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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:40 pm 
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nup. au has different timing cover and some other stuff. so the sump wont match up properly.
best bet is to just grind the fins off the front of the au sump

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:36 pm 
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in my case grinding the fins off the front of the sump it still JUST touched the k-frame.

Easy solution once the engine was in the bay and I discovered this (and not wanting to bend the k-frame with a hammer like some for fear of putting the front suspension geometry out of whack) was to move part forward, cutting the front 1/2 way thru, welding on some more RHS with a large amount of overlap, then cutting away the stock bar from behind so the geometry never changed in the process.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:31 am 
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my mechanic bloke reckons u can use the ea (in my case NC1) sump

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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:56 am 
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i believe you can but as far as i know you need to use the ea timing case cover and the rear main cap has to be machined..
someone please correct me if im wrong..

i think it would be easier to just mod the k frame or grind the alloy sump..
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:12 pm 
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hey mate, was there anything else you needed to mod/change for the engine to fit?
assuming it fits with the sump ground down...
what is the custom rod/braket for that youve taken a photo of?
it almost seems too simple lol

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:12 pm 
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misk_one wrote:
hey mate, was there anything else you needed to mod/change for the engine to fit?
assuming it fits with the sump ground down...
what is the custom rod/braket for that youve taken a photo of?
it almost seems too simple lol



hi
there is now a doco on this.
http://www.fordmods.com/forums/AU-4L-En ... n-d85.html

that rod was the first bracket i made to fit the ea alternator to the au block..
i had made a better one since then..
but unfortunatly the au engine died.(aux shaft problem).
so im back to a ed..

 

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:18 pm 
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i was gunna ask if u have pulled the AU motor down to have a look at the internals...

got any info specifically?

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:35 pm 
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gogetta wrote:
i was gunna ask if u have pulled the AU motor down to have a look at the internals...

got any info specifically?


ive got most of the accesories and manifolds off..
i just havent pulled the timing cover off yet.
ill post up once its apart..
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:37 pm 
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so its still just a "suspected" aux shaft issue...

woulda thought if it fails it fails bigtime...ie no shaft turnie so no dizzy turnie no engine run...rather than just create a miss

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:31 am 
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well yes its still only suspected aux shaft...

i will get to the bottom of the issue sooner or later..
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:12 am 
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how come you didnt go with the serpentine belt setup?, when i can be bothered about having aircon again im going to get the ED lines grafted to the AU compressor lines.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:36 am 
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edfairmont4.0 wrote:
how come you didnt go with the serpentine belt setup?, when i can be bothered about having aircon again im going to get the ED lines grafted to the AU compressor lines.


actually i did in the end..i ended up using ef serpentine.
at the time i had just had the aircon fixed and a new alternator so i used the ea belt set up and manifold...
and i couldent use the au manifold or air con pump due to too many differences..

remember that this thread is over 2 years old now lol
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