Longest in-use Falcon part

[baboon]

The green water pump o-ring from the heater hose?

[Syndrome]

Gear at the bottom of the distributor. Still carried over once they got rid of the dizzy. I used to know the part number.

[XC50077]

Sway bar bushes, used from earliest falcons to at least AU3 and beyond if utes and wagons had rear bars.Cheers

[CyberWasp]

and I am glad no one has said anything about rust.

[XR Martin]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

The rear shocks used from XK through to XH utes

Might be interchangeable, but they wouldn't be the exact same part - valving would have changed throughout the years.

[XR Martin]

Child anchor point was the same from EB2 to Fgx, the colours changed a few times though.

[Gothefalcon]

Twin filament stop/tail light globe

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(edit) Oops... just saw that this ws mentioned before )

[blue sleeper]

Yeah it's definitely the oil filter. I had a spare I could use on the AU engine I dropped in my ED. I got a shock trying to change the one on the Soarer, you have to twist your arm in two directions to take that bastard off!

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by blue sleeper

Yeah it's definitely the oil filter. I had a spare I could use on the AU engine I dropped in my ED. I got a shock trying to change the one on the Soarer, you have to twist your arm in two directions to take that bastard off!

No, I believe that the tail/stop light globe wins over the oil filter.

The AFL1/Z9 doesn't fit the BA/BF/FG V8s or 6-cyls in BF/FG.

Dr Terry

[Hulsty]

Conrod bearings, from start to finish and US models too.

[suttoo]

Starter motor wins over oil filter

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by Hulsty

Conrod bearings, from start to finish and US models too.

But isn't that 6-cyl only ??

I thought we meant all Falcons, but if we are talking longevity only, then the conrod bearing would win.

Has anybody checked to see if the FGX has the same festoon dome light globe as the earliest? If it has that would win.

Dr Terry

[Dr Terry]

Originally Posted by suttoo

Starter motor wins over oil filter

Also while the 6-cyl starter motor is interchangeable between say an XK & a BF, they are totally different units to look at.

Also the 6-cyl starter motor doesn't fit any of the V8s.

Dr Terry

[Olbucko]

I believe that the front crankshaft seal is the same in every six. (I tried to buy one for my XM two years ago but none in stock, but he had one for a BA, it looked the same, it fitted and it worked.

The early starters are too big to fit in later models past XF however the smaller starters from later models will fit any six. If you fit a late model starter to an XD or earlier you must use a relay and extra wiring to bypass the ballast resistor when the starter is operating

[marty351]

Ciggie lighter/installation

[GT450]

Tyre valves

[wodahs]

what bout the steering knuckle that connects the column shaft to the box ??

[Citroënbender]

The earliest (prior to XW) steering boxes had a shaft integrated with the input worm.

Re the dome lamps, I remember my XP hardtop had a bayonet fitting of the BA15S type. I used the wrong wattage (too high) and caused a little grief to things. Can’t remember if the XM wagon was festoon or bayonet, the XR definitely was festoon though.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Gear at the bottom of the distributor. Still carried over once they got rid of the dizzy. I used to know the part number.

That got completely ditched with the BA when it went coil on plug, and the oil pump was crank driven.

Originally Posted by marty351

Ciggie lighter/installation

Also ditched for BA. Although there was an optional smokers pack.

[Citroënbender]

The distributor gear changed sizes (ID) around time of the crossflow’s introduction. I only remember this because Crow offered both fittings.

[roKWiz]

Weren't the barn doors on the panel vans the same from XA to XH ??
Funny how angular the XD-XH are but have nice curved rear doors.

[Olbucko]

Originally Posted by Dr Terry

But isn't that 6-cyl only ??

I thought we meant all Falcons, but if we are talking longevity only, then the conrod bearing would win.

Has anybody checked to see if the FGX has the same festoon dome light globe as the earliest? If it has that would win.

Dr Terry

XK-XPs used a 5W globe with a 15mm diameter bayonet fitting, not the same as FGX

[xr8territory]

Wheel nuts?

[hayseed]

The name..??

[Pis-ton broke]

i owned xe , ef , ea , ef, ba. pretty shore sure the z9 ryco oil filter did them all, i buy them in 6 packs.
oh, and the ford falcon stud pattern.

[Olbucko]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

i owned xe , ef , ea , ef, ba. pretty shore the z9 ryco oil filter did them all, i buy them in 6 packs.
oh, and the ford falcon stud pattern.

Changed to Ford AFL101 or Ryco Z516. FG & FGX

[Kieron]

Brake pedal rubber?

[GTLEGEND]

Originally Posted by Olbucko

Changed to Ford AFL101 or Ryco Z516. FG & FGX

Actually it was BF. AFL101 came into production vehicles 6 cyl Falcon across the line 1/10/2005.

[lance]

Originally Posted by xr8territory

The front crossmember was unchanged from the original Falcons through to past the XF. Not sure when it changed>

Definitely not true. I owned an xp and the front crossmember was no the same as an xy or xb.

[lance]

The interior light from xr up until xg?