Welcome to New Members - Post here to say gday! - Page 90

DaMuN · 10-10-2012, 02:36 PM

this is my 78 escort panel van 2L. being a paraplegic it will be near enough perfect for me. small car with heaps of room for everything. the plan is to build it into a shaggin wagon haha you know mattress, crush velvet, tv, curtains

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peter french · 10-10-2012, 10:50 PM

Hi guy's - new to the forum looking to find out a few things Ford
Bunbury WA

jotaboy120 · 10-10-2012, 11:34 PM

Hi team....I dunno where I signed on the other day..but it wasn't here...well I've been driving a97EL falcon future for the last 14 years and just picked up a07 territory Ghia...what a treat! and judging by my moniker I also ride a Laverda jota 120 which is an Italian 1litre 3 cylinder bike....I'm lovin this forum so keep up the good work and thanks....cheers ...jotaboy120

stripedtuna · 10-10-2012, 11:37 PM

Hi everyone,

awesome forum... Ive come to get some tips for working on my BF XR6 and hopefully contribute back to the forum where possible. Previous Ford was a Mk1 Escort many years ago.

Cheers,

Tuna..

KenN0898 · 11-10-2012, 12:01 AM

Hi, I am a senior guy and I live in Sth Australia. I am in my 70s and have been looking in on this site for almost a month because I have just bought a used 2009 Ford Focus which I am more than pleased with but if I find that I have a question I feel sure that I will find some answers on this Forum. Cheers, Ken

Smitheh · 11-10-2012, 01:01 AM

Hey all, My names Ben, I'm from Brisbane and I drive a 89 EA Turbo. Used to drive an ED Xr6. Love all of the E series.

Maximdogger · 11-10-2012, 10:57 AM

Hi all and thanks for the great welcome to this site. I am a retired (and tired )Mechanic who happens to be "between " Fords at the moment. I hope to locate another XY 54H soon. Cheers.

Kneehole · 11-10-2012, 11:19 AM

G'day, just wondering if the ba grey door skins can be replaced with blue ones without having to change the whole door panel? Thanx

megladwin · 11-10-2012, 10:19 PM

hi all just got a territory a bit of a lemon . looking around for a few fixes

slimduysty · 12-10-2012, 10:31 AM

Hi All I'm Stefan and I own an AU111 v8 ute
Just love the ole girl put new rage exhaust on it a while back and now hungry for more kilowatts! Thinking about flash tuning but not sure what it involves.Dont want to overspend but need advise on what I could do to boost performance.Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

liamday78 · 12-10-2012, 12:06 PM

Hi all

Got a quick question for everyone.....I've recently taken delivery of a freshly restorated concourse XY GT-HO Replica from the GT Shop in Melbourne. So far I've clocked up 161 miles and everything has pretty much been smooth sailing. The Cleveland is stroked out to 393 cubes and its running a 780 Holley. The only problem I've had so far is with what I suspect is vapour lock. I suspect the fuel is vapourising in the glass fuel filter that is located just before the fuel pump in the engine bay.

Has anyone ever come across this problem and if so what can I do to fix it???

catack · 12-10-2012, 02:14 PM

Hello all, i thought ill join and say hi... i just bought a 2011 xr6 in white and love it so far

Uberchic · 12-10-2012, 08:06 PM

Hello!
This my first post. What a great website! It has been very helpful so far.
Just bought a 2010 TX petrol rwd Ford Territory Black 26,000kms. Paid $23.500 from a dealer 'Driveaway'. Included factory towbar, tinted windows and side steps. Got RACV to do a warrenty check. Some small probs. Rear Diff mounts shot. President Ford replaced all 3, free of charge last week. Only took one day. Racv said brake fluid contaminated. Got "Brakes plus" to flush out and refill. $49.00. Some small wear on front tyres. wheel alignment fixed problem. I am very happy so far with the car. Getting 13.5/100km.
Cheers Kevin.
Why Uberchic? Told my wife's brother we bought a black car. He replied Wow very Uberchic!

