AUII Fairlane Sportsman - BIG AL

[olfella]

Originally Posted by Cav

Is the thngamajig where the strut clips on and screws into the car available from Ford?

One side is OK, the other has a coating of rust.

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They are the same for the bonnet. So take a Ford for a test drive and take a spanner... and a broom handle just in case

[Cav]

I've finally found someone who knows some **** about Fords.

Hi Ian

On your model they were supplied as part of the plate, they then needed to be cut off and welded on and painted

They are now no longer available

You can however use the stud listed here - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....m=121499222546

it will need to be welded or braised on
Best Regards,
Darren Alexander

So I ordered one. I can't weld, so I guess I'll have to use superglue.

[Cav]

Well BIG AL is still out in the rain.

Here he is waiting outside the Chewmit bowlo while I am partying bigtime inside.

[olfella]

No leaks found then? Not that I would expect a car of this calibre to leak. With that boot stud, why not hit it with a wire brush and paint some rust preventative on it as it is still serviceable.

[Cav]

Originally Posted by olfella

No leaks found then? Not that I would expect a car of this calibre to leak. With that boot stud, why not hit it with a wire brush and paint some rust preventative on it as it is still serviceable.

Yeah that's my intention too OldKent

[mcfly94]

Mine boot pivot ball have gone to!
Have sourced screw ball pivots

Plan of attack not decided, contemplating to grind of original, nut sert the boot channel screw in new pivots, (have new pivots primed and 2kd)

Or drill out spot welds to remove plate its welded on, yeah weld new ones in and then have the boot channel repainted!

Watch my thread as a fix will come soon!

[Cav]

Ssrew ball pivots?

wheredotageddit?

[mcfly94]

Think mine are off a ba.

[Cav]

DRLs Sportsman Style (and on time delay too so no need to touch the switch, *****)

[4vxc]

what's going on there?

[Cav]

The car has a time delay on the headlights, so I leave parkers on all the time.

They switch off 1 minute after motor is turned off.

[4vxc]

ok, I've never used the delay switch on mine

[mcfly94]

i think its one minute 30 seconds, activated when ignition switched off as said

[Cav]

****! Now I'm going to have to time it

[Fairlane Al]

Nice ride. Loving the fact you've named it Big Al, after me.

As much as I love my silver and grey Sportsman I do like the single colour Sportsmans especially your goldish colour.

What sort of driving do you do in yours, I find that when I'm just driving around town I get something in the region of 15 to 20 litres/100 but throw in a few open road trips and it drops right back down. Best I've recorded on a highway run was 8.2 from Lithgow to Ballina.

[Cav]

Sheesh

Got wheel alignment done ... $90!

Not many places in town that can do it.

My regular mechanic told me that the brakes would need doing in about 8,000kms.

While I was at this other place getting the wheel alignment, I asked what it would roughly cost to do the brakes with new pads and rotors. My eyes glazed over when he said 3 hours labour at $100 an hour.

[mcfly94]

You guys have shocking economy! when my ltd was stock (v8) i was getting 14.6l around town and 8.6l on highway (melbourne to adelaide trip)
now it has full exhaust, 3.9 diff gears, messed with the tune (not finalised to bit rich) and its sitting on 19.6l 100km on my extremely heavy foot, yet to do a highway trip

[Cav]

Originally Posted by Fairlane Al

Nice ride. Loving the fact you've named it Big Al, after me.

As much as I love my silver and grey Sportsman I do like the single colour Sportsmans especially your goldish colour.

What sort of driving do you do in yours, I find that when I'm just driving around town I get something in the region of 15 to 20 litres/100 but throw in a few open road trips and it drops right back down. Best I've recorded on a highway run was 8.2 from Lithgow to Ballina.

The colour is Organza which is a goldy silver and does look different depending upon the light. Most of those pics were taken late afternoon in what is called the Magic hour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)

The trip computer says 22.2l/100kms!

