What did you do to your car today?

[Trevor 57]

put a new radiator cap and washed it (the XE racecar that is)

[revcore]

Today I did a oil change on the ute but on Sunday I fitted and wired up the big Narva Taurus bull lights on my roll bar.

[ryeman]

Bled the brakes using my new suction device, worked well.

[BLU-220]

cleaned maf sensor got average fuel down to 12.5l/100 hwy au v8

[revcore]

Cleaned the 17x8 Tickford rims on my ute...Came up like new using this:

[damo6]

chucked in a k&n panel filter and holesaw'd a 3'' hole in the bottom front of the airbox for a bit more flow and a couple of easy hp

[FAT245]

Blew the transmission

[damo6]

Originally Posted by FAT245

Blew the transmission

bastard! did you have fun doing it?

[FAT245]

Originally Posted by damo6

bastard! did you have fun doing it?

had some fun before hand, but it died out the front of my house.

[damo6]

Originally Posted by FAT245

had some fun before hand, but it died out the front of my house.

at least you didnt have to push it far lol! i had a c4 box grenade on me at a servo once,went into reverse instead of first,lurched the front of the xc into the air then it was ticker ticker ticker to the side of the road with bits of box everywhere! ah well,tilt tray to my box builder for another box, ended up going thru 3 of them before i sold it.didnt quite have the funds at the time to bullet proof them completely mind you this was the 80's so i know how you feel mate.

[FAT245]

Got my ESS Box heading up from vic this week, so shouldn't be too long till i can drive her, i just hope the new converter isn't screwed.

[SantoAU]

Looked at it, thought about all the things that needed doing, then went inside and watched the cricket instead.

I stand by my decision.

[MLR]

Thinking about trading it for a BF Mk 2 XR8 ute that I had a look at.

[pundit]

Seen the dodgey repairs to my Fairlane from a previous crash repair :@ good thing I am fixing it properly.

Ripped skirts, kinked skirts, ripped welds.

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[XR6WGN]

KMs on odometer read the same way forward as backwards - 450054

450,000 popped up last night. Reckon it's getting close to it's refresh day

[Streets]

Got it started yesterday for the first time in 1.5 years!

Really bad ticking though... dry lifters? Wonder if I can just idle it in the shed until the oil gets up there again?

[Alan D Segal]

Looked at it and thought - The BA XR8 really is a tough looking car. I'm glad I have one.

[BLU-220]

gave the ghia a wax ready for the xmas toy cruise this sunday

[Marquis]

351 302

351 351

[EASYBOSS]

Noticed the coolant tank was empty in the XR8, pot 4 L's in to bring it up to the correct level

Don't know were it went, no visual leaks

[Rodge]

^^ OMG that's shocker mate.

Does your engine have frost plugs ?

[Craq]

Gave it a polish & put in a K&N 33-2950 panel filter & some valvoline fuel treatment, much to the missuses horror.

[CheftonUTD]

Added a new manufacturers plate to the door;


(Reference to TV series 'Firefly' )

[Madaya]

Put Mr Happy (aka my 2010, FG XR6 Ute) in for his 60k service. Done at Busselton Geographe Ford, the dealer who actually took the few minutes to find the car I wanted and more.
Caught up with Andrew Ingrey, the dealer principal. He remembers me and the car. We chatted about the upcoming and final Falcon. He wasn't able to say if the new Falcon would be available as a Utility, it will have the deep Mondeo type front end and Ford will empty the parts bin, so most models will have plenty of 'fruit' standard.
Though I'm happy with my Super Ute, I might put my hand up and grab one of the last of the best automobiles made in the world, made by the best bunch of engineers and builders that have ever turned their hand, to producing a vehicle, under the limitations of minimal everything

Hey, on that point, let me open another thread.....

[MLR]

Sold it, and glad I did.

Ford Australia and Holden deserve to die a horrible death, the rubbish that they build now is astounding.

I will now purchase something that is reliable, has a good power to weight ratio, good on fuel and not built to the lowest specifications of the lowest bidder and actually has some form of quality assurance preformed on it and then rectified if something is found prior to leaving the factory.

Its a sad time for the Australian automotive industry in the sense that we are losing a asset, on the other hand for the last 10 years they have been screwing the Australian people by producing under engineered low quality vehicles and then selling them at top dollar.

How much did your car cost new?
How much is it worth now?

End rant.

Sayōnara

[ryeman]

Looked at it and thought if only......
The best ever far too late......

[MercurySilver]

yeah looked at ours too as i left to go and get milk in the ute

[u2canb12]

Installed 5 P clamps and stainless cap head screws to secure the brake line under the coupe. Another P clamp on the s/s braided coolant line to keep it off the extractors. Tidied up the dash wiring and got the LED indicator lights and high beam setup amd working, another step close but another 277 to go....

[XR6WGN]

Put a new radiator overflow bottle on the car Monday - no problems there but the engine looked really grubby alongside the new part. Answer! down to the car wash and give the motor a clean-up. Took all the inlet pipework off and covered the throttle body with a plastic bag for protection - cleaned away and reassembled.
Started car and it was idling like crap and stalling. My immediate thought "What the bleeding hell have I done this time" Long story short - no5 plug lead was broken so I spent yesterday morning replacing spark plug leads. Something else just doesn't feel right either - I've cleaned the throttle body / ISC and reset the ECU but there's something else there that just doesn't sound/feel right.

On a better note - I've started re-polishing the car, it's been looking really "tatty" recently so I thought a panel when I can spare some time might rekindle some enthusiasm for it again - let's see how it goes.

[hawkgirl]

replaced the headlight bulbs with blue ones & adjusted them

now it wont look sad & one eyed