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well i actually went out and got a nice replacement today..
a 1994 ed futura. got it for a sweet $1000 the body is heaps better than the ea and its a good base for mods. ill be swapping everything from the ea into this. and the au engine will be pulled down and i will investigate and fix the engine.(if its repairable) and fit it to the ed at a later stage..
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nice buy shame it's White but that can be fixed
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Nice find!
LET THE MODS BEGIN (starting with those s**t seats) 
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i dont mind white..
unfortunatly every metallic one i looked at had s**t paint. and this was in good nick all round.. |
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white can look really nice if its in great nick and with a high glossy polish job on it.
nice buy there for $1,000 
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Shame to see the EA bite the dust though..
I almost did the same thing with mine when I noticed rust coming though in a couple of spots.. I get attached to things though, so I've started migging them up instead. |
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Yeah, I think you went the right way - if you're unhappy with the EA.
Being a late ED, you might find it has an EF block - knock sensor threaded hole, and 12 counterweight crank. Looks like most of the looms may be in place for 4 x power windows, along with the climate control ambient air sensor.
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snap0964, is there an easy way to see if an ED motor as an EF block? My current motor is from a latish ED fairmont ghia so wondering if mine might be an EF block also.
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snap0964 wrote: Yeah, I think you went the right way - if you're unhappy with the EA.
Being a late ED, you might find it has an EF block - knock sensor threaded hole, and 12 counterweight crank. Looks like most of the looms may be in place for 4 x power windows, along with the climate control ambient air sensor. I think it does have ef block and head?? the head is a 94da.(edit...94ab) and the car is a 5th month 94.. its even better if the power windo loom is there aswell Last edited by TROYMAN on Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:26 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
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TROYMAN wrote: snap0964 wrote: Yeah, I think you went the right way - if you're unhappy with the EA. Being a late ED, you might find it has an EF block - knock sensor threaded hole, and 12 counterweight crank. Looks like most of the looms may be in place for 4 x power windows, along with the climate control ambient air sensor. I think it does have ef block and head?? the head is a 94da. and the car is a 5th month 94.. its even better if the power windo loom is there aswell Yeah the EBII's/ED's were blessed in alot of ways that the EA/EB series I aren't. *grumbles about ford not making up its mind on the base harness* EDIT: Also you don't have to d**k around putting in the EBII/ED lower dash
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i dont get it?
for someone who is knowledgable & mod happy like yourself, a stuffed block should be nothing in the grand scheme of things. Instead youve spent $1000 on another old car with a motor that prolly done a zillion km's, and now you gotta swap everything over. but good luck with the new project, and hopefully ends up as good as the one it replaced |
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I never noticed any difference in the lower dash.. Is there one?
(my car is a late 90 EA fairmont Ghia.) |
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frankieh wrote: I never noticed any difference in the lower dash.. Is there one?
(my car is a late 90 EA fairmont Ghia.) Light grey versus greyish yellow (mainly from age of them now)? I think the Ghia's had light grey |
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| TROYMAN |
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FordFairmont wrote: i dont get it?
for someone who is knowledgable & mod happy like yourself, a stuffed block should be nothing in the grand scheme of things. Instead youve spent $1000 on another old car with a motor that prolly done a zillion km's, and now you gotta swap everything over. but good luck with the new project, and hopefully ends up as good as the one it replaced a stuffed engine isnt really a problem. but with all the little things that piss me off with the ea are good in the ed. and its only got 205,000 kms. and true its $1000 but considering it has rego and has better paint and a straighter body than the ea. i think its more a win win in the long run.. and now i get the pleasure of moding this one all over again without the little trial and error things i had while doing the ea.. |
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Troy
I can confirm that as the car has cruise, the loom for the power windows will be there. You will just need to plug the door looms in and the Pwr Window switch and you are good to go. BenJ
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