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knowsfords wrote: BenJ wrote: Re the wiring, the EB1 is very different to the EB11. I found that out too, its like ford decided the EB 1 should have the least amount of circuitry of any of the boxcars. yep agreed.. the eb1 is more like ea.. there are quite a few differences between them.. |
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Hi Again.
This afternoon I got to work piecing the Wagoon back together. Troyman dropped around and gave me a new lower air box, as the one in the Wagon was in several pieces. That allowed me to reinstall the mixer in the intake path and add the XH intake snorkle as well. I put the bumper back on and then Luke and I went for a short drive. We had to go to Woolies and put in some petrol in the Wagon. I am happy with how the Wagon goes at this point. I want to give the engine a well overdue service before exploring the limits of performance. I have dropped the thermo fans in, but have not wired them up yet. That will be the job for tomorrow afternoon. I have all the bits, just have to do it. A couple of pics of the engine in place. 
And of course the obligatory shot of the self shifter. 
I have made a good start to piecing the interior back together and I should have the final piece needed tomorrow afternoon. Cheers BenJ
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Looking good Ben. Nice work.
I happen to have a pile of the dark grey dash plastics and interior plastics from the EB1 Ghia sedan I stripped sitting here gathering dust and dog hair if you want them.
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Looking the goods there Ben. Nice work and great progress. What are your long term goals for the wagon?
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EVL098 - Thanks mate. I appreciate the offer but the dark plastic won't be staying all that long.
Banarcus - Cheers buddy. The Wagon is to be my new daily driver. The plan is to put the EL interior in out of the Red EB. I will probably do the door trims and external mirrors and door handles first, while I decide what approach to take re the wiring. I will need to replace the engine bay loom with EB11 wiring to work with the EL dash and EB11 loom, so I am considering sourcing EL Fairmont dash and engine looms instead. The work would be much the same labour wise, and the wiring is much neater. The Red EB will slowly be de modded, while still maintaining driveablility, as the Wagon needs to earn my trust before I can depend on it as my sole source of transport. The the driveline will be transplanted in to the Poly ED Ghia. But, for a while at least I will be cruising around with the EB dash and console. I will shortly be swapping the front struts and springs between the wagon and the Red EB. At the moment, due to the lowering blocks, the Wagon rear end sits lower than the front, and I hate that. LOL Cheers BenJ
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Age: 63 Posts: 1584 Joined: 20th Mar 2005 Ride: EDL Fairmont Wagon/AU XR8 Ghia Location: Riverstone |
Great progress Ben, looking good!
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Get that driver's lock cylinder swapped
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snap0964 wrote: Get that driver's lock cylinder swapped
LOL, actually that was the FIRST thing I did yesterday afternoon. I just forgot to mention it. hehe I drove the wagon to the train station this morning as I am now able to lock it up - thanks snap BenJ
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Nice work Ben, black manual Ghia wagoon FTW!!!
It will look s**t hot with the red car's interior in it. Andrew.
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hah don't ya love how friggin long the shifter looks minus the console and boot.
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looking great ben.. when are you going to do the EL interior in my lane?
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huggiebear wrote: looking great ben.. when are you going to do the EL interior in my lane?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Cheers PIMP_LTD, I agree 100%. Oh and Froudey, yes it does. Here it is with the last piece of the interior. 
I was able to secure the boot and uncracked base off HP Hungry, to finish off the EB version of the interior. EL version to come in a future episode. I got most of the wiring done for the thermo fans, but ran out of the 25amp wire. I did wire up one fan completely, and found a clever place to put the Davies Craig switch. Pics of that tomorrow. Cheers BenJ
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Lookin better there Ben, you are making nice progress.
How are you finding driving the manual vs the auto? I bet you try and do things with your left foot when driving the EB! If I ever go manual I will have to retrain myself not to left foot brake!! Cheers RD
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But its not finished yet, you forgot the steering column cover
F**K the door trim colour is...different. Looking forward to pics of it slammed! |
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dan1_721 wrote: But its not finished yet, you forgot the steering column cover Yes, you are correct, still have a couple of bits and pieces to bolt back on. dan1_721 wrote: F**K the door trim colour is...different. And yes again, the door trim colour is . . . . odd, probably looked good when new, but has not survived the test of time. dan1_721 wrote: Looking forward to pics of it slammed!
Mee too!!!!!!!!! Cheers Ben
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