Geez Louise · 12-10-2012, 08:28 PM

Welcome to the forums Everyone

Good to have you all onboard.

DaMun, bit jealous of you. Love the Escort Panel Vans myself and nearly bought one two years ago. Still kicking myself about it now and still keep my eyes open for one. They are a great little car and becoming harder and harder to find.

Cheers
Col

Uberchic · 12-10-2012, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by megladwin

hi all just got a territory a bit of a lemon . looking around for a few fixes

What probs are you having? I have just bought a Territory. I dont really know alot about cars. This site has been helpful however
cheers kevin.

ZodzillA · 12-10-2012, 11:53 PM

Hi everyone! I'm Dave and I drive a Silk Blue BF Mark II XR6 and was last of the Mark II run. Premium everything in it. Running low profile 18's on it and sticks to the road like glue! Thanks for letting me join! Been a Ford Boy all my life.

Moved from Tassie to Vic 4 years ago in an old XD GS Falcon....the Auto was shot, indicator stalk was shot and the starter motor was...you guessed it...shot. Nothing a quick tap with a hammer didn't fix though....LOL!!!

Territorial4WD · 13-10-2012, 01:32 AM

Hi, names Adam I've been a Subaru/Skyline fan for the last 10+ years but I'm getting a little tired of the constant engine issues.

I've also owned a 2004 Ford Territory AWD for about 5 years, had been the wife's car up till now "she's upgraded, the WRX is gone and now I've got the 2ton beast"

It's silver / two tone dark grey at the bottom, dead stock apart from some 30% tint.

I've always done the oil/spark plugs myself and its been extremely reliable.

Look forward to talk with you guys and learning a bit about the car that I'm now driving.

I know very little about the engine "4L straight 6" all I know is that she chews the fuel like crazy.

Have order a Lukey high flow panel filter but yeah don't know what else I should do to gain performance, will search around the forum! ;)

Cheers!

braminator123 · 13-10-2012, 03:05 AM

Hi All,

My name is Bram and my father gave me his Ford mulberry xb which he bought brand new. It has so much family history as I was brought home as a baby from the hospital in it and I learnt to drive in it. It has been my daily driver since I was 18.

I currently live in London UK.

I have heard about a mulberry xb which may be for sale here in the UK. Does anyone know anything about it?

I would love to get my hands on a xb gs coupe 351 with sunroof and vinyl roof one day.

Cheers

Bram

04XR8 · 13-10-2012, 09:04 AM

Hi all,
I come from a family of ford people yet I was always holden through and through, same with my husband.
A few days ago we bought our very first ford! A 2004 XR8. Must say it is a nice car. It's needing a blue slip as its been out of rego for 2 years before I can take it for a drive :( Nothing worse than having a nice car sitting there and not being able to drive it. Main things needing attention are its ground clearance is too low (have a previous defect notice in amongst the paper work given to us) and the exhaust needs "something".
Will be asking plenty of questions and looking forward to getting to know you all here.

marks73 · 13-10-2012, 10:48 AM

Welcome all from the state of North Carolina in the USA. I have a 73 Mach 1 that I am in the process of building literally from the ground up
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I've been at it about a year and as soon as I find out how to shrink my other pics, I'll post up where I'm at now. Look forward to the stories and help

Mark

Daltman1 · 13-10-2012, 01:16 PM

Hey guys my names jordin and I'm from Toowoomba QLD I don't currently own a Ford but a falcon will be my next car hopefully a BA mk2 xr6

mygia8 · 13-10-2012, 06:34 PM

Hi all,Dave's the name,just an oldie who won't grow up(what my adult kids reckon anyway!!).Have had my current ford for 6yrs now(1 of heaps).It being a '05 S11 BA Ghia 220v8,was thinking of trading her in for a FGxr8,forget it,only offered $10grand as trade in,have spent too much on the girl eg 2 1/2 sports exh' ,tran's oil cooler,cold air intake (Jim Mock Motorsport).Eaton tru trak lsd (these models only came out with single spinner-cost cutting!) DBA slotted front rotors.Paint protection by my mate Justin of Platinum Paint Protection.meticulously serviced every 6mths,69grand on the clock,na i'm keep'n her.Would like to upgrade exhaust to twin system,would entail cutting fibreglass bumper to fit chrome tips(current exh' has dump pipes)would extractors pep her up a bit,as according to Jim M it won't make much difference with the 220?.Nice joining up,please get back to me re exh' issues,seeya

