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{USERNAME} wrote: Happy to see your T5 is just about ready to go back in  Once its in and running, you will have to laugh at the whole situation id say. Terrible thing to go through, but you managed to sort it out after much frustration.Cheers Yeah i'm already laughing, laughing through disbelief at how long it's taken lol. I'm just hoping the ECU is ok as it came from the same guy as the Gbox did.......  The amount of money i have spent on just putting this gearbox in, has made me pass the stage of caring, and now i'm just happy to finally being able to drive the damned thing. |
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That is a bloody good price i reckon, i hate to think what kind of prices some of the speeds shops over here would charge for the same items. You buying from Oz or straight out of the US? Have found a lot of V8 parts are cheap as chips out of the US, places like Summit and Atlantic Speed, etc.
With the thermo fan swap, do you need the thermo's straight out of a ef/el v8 model or will the 6 cyl thermo's work? Reason i ask is because there is a guy on Trade me wrecking out a 5.0 Lane (NF i think by the looks of it, but he has it advertised as a Fairmont Ghia lol), dunno if you have seen it yet. His prices seem reasonable so you may be able to get them cheap.. But with the price of that MSD gear, i'd be inclined to snap that up first and leave the thermo's for later 
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all EF and EL thermos are the same apart from the plugs. AU ones are smaller in size but can be made to fit
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{USERNAME} wrote: That is a bloody good price i reckon, i hate to think what kind of prices some of the speeds shops over here would charge for the same items. You buying from Oz or straight out of the US? Have found a lot of V8 parts are cheap as chips out of the US, places like Summit and Atlantic Speed, etc. With the thermo fan swap, do you need the thermo's straight out of a ef/el v8 model or will the 6 cyl thermo's work? Reason i ask is because there is a guy on Trade me wrecking out a 5.0 Lane (NF i think by the looks of it, but he has it advertised as a Fairmont Ghia lol), dunno if you have seen it yet. His prices seem reasonable so you may be able to get them cheap.. But with the price of that MSD gear, i'd be inclined to snap that up first and leave the thermo's for later Yeah mate the MSD stuff is from Summit, was hoping it would be cheaper but they charge $us50 for postage I saw that "fairmont ghia" lol, man the guy obviously can't have much of a clue, the car bloody says fairlane all over it!! He has offered me the fans for $60, but i have had a guy offer me a set for $30 so i'm waiting on a reply from him, the expensive part is getting the switch kit from supercreep ($100). I was considering leaving the thermos for later as i really do need the new dizzy stuff, but also i need to pay two sets of rego before i can drive this thing (12 months as i never put it on hold, plus the new 6 months rego so about $350 of rego to pay  ){USERNAME} wrote: Hey Mason, do you have a set of thermos already? No i don't mate, have been trying to find a cheap set with no cracks and the warning stickers still attached. Have found a couple for $45-$60, but then they charge silly postage prices. One guy emailed me yesterday offering me a set for $30 plus post (from up north island) but haven't heard back yet. |
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mate check ebay.com.au, most places will post to NZ, and its way cheaper then $100. there is a few members on here selling kits, surely they wont mind posting to NZ for you
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{USERNAME} wrote: mate check ebay.com.au, most places will post to NZ, and its way cheaper then $100. there is a few members on here selling kits, surely they wont mind posting to NZ for you Is that for the full wiring and switch kit? Supercheap in town sell them for $99.95 exactly (nz dollars). Whats the going rate in Aussie? I'll see if i can find some in the sales forum. My new ticky badges turned up yesterday too ($36 off ebay) look ok, very plastic but look 100% like the original badges. Plan to have them mounted below my BF V8 badges on the guards. Oh and i need some T5 rebuild advice, i posted a question in the tranny forum, but no replies yet. I need to know what peoples clusters felt like when hand turning after shimming them? Mine is shimmed correctly, but firm to turn by hand. Any less firm and it wouldn't be preloaded. I just want to make sure before i stick the mainshaft in and bolt it all up. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: Hey Mason, do you have a set of thermos already? No i don't mate, have been trying to find a cheap set with no cracks and the warning stickers still attached. Have found a couple for $45-$60, but then they charge silly postage prices. One guy emailed me yesterday offering me a set for $30 plus post (from up north island) but haven't heard back yet. No worries. Those prices are heaps cheaper then what they sell for over here. I was going to say I have a set and would help you out, but at those prices your much better off. I would expect 70-80 on average for over here. All good man!  