Exact month of EBII

[GhiaEB]

Does anyone know the Exact month of EB2 I know smart lock was oct 92 but what was the month of EBII

Cheers

Ben

[TURBO_GHIA]

my old EB II S was april if that's anyhelp

[Quasi]

I think mine is either March, or May (I'll have to check that).

[LTDHO]

EBII GLi April 92 (body colour bumpers)

[BLKPHN]

i have a FEB 93 EBgli with smartlock!

[Psycho Chicken]

Rollin, it was before that, Karl has an August 92 EB II.

[ClassicAU]

my 30th anniversary 1991 EA II has what i was told was smart lock. dont know if it was retro fitted or not though, it was on there when i bought the car
but i think its just plain old central locking. i dont have a keyless entry or anything

[Dezza]

Yeah, my EAII (January 1990) Ghia has central locking but not keyless entry. It is not smartlock.

My parent's 1993 (I forget which month) EBII GLi has smartlock (includes keyless entry). Both cars have very different styles of locks. As the smartlock uses rolling codes, it has a fatter style of key and a very different looking ignition barrel. On the other hand, my car has a thinner key, that if it wasn't for the Ford logo would probably look like a normal house key or something like that.

I've also seen an EBII without keyless entry.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Rollin

10th month 1992 was the changeover from EBI to EBII, however there was about 2 weeks in there where cars were EBII but didnt get smartlock, unfortunately my car is in that two weeks!

its a 10th '92 XR6, there were no EBI XR6s, mine is genuine but has no smartlock. unlucky.

I know the feeling, what a rip off. Two whole weeks and my car would have had smartlock too.

[NZ]

Some true facts:

EB2 cars are 2/92 onward
smartlock was introduced 10/92 so thats a whole 8 months of no smartlock in EB2 not 2 weeks as was stated above.

Rollin you've got a pretty rare ecu there. That will plug in and run an ea/eb car. not much chance of picking up a: 1:non smartlock, 2:xr6 and 3:manual ecu I wouldn't say your unlucky.

and rob my car is 5/92 last time I looked the 5th month was may. you might want to get a refund on your tiwanese calander ;)

[NZ]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

As the smartlock uses rolling codes,

thats incorect smartlock doesn't use rolling codes. that was introduced in Au2 with the system they called smartsheild some 9 years later

[Dezza]

OK. Sorry about that, I thought that was part of the deal. How did it improve security over non-smartlock cars then? I've read somewhere, when Ford were developing smartlock, they got a heap of experienced thieves to try and break in to them (without smashing windows or anything). None of them could get the better of the car. Interesting concept indeed, whether they just borrowed the crims from jail or what, I wouldn't have a clue.

[Psycho Chicken]

Originally Posted by NZ

and rob my car is 5/92 last time I looked the 5th month was may. you might want to get a refund on your tiwanese calander ;)

Pretty sure it says Made in New Zealand, which would explain it.

[Damo]

lol.......

Originally Posted by Rollin

10th month 1992 was the changeover from EBI to EBII, however there was about 2 weeks in there where cars were EBII but didnt get smartlock, unfortunately my car is in that two weeks!

its a 10th '92 XR6, there were no EBI XR6s, mine is genuine but has no smartlock. unlucky.

Hey Rollin, whats the part number on your ECU? my workshop manual doesnt list the numbers for XR6 ECU's which are pre smartlock. curios to see what it is

[eb2fairmont]

EBII launched april 1992.

EBII with smartlock - same time as the GT was released, october 1992.