EB Cowling into EA

InitialD · 29-03-2005, 11:44 PM

Amoungst all the parts I sourced off Dansedgli (Thanks dude again

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I got the EB wipercowling which is the same as ED/EF/EL I believe.

Now I know Dellboy had just the cowling on his EA and part of it fitted fine, but I cant seem to get the damn thing on at all!

1. The passenger part covers parts of my VIN plates and doesnt seem to line up or fit, seems too small

2. The Drivers bit is completely different!

I also got the EB wipermotor and bits aswell, This would make it line up better? I know Apparently something about you have to change the windshield as the EB onwards windshield is longer?

Anyone who has done this mod, Feel Free to help :P

NZ · 30-03-2005, 02:04 PM

I think you'll find the metl below it is very different. madnc8 has it on his but pretty dodgily. he cracked his windscreen on both sides doing it too

EFFalcon · 30-03-2005, 02:15 PM

yeah, the EB wiper motor sits lower coz of the metal its mounted to from what i remmeber.

SileNceR · 30-03-2005, 07:26 PM

yes unless u run the EB windscreen also I believe it will crack ur existing screen...

this is in addition to your other issues.

dansedgli · 30-03-2005, 07:44 PM

Guess what mick?

I have an EB windscreen!! lol

neb · 30-03-2005, 07:45 PM

seems like more effort then its worth... lol

InitialD · 30-03-2005, 11:50 PM

Hmm common dellboy... How you get yours on? lol well partially on

See I have the EB wipermotor and bits, and have no problem fitting it.

But someone care to explain why it would crack my windshield? I know waynes did but that could have been cause of anything

XRated · 31-03-2005, 11:48 AM

Just BUY a freakin' EB!

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SileNceR · 31-03-2005, 07:25 PM

the windscreens are a different thickness, or size in some way...

LUXO_8 · 01-04-2005, 04:46 PM

the screens are a different length, you need an EB2 screen, i will be getting a new screen in the next few weeks, should have got one ages ago but meh.
i didnt mind the fact that my screen cracked, as it was haddit anyway - superly stonechipped which is probably what led to it cracking......

also there is nowhere to mount the EB wipermotor, believe me i tried!, there is like a cross brace in the EA plenum which isnt there in the EB cars you'll need to use the EA motor.

jedaarr · 01-04-2005, 07:38 PM

I Have A Ea And Have Made It A Exact Eb11 Replica With Gt Body Kit, All
Rear Lights, Garnish ,so On So On,it Is A T5 5 Speed Efi The Car Was In Beut
Condition When I Bought It.Also Much Cheaper To Buy Than A Eb Efi Manual.
I Bought El Complete Wiper Motor With All Arms & Pivots. Eb11 ED El Ef Are Exactly The Same. Just Remove The Plate Thats In The Way It Is Held On With 4 Spot Welds 2 On Each Point. (firewall)You Will Have To Angle Grind The Old Recess Out As The Wiper Motor Is Mounted On A Housing Plate. You Will See It Needs To Come Down A Fair Way. ( Cut Just Under Were The Wiper Motor Eletricial Plug Goes Through) Look At A Eb11 ED EL EF If You Have A Friend With One Or Look In Car Yard. It Is Quiet Easy To Convert Over.The Brake Booster Pipes Are Different The Way They Bypass The Eb11 Wiper Motor Firewall.
You Can Still Use Ea But Be Carefull Not To Cut Them. I Used A Small Bowl And With Fibreglass Made A Hump To Cover The Cut In Firewall Almost Same As Originall Eb11,and Glassed It To The Firewall paint So On Looks A1.
JUST REMOVE ID PLATES AND REPOSITION ON RIGHT SIDE,YOU WILL SEE WERE THEY SHOULD BE AS COVER IS VOID IN THIS AREA.
YOU WILL NEED A EB11 EL EF WINDSCREEN AS THEY ARE LONGER ,YOU WILL SEE COWLING FIT NO PROBLEM WITH THE EB11 SCREEN IT ALL LINES UP. ONE LAST THING I FORGOT IS YOU WILL NEED TO MOVE THE BONNET HINGES FORWARD ABOUT 5 TO 10MM MAX TO ALLOW CLEARANCE FOR LONGER
SCREEN AS IT WILL HIT... JUST ELONGATE THE HOLES IN BRACKETS AND AJUST BONNET AGAIN TO CLOSE. A LOT OF SHIT TO DO BUT IT IS WORTH THE UPDATE IN THE BETTER LOOK AREA.

Hope This Helps.

LUXO_8 · 01-04-2005, 07:50 PM

with the wiper motor, i plugged in an eb2 one and it operated strangley, ie - it was operating at a slow speed on high, even slower on low and didnt operate at all on intermittant, was way different to the ea's speeds...
did you have any problems in that regard? or did i get a dud wipermotor

SileNceR · 01-04-2005, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedaarr

I Have A Ea And Have Made It A Exact Eb11 Replica With Gt Body Kit, All
Rear Lights, Garnish ,so On So On,it Is A T5 5 Speed Efi The Car Was In Beut
Condition When I Bought It.
Also Much Cheaper To Buy Than A Eb Efi Manual.
I Bought El Complete Wiper Motor With All Arms & Pivots.
Eb11 El Ef Are Exactly The Same.yada yada yada.......

I'd hate to be your' shift key!

LUXO_8 · 02-04-2005, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SileNceR

I'd hate to be your' shift key!