See Ash, I'm tellin' ya mate, kiwi's haven't got a clue what Falcon parts are worth in Oz! Cheers anyway mate, much appreciated. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: Yeah, you guys are giving the stuff away. You need to fill up a container and send it over this way. We'll be f**k loaded!!!  No worries mate, a $30 set would do you very nicely  Keen to move in on a business venture? Another cheap item which has me pulling my hair out, is there is an LTD identical to mine that i could have for $3000, it has straight panels, GT40 tubular intake, pacemakers and mint interior. I'm very tempted to grab it, but that would mean going to the bank and adding another $4200 onto my current loan, as i would have to pay Jeff's haulage $1200 to get it here. Very tempting though as i could keep the goodies and sell the engine minus the GT40 and pacies..... |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: Keen to move in on a business venture? Very possibly, I'm hoping to have a lot of space on my hands soon so anything may be possible. Could make something out of this {USERNAME} wrote: Another cheap item which has me pulling my hair out, is there is an LTD identical to mine that i could have for $3000, it has straight panels, GT40 tubular intake, pacemakers and mint interior. I'm very tempted to grab it, but that would mean going to the bank and adding another $4200 onto my current loan, as i would have to pay Jeff's haulage $1200 to get it here. Very tempting though as i could keep the goodies and sell the engine minus the GT40 and pacies..... $1200? Where is it coming from? Up north, i paid $1100 to get my current ltd trucked down from there too. The main reason i want it is for parts if i ever need anything such as panels or interior. I'm scared to touch my car in case something breaks, i haven't found or seen another DC ltd V8 here in NZ. There's bound to be a few kicking around but as far as parts go, Nil. Plus it's the same colour. |
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Yeee Hawww partners! The box is in and running, took it for a quick spin around the block, goes good like it should. Was a wee bit hard to get into gears but that was down the clutch issues, shifts fine now. Just have to Time the beast and get a WOF and Rego and were sorted for the next mods!
I can't beleive how good the car sounds and goes, it changes the whole thing completely, the sound, the feel, the go! |
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Really glad to hear you got it back on the road Mason.
Sucks that it took so long and cost so much more then it was originally meant to but I reckon it would be all worthwhile now.
_________________ {USERNAME} wrote: More people paid for a ride in a VT commodore then an AU Falcon so the VT is superior.
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good work mate. i bet you are in love with the thing for the first time in a while.
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Thats awesome to hear mate, glad something good has finally come of the set back you suffered with that stuffed T5. Looking forward to the up and coming mods
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Wooohooo!!!!!!
Great news!!! Pics Damn IT!!!!! And Video!!!!! Cheers BenJ
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{USERNAME} wrote: Well done man, you must have a massive grin on your face I now have face cramp mate. lol. {USERNAME} wrote: Really glad to hear you got it back on the road Mason. Sucks that it took so long and cost so much more then it was originally meant to but I reckon it would be all worthwhile now. Yeah tell me about it mate, i haven't even added up how much this box has cost me, but hey, i suppose it doesn't really matter in the end, it's only money, money comes around again. The box sure has suffered a massive amount of abuse in it's short life time. Just need a super charger now! {USERNAME} wrote: good work mate. i bet you are in love with the thing for the first time in a while. Very much so, i'm just doing some finishing work on it now, before giving it a wash and polish then off to get a WOF so i can start driving the thing, in the short drive i went in it yesterday, i couldn't believe how much the 5 speed changes the car, i always heard people saying it but until i experienced it my self, i didn't really know.{USERNAME} wrote: Thats awesome to hear mate, glad something good has finally come of the set back you suffered with that stuffed T5. Looking forward to the up and coming mods Yeah, box is all fresh, although it still has one or two small noises every now and then, which i suppose is normal until everything sets itself in......i hope haha {USERNAME} wrote: Wooohooo!!!!!! Great news!!! Pics Damn IT!!!!! And Video!!!!! Cheers BenJ They're comin mate! I'll be taking some pics today once it's all cleaned up and looking good again, and i'll take some vids of blatting it down the highway. One thing is for sure, i won't be putting a car cover back on it again, people aren't kidding when they say it f**k the paint! |
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