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Thanks man very much appreciate your comments.

Thanks Pauly, glad you enjoyed the vid, cheers Mark

Can't remember exactly but needs a good earth to the frame and the engine. If you can get a wiring diagram it will show the points that require an earth. Good luck with your project 👍

Check out pt2 reassembly 👍👍

The main big bracket has torques heads on the wheel well side and nuts on the inner chassis side. You can get a ratchet or a ring spanner on them. The sway bar clamp has fixed bolts on them and the nuts are accessed from the inside of the main bracket. Have another look at when I take them off and on. Good luck 👍

@@markxtinkering cheers mate!;

Thanks man, appreciate your positive feedback. Life has got in the way of making videos recently but I have begun pt2 so give me a bit and I will hopefully get freed up and get it done soon. Cheers. Mark

If you don't like what you see then DONT WATCH and keep your poison trash to yourself!

Thanks for your positive feedback. Your right about BF stopping in 2008 in the sedan but the ute and wagon continued until 2010. So I have the last year of production. The factory compliance plate says BF so you can't argue with that 👍😁

@@markxtinkeringI stand corrected...thanks for that..

Thanks 👍

Agreed, I think ford had reliability issues with the coils packs at one stage? so may have influenced the decision?? I have a BF now so problem sorted 😁

@@markxtinkering bf is one of my favourite newer models in falcons

I've got a few vids fixing it up 👍

@@markxtinkering I like watching your videos you’re a down to earth good fella and you explain everything in normal manner

Cheers mate 👍👍

Thanks man, appreciate your feedback 👍👍

I considered changing to the EF type setup at one stage just to eliminate the dizzy issues. The after market ones seem to die way too soon. Got my setup sorted so shelved the plan.

Thanks for the feedback HPH, this is a big part of why I do what I do. If it helps someone else then that's my reward. Thanks for watching, Cheers Mark

So the power goes to the coils then the path to earth is switched by the points. The condensers hang off that circuit. Check your coil for power. Old bikes have old wire connectors so make sure ALL of them are good and tight. Might need to clean some or crimp them a bit to ensure a tight connection. Good luck.👍👍

No worries man. Good luck with your job 👍

Putting a b wagon dif in my ba ute I'm hoping a non slip will slot straight in

Don't see how they are any different to ute diffs as far as dimensions go? Good luck with it man 👍

Utes limited slip and wagon is standard but yup every thing is the same bolt in

Glad your getting some value from the vids. I couldn't find any comprehensive videos on the GT185 so structured this series for others to reference. Good luck with your project 👍

Hey Jeff, this switch was a real pain in the butt to get assembled and apologies for not showing it clearer. The start button pushes through the case then the spring goes over the pin on the button from the inside. The spring pushes against the U shaped bit. The U shape is facing away from the spring. This makes the spring action of the button because the U shape is captured in the casing. Really hard to describe but if you drop me your email address I will send you a picture. Good luck with it, cheers ,Mark

Thanks for your comments, try pulling a spark plug out, plug it back into the coil, lay it on the rocker cover and check if you have spark when winding the engine over. This will help you narrow down if it's ignition or lpg. My car is ex-taxi so has a lot of wear, even in the ignition barrel for the key. I have bumped it the wrong way once while driving and the car cut out. Good luck finding the problem and getting up and going again 👍

Took some doing but it was worth taking the time and effort. Thanks for your feedback 👍👍

Thanks so much for your positive feedback. This is the link to the rubber sleeve www.ebay.com.au/itm/165494940753?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=vAdKUn79SSy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=P8BbxW-xShq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Holly shit that's a bummer. I did even consider changing over to the EF coil pack system to avoid all this, but if you can get a dizzy in there with OEM drive gear you should be ok? Good luck with your repair 👍

It was hard to tell if it was spinning or hit and miss. I'm going to say the latter because every now and again when we were trying to start it, it would let out the mother of all backfires.New dizzy is hard to get seated properly because it has to key into the oil pump. If it's not all the way down it may not be engaging with the drive gear? Identify the interface were the dizzy body sits against the engine block. Easiest way is to give the dizzy a little turn, then try to get a feeler gauge (any size) in between them. If it goes in then it's not fully down. It will need to be pulled partially back out, turned a bit then try it again. If it is fully down the rotate the engine by hand to No1 TDC and check the rotor position is correct. Google it and you will get a pic. If all this fails to get you going the you might need to pull it right out and get a small inspection mirror or borescope camera down in the hole and check the gear. Good luck, it's not the easiest of jobs setting it all up properly.

