lower intake all done
tomorrow i will finish it all up and take her for a drive down to bathurst
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mmm... navy blue - N9?
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:47 PM   #10
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mmm... navy blue - N9?
think so but never checked the spec plate...
been looking into some mods on the to do list

paint work
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and down the track a 331 stroker build
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:51 PM   #11
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got any pics? would love to get an ef/el v8 wagon but they are pretty rare these days

They are rare as thesedays... This one came up on ebay a while ago and i just couldnt say no, there is nothing like having a nice v8 wagon I wanted a late model v8 ford wagon but seeing as AU stands for Absolutely Ugly and ford in its wisdom didnt make a ba v8 wagon i went with a trusty e series..
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theres a navy blue v8 EL fairmont for sale on boosted falcon.net willsace
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:37 PM   #13
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theres a navy blue v8 EL fairmont for sale on boosted falcon.net willsace
is that the one for 6k?
its a nice wagon but not for that money...
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Old 10-04-2011, 05:10 PM   #14
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well i got it all together and now i cant get it to crank over
All i get is a clicking and thats it.. not happy
I will go over all the wires and stuff tomorrow and see if i can work out where i have gone wrong
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flat battery.... try jumpstarting it..
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flat battery.... try jumpstarting it..
That was my first thought but i swapped it out for a fully charged one and still the same
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theres a navy blue v8 EL fairmont for sale on boosted falcon.net willsace
just checked it out. very nice indeed. cheers
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Old 12-04-2011, 11:01 AM   #18
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i found the problem, i seem to have killed my starter motor.. Pulled it out and tested it on the bench and its stuffed so ordering one off ebay.
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got onto a starter today from a fellow aff member i=and its now on its way down from qld.
Its going to be a mad rush to get the car ready for my brothers visit up to see the bathurst races
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Old 16-04-2011, 10:13 PM   #20
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finished off some bits on the wagon today. Took the maf apart and cleaned it all, sorted out some loose wires and took the drivers door trim off to fix a power window problem. Now soon as the starter gets here i will bolt it all together and get it going
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Did the starter motor arrive?

Does it start?
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Old 19-04-2011, 01:12 PM   #22
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just got the starter in the post today so after work i will get her going... i hope
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Old 19-04-2011, 06:42 PM   #23
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well its no joy for me tonight.

Got the new starter motor in but still no start, i am thinking that i have some major gremlin in the electrics so tomorrow i am going to get to with a multimeter and have a play. its either that or i get some fuel and a match and a big bag of marshmellows
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Hmm.... ECU Relay Maybe??


Little idea, get a wire and splice into the starter wire before the injector loom socket, then put a spade connector on the end of that wire and plug it into the starter motor.. Then try to crank it over, and see what happens..
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Hmm.... ECU Relay Maybe??


Little idea, get a wire and splice into the starter wire before the injector loom socket, then put a spade connector on the end of that wire and plug it into the starter motor.. Then try to crank it over, and see what happens..
thanks for the idea bud, i have to drop the exhaust tomorrow so that i can get to the starter properly. I am going to test for voltage at the starter relay and run from there. i might have damaged the bcm with all my stuffing around but then again the light for it glows for 3 seconds then goes out ( no blinking ) .

I hate car electrics...
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Yeah...

I've had issues with the EF with the electrics, but being a home-taught sparky, i've learnt a lot to the point that last year I re-wired the entire floor loom in the EF using factory colour wires and all..


Replacing the bem wouldn't go astray either... I've had 2 BCM's fail on me before I got the V8 NF 'Lane dash loom, so that put an end to that.. hehe..
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Old 19-04-2011, 07:23 PM   #27
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I have a spare bcm sitting in the shed so i might put it in and see what happens.
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BEM wires

After a bit of a play tonight i got it going and it is orsm... I love my wagon again
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Things still to do
small vac leak
reset idle and tps
fix water leak at thermostat
slight exhaust leak at pass side cat
wash it
drive it like i stole it......
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Goes freakin ORSM
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