mygia8 · 13-10-2012, 06:34 PM

Hi all,Dave's the name,just an oldie who won't grow up(what my adult kids reckon anyway!!).Have had my current ford for 6yrs now(1 of heaps).It being a '05 S11 BA Ghia 220v8,was thinking of trading her in for a FGxr8,forget it,only offered $10grand as trade in,have spent too much on the girl eg 2 1/2 sports exh' ,tran's oil cooler,cold air intake (Jim Mock Motorsport).Eaton tru trak lsd (these models only came out with single spinner-cost cutting!) DBA slotted front rotors.Paint protection by my mate Justin of Platinum Paint Protection.meticulously serviced every 6mths,69grand on the clock,na i'm keep'n her.Would like to upgrade exhaust to twin system,would entail cutting fibreglass bumper to fit chrome tips(current exh' has dump pipes)would extractors pep her up a bit,as according to Jim M it won't make much difference with the 220?.Nice joining up,please get back to me re exh' issues,seeya

illfamosi · 13-10-2012, 08:59 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm on here to pick up as much knowledge as I can and interact with as many members of the Australian Ford community as I can.

I'm from England, always owned Ford mini trucks and over the last 10 years have been obsessed with Falcon utes.

I will be in Aus in two weeks time for a year and want to go to as many Ford meets as possible. And eventually take home the ultimate Australian souvenir. . . . A Ford V8 Ute!

If anyone can give me any good advice or point me to good ute threads on here I would be very grateful.

**cs123** · 13-10-2012, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by illfamosi

Hello everyone,

I'm on here to pick up as much knowledge as I can and interact with as many members of the Australian Ford community as I can.

I'm from England, always owned Ford mini trucks and over the last 10 years have been obsessed with Falcon utes.

I will be in Aus in two weeks time for a year and want to go to as many Ford meets as possible. And eventually take home the ultimate Australian souvenir. . . . A Ford V8 Ute!

If anyone can give me any good advice or point me to good ute threads on here I would be very grateful.

Welcome illfamosi,
What town do you plan to live in?

This is a pretty great Ute thread to whet your appetite.

http://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11312704

illfamosi · 13-10-2012, 10:00 PM

Thanks for the link cs123 a nice bit of late night reading for me.
I'm looking at Melbourne to live, work and play!

zoenryan · 13-10-2012, 10:24 PM

High guys - joined up today after several weeks of searching Google for solutions to my Territory problems and ending directed to your forums - which have really helped.

Now - just for fun - I would like to post a full history of owning an SX AWD from new - but first - how do you search the forums and where do I go for some destructions ?

I am fairly tech savvy but it is a bit hard to navigate around your forum.

Before I start on the Tritty let me say that my first car ever was a Mk 2 Cortina saloon (showing my age a bit) back in 1974 in the land of the Pom (there is another admission) - 1500 cc of pure power - had a lot of fun and learnt the basics of simple car mechanics including how to replace the clutch from underneath - with the car on ramps, by dropping the gearbox.
(Getting it back on was fun - but i was a lot younger and fitter then. )

I eventually sold the old girl and replaced it with a MK2 cortina Estate - a wagon to you guys - and had a lot of fun with that one too.

I went on to own a Renault 12,(steel was so thin the wing indented if you leant too hard on it) an Alfa Sud - total rust box - used to get lumps of rust falling down from behind the dashboard when going over a bump - ended up re-painting it in Hammerite.