But I've only done short trips around town. It will be a Sunday car, so consumption doesn't really matter so long as it is operating efficiently.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Cav

Sheesh

Got wheel alignment done ... $90!

Not many places in town that can do it.

You're right. Most places here charge $45-$55

[Fairlane Al]

22.2 around town seems high but not unusually high. I got 18.7 doing 50km around Lithgow, it didn't go over 70km/h for the week, but after a trip to Bathurst and back it dropped to around 12.5 per hundred. Honestly I didn't buy a 4 litre 6cylinder 1700kg luxury car to worry about fuel consumption.

McFly, I regret not getting the V8 LTD I was looking at. I massively regret that...

[mcfly94]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

You're right. Most places here charge $45-$55

$45-55 will get you a toe and go

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by mcfly94

$45-55 will get you a toe and go

Maybe where you are

[mcfly94]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Maybe where you are

Very rarely i managed to get a wheel alignment done in 30 minutes (including getting the car on and off hoist)
When ever i'm too lazy to do my own, i take it else where and people look at me as if speaking a foreign language when i want camber and caster adjusted (and say it will be more than standard wheel alignment charge which is stated as $45)

You guys are getting a score and a half if mechanics are adjusting everything on the car (which normally takes around an hour to do) for $50 or so

[OffRoadFalcon]

Originally Posted by Cav

The car has a time delay on the headlights, so I leave parkers on all the time.

They switch off 1 minute after motor is turned off.

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Loving the thread and the car mate, and your photos are awesome too, perfect time of year to be taking photos of an Organza car!
I must admit it's not a favourite colour of mine, but the photos bring out the best of it, well done!

Now... I'm just wondering, did it come with the woodgrain headlight switch?
I've only seen that a few times, and wonder how many had it?
I'd love to get my hands on one, as I'm doing a black Ghia interior swap in the RTV wagon soon, including the Sat Nav!

[mcfly94]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFalcon

Loving the thread and the car mate, and your photos are awesome too, perfect time of year to be taking photos of an Organza car!
I must admit it's not a favourite colour of mine, but the photos bring out the best of it, well done!

Now... I'm just wondering, did it come with the woodgrain headlight switch?
I've only seen that a few times, and wonder how many had it?
I'd love to get my hands on one, as I'm doing a black Ghia interior swap in the RTV wagon soon, including the Sat Nav!

Theres an ltd one on ebay for $300 if you feel like spending

[OffRoadFalcon]

Originally Posted by mcfly94

Theres an ltd one on ebay for $300 if you feel like spending

Colour doesn't match though... and I got the entire dash etc for almost half that!!

[mcfly94]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFalcon

Colour doesn't match though... and I got the entire dash etc for almost half that!!

maybe sportsman came with standard woodgrain colour

[Cav]

Originally Posted by OffRoadFalcon

Loving the thread and the car mate, and your photos are awesome too, perfect time of year to be taking photos of an Organza car!
I must admit it's not a favourite colour of mine, but the photos bring out the best of it, well done!

Now... I'm just wondering, did it come with the woodgrain headlight switch?
I've only seen that a few times, and wonder how many had it?
I'd love to get my hands on one, as I'm doing a black Ghia interior swap in the RTV wagon soon, including the Sat Nav!

The dash woodgrain headlight switch I assume comes with the Sportsman package; but I am not entirely sure. The papers given to me by the previous owner have a Fairlane brochure which shows the headlight switch black. It also has blurb about the Statesman but it is the one later in the year with the two toned exterior, and the headlight switch is black!



There are no modification to the car from stock. When the radio carked it they got another, the same as the original but refurbished for an eye watering $500!!!



I can't believe they would spend that much on a Ford system and not get a good quality double din unit.

So maybe it did come from the factory with the woodgrain headlight switch.

[auIILTD]

As far as I am aware Cav, the only cars to get the woodgrain switch were the LTDs. But in my following of AU's it seems there was no consistency with what you may have got from the factory.

Stu

[5.8]

My sportsman has the black switch, as are all I have seen. I'm guessing yours is an LTD one.