@@markxtinkering discovered that it does have a flat spot💥 now I’m thinking about fixing it or parking it up, it’s got rego till may but apparently it’s $500 for a new billet aux drive gear

I was lucky enough to get one from a wrecked XG ute but maybe anything from EB onwards might fit too? $500 seems a bit rich to me but I guess it would still be worth it to save the car if it is still good nick otherwise. I must admit when I found this issue on my EL I had to have a good think about the situation and if I was prepared to go there. I'm glad I did because it was very rewarding when it ran again 👍

@@markxtinkering thats what i was think, at most its 2 days pissing around in the shed and ive got till may to get around to it too, id try one from a wrecked motor but itd be hit n miss and they are getting hard to find now, i have an EB but i dont wanna wreck it im actually in the process of doing the same on my mates EB fairmont, we got the new dizzy in, lot less plan than the one in my EL, but we must still have the timing off, i set all the leads to the correct spots on the rotor cap, got TDC and set it to the first one (either it was TDC exhaust or it was 180 out) we managed to get a couple of backfires out the intake, more luck than weve had so far, so i swapped it back around to what should be right and we had absiloutly nothing im thinking when we have another crack we make sure weve got TDC compression and ignore the harmonic balencer and then see how that goes also my mate didnt take a photo of where the rotor arm was sitting, he just went by memory and im hoping thats the reason it wont run, and we lost the bolt for the dizzy fork too lol starting to feel like real life bush mechanics fixing an EB under a tree in the southern riverina lol

@Footrotflats251 don't go by the balancer, as you saw in the vid my one was out a mile. Guessing it spun at some point. Blow air in the plug hole and you can't go wrong. uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201003/b025b8925936bb6b3ade8a3dbb399941.jpg

Yep your probably right but for now I'm not feeling that enthusiastic 🤣

Thankyou for your positive feedback and makes me happy that someone gets value from my videos.👍👍 Cheers. Mark

Thanks man your positive feedback is much appreciated. I think jacking up the engine is a good option to try. I didn't do that just prayed the sump down after removing the bolts as you already said. It's a bit tricky getting the timing cover to seal on the head again but a little RTV will help. Glad you got some value from the videos and good luck with your project. Cheers, Mark

Try this link here or google EL Falcon ignition timing. Good luck with your project 👍 uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201003/b025b8925936bb6b3ade8a3dbb399941.jpg

It's a bit of a shitty situation and a big job just because of a seemingly small issue. Good luck with getting your car back on the road and I am glad you got some value for the video 👍

@@markxtinkering I am going to change everything while I am doing it. Have bought a new water pump, ordered new pulleys, new belt, new leads, new spark plugs, new distributor, new coil etc etc , car has been in the family since new, just converted it to manual. We have two EL's (my son has one) so keeping all the other parts for spares. Even thinking of dropping a stage three cam and crow valve springs into it. I will be making a video about it as well.

Awesome, look forward to seeing the vid 👍👍

Been there done that. Previously worked in a job with a lot of chemicals so protecting against this formed into a habit. I will endeavour to be a "real man" from now on 🤣🤣

each to his own did you end up fixing the sound in your front end@@markxtinkering

Yes, it was the sway bar mount being bent up and mis-aligning the sway bar.

Thanks for your feedback nealdz, if it wasn't for how filthy this head liner was, I would have gone the thumbtack matrix 😁👍

Thanks man, appreciate your feedback.

Thanks for that, appreciate your positive feedback...one of my earlier videos that I thought no one looked at anymore 😊

Yeh glad I did all those jobs, thermostat surprised me a bit. No problems with the ol girl now. Thanks for watching 👍

Appreciate the feedback Julian and glad you got some value from the video. Good luck with your project 👍

Glad you got some value. Cheers, Mark

Good luck with your project 👍👍

Damn I bought one for like 2500 did I get screwed?

Not really it all depends on the condition of the bike.

@@markxtinkering it’s in really good condition some minor cosmetic issues runs great has a good amount of miles tho

Well there is partzilla, wemoto, good ol eBay. Failing that do a google image search and see what comes up. Get the part number from partzilla or somewhere similar and search that on Google. It was easy to find some things but almost impossible with others. Good luck. If you get stuck just drop me another comment with what your looking for and will have a go my end 👍

@@markxtinkering That is very kind Mark, thank you!