Then got the Triumph bug - Spitfire - another rust bucket - and 3 GT6's - dont know if they ever made it to AUS but did see one in melbourne once - what a gorgous looking old sports car - but - un fortunately - another rust bucket - you needed to own 3 because you would progrssivly strip 2 for parts to keep the third one going - by the way - think of a fast back hard top Spitfire - 2 litre straight 6 under the bonnet with 4 speed manual and overdrive on the rear driveshaft.

Then - a beat up VW Scirocco - bought for 100 quid in the acutions , ran it for 2 years and sold it for 150. Awesome

Then - a Furd Capri - the mk 3 i think - nice car but the rear end had a nasty tendancy to go faster than the front (particularly when braking hard) leaving you pointing the wrong way so it had to go.

Finally - a Scirroco GTX which had an 1800 cc 4 cylinder engine and was an absolute rocket ship - why do the Germans build such good cars ? can i say this here?

Came to Aus in 1993 and never looked back - if i had i would've seen the girl friend following me but it's too late now - married with 2 kids and no time for cars - until recently.

Do you (US !) Australians realise what an awesome place this is, even if the beer is --- I wont go there today.

So - Company EB Falcon - company cars are like hire cars in that they can out accelerate anything else on the road. Coming from England it was like driving a battle star - or at least a star cruiser. Over the course of a year or so we drove it from Perth to Port Hedland and back via Monkey Mia ( 4 in the afternoon with the misses driving at a solid 180 km ph for over and hour and never coughed once)

Drove it back to Mel via Esperance. Albany, the Nullabor (everyone has to do it once - but wouldnt do it again) and eventually they retired it and replaced it with
A 4 cylinder Camry - boring
complained about that so much they gave me a Verada - nice car - boring

That expired when the air suspension was prooving too costly to maintain and replaced with a V6 Camry - ultra reliable but ultimately - boring

finally - company got tired of the bills so offered me a lease. I could have whatever I wanted - and could afford. So - went straight down to the Range Rover dealer. Always wanted a Disco - that was untill i drove one - very dissapointed.

So - on the way back from RR passed a Ford dealer with a brand new Tritty sat in a very provocative position - just had to have a go. One test drive later and I was hooked - they had only been out a couple of weeks but I had to have one - so - Mica red, 2004 SX AWD - alloy wheels - 7 seats - and there I was like a pig in the brown stuff driving around in this absolutely awesome Vehicle with a smile as wide as - - - er - well you get the picture

It starts to go down hill from here - will continue next week -

Hi guys!

lofty51 · 14-10-2012, 02:20 PM

hi i live on the sunshine coast i have a xm ute that was my daily driver for many years a year ago i decided it was time to make it more comfy ,,,i have added the full rrs suspention coil overs power steer ,,9 inch diff jz single turbo engine bucket seats air con and much more ,,i have a PROBLEM THE RUBBER KIT i cant shut the doors it just wont go in that far now i sprayed with rubber cond and wedged shut ,,CAN ANY ONE HELP it is a rear spares rubber door surounds

u2canb12 · 14-10-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lofty51

hi i live on the sunshine coast i have a xm ute that was my daily driver for many years a year ago i decided it was time to make it more comfy ,,,i have added the full rrs suspention coil overs power steer ,,9 inch diff jz single turbo engine bucket seats air con and much more ,,i have a PROBLEM THE RUBBER KIT i cant shut the doors it just wont go in that far now i sprayed with rubber cond and wedged shut ,,CAN ANY ONE HELP it is a rear spares rubber door surounds

Hey Lofty not much help to you but I have the same problem with our XB GT. I bought new Rare Spares rubbers and can't shut the bloody doors!

I would be interested having a chat about your RRS suspension sometime as I have fitted the same to our XB Coupe

tassie stu · 14-10-2012, 08:58 PM

Hi all Tassie Stu here
New to this!
Worked at the Hobart Ford dealership as a mechanic for 13 years but now work in the oil and gas industry as engieer on support vessels in north west Aus.
Currently driving 08 model ranger and just started a resto on a 78 ltd p6 off geting soda blasted at the moment