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gogetta wrote: wow what a saga!!
too bad for the commy, wonder if the same thing would have happend to the ford 4spd Quite likely i would guess, they're far from bulletproof. 35deg+ day, 2t of added weight. You'd spit the chewy too if you had to carry a car to Perth HAHA! |
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heat and autos not good.
my ef is manual, so i didnt have much troubles there. a transmission cooler is a big yes from me too cjh.
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Did you tow in 3rd?.... If you must tow in a auto do it in 3rd to stop the 3->4th changing which makes it heat up like a s*** because it's allways chasing to change into 4th pro tip tranny will last for ages towing if you follow that little bit of advice
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Cy4NiD3 wrote: Did you tow in 3rd?.... If you must tow in a auto do it in 3rd to stop the 3->4th changing which makes it heat up like a s*** because it's allways chasing to change into 4th pro tip tranny will last for ages towing if you follow that little bit of advice
lol when i had to tow the old EA to a mates place with the ED to get the diff done, it was up a 15 degree gradient hill most of the way... kept it in 1st, foot through the floor  , it did no more than 60 lol
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Cy4NiD3 wrote: Did you tow in 3rd?.... If you must tow in a auto do it in 3rd to stop the 3->4th changing which makes it heat up like a s*** because it's allways chasing to change into 4th pro tip tranny will last for ages towing if you follow that little bit of advice
As a matter of fact i did! I did use overdrive downhill and on level ground, but any hint of an incline, smash it into third heehee. Commodore transmissions are serviced every 110,00km's, the ute has done 217,000km's, so it just missed out. It's a loan cr for tradies anyway, so guarantee it hasn't been treated kindly. |
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Good stuff mate.
Terry and jack both know their stuff well, should be a great outcome.
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tick.....tock.....tick.....tock.....tick.....tock.....tick.....tock *yawn*
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how long is the car in the shop for
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I have no idea haha. Probably a couple of weeks at the most...hopefully
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I was up at bpt again this arvo talking to terry and jack..... I remembered this, and jack gave me quick look..... Very, very nice champ its gonna be sweet when its all done, it just gives off a classy vibe..... Also noticed the battery side of the engine bay has enough room for a big, dirty snail
I noticed the work you did to get the head to fit in, eg the cutouts in the bonnet bracing... very well done 
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Hey thanks man, she's getting a bit rough around the edges though, window trims are faded and the panels are getting a bit ripply and i'm not going to go into the story of how that dent got onto the boot lid doh!
I'm just going to concentrate on performance at the moment, i have a set of DBA Gold rotors, new brake booster and master cylinder, rebuilt calipers, pads and braided lines to put in when it's all finished in Perth. Might be a while yet 'till i get the turbo 
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love it matt. next time i'm down south i'll have to stop by (if thats ok!) and check it out!!
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gonan b awesome when they get it working mate, all hard work paying off
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uglybob wrote: love it matt. next time i'm down south i'll have to stop by (if thats ok!) and check it out!!
hobo!
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uglybob wrote: love it matt. next time i'm down south i'll have to stop by (if thats ok!) and check it out!!
No worries man, let us know if you're down this way. |
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