LMAO :evilking:

jedaarr · 02-04-2005, 07:59 PM

Take You Wiper Motor Back As The Eb11 El Etc Are Identical. YOU MUST HAVE A DUD.

InitialD · 02-04-2005, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedaarr

Take You Wiper Motor Back As The Eb11 El Etc Are Identical. You
So Are Full Of It, Hot Air ... Or Your Wiper Motor Is Fuc>>d.
I Have Done This Conversion To Early Ea Eb. My Friends Many Times.
Dont Waste Are Time. (wasted Turd ) .

Settle dude

Thanks dude for the info, Ill see how I go with it later... wait for Mr plod to defect me for the windshield then I will change it.

Wayne - Let us know how you go with the new windshield :1syellow1

Luke (Xrated) - meh :the_finge Still better than your car :hihi:

NZ · 03-04-2005, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InitialD

Luke (Xrated) - meh :the_finge Still better than your car :hihi:

It'll always be an Ea ;)

LUXO_8 · 03-04-2005, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedaarr

Take You Wiper Motor Back As The Eb11 El Etc Are Identical. You
So Are Full Of It, Hot Air ... Or Your Wiper Motor Is Fuc>>d.
I Have Done This Conversion To Early Ea Eb. My Friends Many Times.
Dont Waste Are Time. (wasted Turd ) .

holey crap i didnt expect a response like that, i was only asking if you had any problems i wasnt telling you that you were wrong!

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i think you need to re-read my bloody post

jedaarr · 05-04-2005, 06:47 PM

Sorry For Being Rude I Was Pretty ****ed When I Loged On The Net,also The Wife Was Giving Me Shit As Normal. I Have Altered My Post A Thousand Pardons To U.

LUXO_8 · 05-04-2005, 06:50 PM

thanks mate, i was wondering what id said wrong lol.....

jedaarr · 06-04-2005, 06:40 PM

OK why buy a whole car eb11 or ed just for the cowling update. or garnish etc, a ea with eb11 ed updated parts.. you cant tell the difference ( body wise) between cars, body & interior i have changed to eb11, i have a 89 ea t5 mpi, extractors, 3 inch exhaust , EB head update & modified , full EB GT kit all eb ed interior, lights, so on so on, 17 inch rims, lowered. in jet black paint, and mate do i get great comments from every day people. lots think its a american import of a post 90s mustang , of course no idea of ford cars modified . it goes like the clappers, for a near stock unit. I have put aftermarket central locking in eb11 sports dash,etc ..., for the minnimal cost of bits from wreckers to replicate a ea t5 mpi--- to the almost double cost of its must updated eb t5 cousin, i would not state buy a freaking eb as just. (anyway if you love your fords so much) how dare you condem the early ea series cars. i can blow the doors of many of my friends commoderes & many other makes of cars. love thy ford. :evil_laug. we love are fords..

jedaarr · 06-04-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by XRated

Just BUY a freakin' EB!

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check out my last post

jedaarr · 06-04-2005, 07:24 PM

the windscreen is no different in thickness , just longer due to lower cowling

jedaarr · 06-04-2005, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by XRated

Just BUY a freakin' EB!

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WHY BUY A EB 11 YOU AFRAID OF EARLY EA EB CARS, YOU DO REALISE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EA EA11 EB1... TO LATER EB11 ED.
WHY DO YOU HASSLE EARLY OWNERS CARS TO BUY A FREAKING EB, AT LEAST MENTION U MEAN EB 11, AS THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BUT ONLY UPDATES BEETWEEN MODELS.

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LUXO_8 · 06-04-2005, 07:30 PM

the comment was just a joke towards his mate dude....

Damo · 06-04-2005, 07:34 PM

fwoah, this guy loves his EA more than me.

I painted my EA cowling. heh.

06-04-2005, 07:49 PM

forget EB2 go ED :P

jedaarr · 06-04-2005, 07:54 PM

No........ I Cant Justify If You Like Ford Cars, Why Do You Degrade Models. They Improve But Not By A Comment That Is Unjust To A Model Update. All The Early Model Prototypes Have Problems. Also I Dont Love Ea Cars They Love Me ,( Dude ) Go Buy A Holden You Seem To Be Very Negative (dude)..

Kryton · 06-04-2005, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedaarr

No........ I Cant Justify If You Like Ford Cars, Why Do You Degrade Models. They Improve But Not By A Comment That Is Unjust To A Model Update. All The Early Model Prototypes Have Problems. Also I Dont Love Ea Cars They Love Me ,( Dude ) Go Buy A Holden You Seem To Be Very Negative (dude)..

i can only see one negative person here and that is YOU. if you can honestly sit there and tell everyone that an Ea is better than an Eb or Ed then you need to think about it all again.
infact if your Ea is so damn good then why did you have to go strip it of all Ea parts and make it like a Eb2?
for anyone with half a brain they would easily be able to figure out it is a cheaper and better option to go buy an Eb-d instead of trying build one from scratch using an Ea.
EAs are known by the whole population to be crap for the simple fact they pretty much are.
people are just stating a fact. if the EA was so damn good there wouldnt be EBs or EDs would there?
also i must add that if you need to rewrite every post you make and completely change what you have written then save yourself the time and think constructively about what you are saying in the first place...other people do read them before you change them and you have drawn a very clear picture of yourself.

BoZZa17 · 06-04-2005, 08:33 PM

well my eb1 has ea style cowling bit and i am not doing all that shit to change it. im sure i can hack having an ea cowling =P
put the money and time into something cooler =)