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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:34 pm 
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hows it going ? i would like to know if a 5 spd+clutch+pedal box out of a ea falcon fit into a el 98 falcon? coz i can get a whole ea falcon complete with a 5spd= $300 can someone let us know asap cheers

 

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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:51 pm 
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Box will go in.

Clutch is different but will still work as long as you use an EA flywheel.

Pedal box is different. You can make it fit with an angle grinder, a drill, and a couple of zip ties (not as dodgy as it sounds).

 

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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:46 pm 
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but will the box handled it? would the clutch slip? is it the same tailshaft?do u need 2 change the bell housing

 

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:33 am 
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i heard the EA T5 isnt as strong as the newer ones? or are they the same?

 

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:39 am 
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yep thong your absolutely right. falcongli6, pm chong_bonger and have a chat to him. he managed to fit EA running gear into his EF with a few mods, if theres anyone that would know, hes your man

 

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:25 pm 
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Ok, Kezz is right. I have an EA conversion in my EF. Needed a lot of help doing it (I am not that mechanically minded :lol:)
My Friend that helped me out was a 4th year apprentice mechanic, and was very cluey about what needed to happen.

The Bellhousing is the same.

The only things that are different are the flywheel, particularly where the clutch bolts to the flywheel. You need an EA clutch, not an EB-EL one.

The Tailshaft is different. You will get away with the auto one.

The pedal box is different. Put the pedals from the EA pedal box onto the the EF auto one. You will need to weld the pin that holds the Clutch pedal in place.

The hardest thing is to rewire the plug thatsends the data to the ECU (ie: Speed, neutral safety switch, reverse switch)
My Friend Figured this out using a multimeter

Hope that this helps

 

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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:24 pm 
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The hardest thing is to rewire the plug thatsends the data to the ECU (ie: Speed, neutral safety switch, reverse switch)
My Friend Figured this out using a multimeter


keen to hear more about this! :? are you saying with using an auto ECU, or the plugs from an EA don't match the EF?

 

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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:55 pm 
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I heard a rumour that the EA was one of the weakest T5s around until I fitted one to my V8 and its still going strong 3 years later. Good mod to do nevertheless.

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:44 pm 
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yer dont use an EA 5 speed mine didnt last long and i didnt give it a hard time, could be just bad luck but not worth the risk its older anyway.
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i did the conversion about 2 month ago into an ef using ea bits everything went in sweet using the ecu trick off this forum the only problem i have is the speedo is out but from what i have read the el loom is slightly different once you do the conversion you will wonder why you didnt do it a long time ago but beware of excessive tyre wear also make sure you replace the front gearbox seal and if the rear main seal hasnt been done do it now orelse leaking oil will stuff your clutch

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:11 pm 
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The hardest thing is to rewire the plug thatsends the data to the ECU (ie: Speed, neutral safety switch, reverse switch)
My Friend Figured this out using a multimeter


keen to hear more about this! :? are you saying with using an auto ECU, or the plugs from an EA don't match the EF?


Long story short, the plug fits but the wires are in a different order.

The Auto box uses 2 plugs. A round one and a square one that has 8 pins on it.
The plug that has the 8 pins physically fits, it is just that the pins are in a different order.
The Pins for the speed are the same. The ones that need to be rearranged are the one for the Neutral switch (we just earthed that one out), and the one for the reverse lights (we used a multimeter to figure out what one we needed.
We had a wiring diagram for the EF, but the EA has different coloured wires

On the weekend, I will pull my car apart and let you know more details if you like

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PS: I have thrashed my car day in and day out for the last month and have had no issues with the EA T5 box.

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:40 pm 
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thats good to know coz i got an ea wagon 5sp lined up for 400 buck and wanted to know the same thaing... great minds think alike ha ha
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PS: I have thrashed my car day in and day out for the last month and have had no issues with the EA T5 box.


congratulations Chris, you have now most likely jinxed yourself mate :P

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:22 am 
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PS: I have thrashed my car day in and day out for the last month and have had no issues with the EA T5 box.


congratulations Chris, you have now most likely jinxed yourself mate :P


I was hoping that no-one would draw attentionn to that :cry:

Nah, the clutch will go before the box would :wink:

Besides, the box in under warranty :lol:

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:04 pm 
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hey guys,, im doin my ea to ef manual conversion this weekend.. just one question,, will the flywheel from the ea fit the ef?? i hope so otherwise i wont be doing the conversion until next month,, i have every part cleaned and restored and ready to throw in with brand new clutch plate, preasure plate, and throwout bearing, new rear main seal and all that stuff,, the only thing im stressing about now is if the fly wheel dosnt match.. im using all the ea clutch setup i.e 9.5" clutch plate and the ef auto tailshaft,, its been booked in to have the computer tricked on monday.. instead of thinking i know i'd prefer to know i know lol

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