Hi All,
I'm sure by now you have all heard about the horrific bushfires that have been sweeping through Australia's South East coast state of Victoria.
As of this week the death toll has now gone over 200, and as a supplement to the tragedy, a volunteer firefighter lost his life the other...
Hi All,
This morning I was driving along and the ABS light came on. I pulled over, switched the car off, turned it back on and the light was still on. I then drove for about another 5min and it went off. Hasn't come back on since.
What can cause the ABS to malfunction like that?? Am I...
I don't know if anyone has posted this link but I laugh myself stupid every time I watch it :dancenana:
WARNING: LANGUAGE IS NWS!!!!
http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.html
Mods, if this is too harsh please delete.
Oz :beer:
I also put this up in The Pub but thought there might be some guys here with specific knowledge of what I'm searching for.
I have a mate who purchased a slightly broken (bent valve) 2V 4.6. He's going to put it in his hotrod but wants to give it a bit more go go.
I know I've seen instals...
Hi All,
I have a mate who purchased a slightly broken (bent valve) 2V 4.6. He's going to put it in his hotrod but wants to give it a bit more go go.
I know I've seen instals of Eatons from 03 Cobras on 2V motors so I need to know who does the conversion kit for this.
Before anyone gives...
So, with Gas prices hitting $6+ per gallon in Oz for low grade unleaded, it's getting a fair bit more costly per month. Premium is now $6.80 per gallon!
I drive the Cobra as a DD and it gets the odd run in boost, but mostly just potters along. If I take it out on the weekend it might get more...
Hi All,
Question - lately after my car has sat overnight, startup has a fair bit of belt slip for at least 2min. It goes away after a little warmth builds up (remember we're going into our cold months here) but I'm a tad concerned.
What's the average replacement age for a serpentine belt...
Just interested - the USA has quite a low Central Bank cash rate at the moment which obviously affects everything downstream.
Low interest rates are great news when you have a mortgage but what about when you need to invest? Are you taking out bonds, playing the market, or just leaving it...
Hi All,
Had a quick look on the board but couldn't see any posting about this - part of Universal Studios burned down? I head it on the news here in Oz this morning. Apparently the Back to the Future set is gone amongs other bits and pieces.
Just had a quick look and found this -->...
Has anyone ever seen these before??
http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/aurora/gallerydetails.php?session=ae51a9b8
That would make for a sweet set of gauges in an AC.
You can actually design your own gauges or choose from their designs and have them printed as a set.
Oz
Do any of you know what the 50,000mile service involves? Is it a major service. I don't have the book in front of me and if there are parts I need to order I have to order them today from Steve (FordSVTParts) cause he's sending other stuff to me.
I've given up getting any parts from Ford Oz...
Hi All,
So the new Oz Falcon has been launched. So far there are only a few articles available about it as they were written before the official launch to coincide with production deadlines. Hopefully in the next couple of months we'll have full blown testing and better pics, etc.
In the...
When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.
I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I had forgotten to make. I found the number and dialled it. A man...
Hi All,
There was an article in the Sunday paper in Oz about a "new fuel saving revolution". Now normally I don't put any credence into this stuff cause we've all seen the shows where you can increase this or that and poof, automotive nirvana is achieved.
However, as this one actually made...
Hi All,
There's a local ski-race club about 5 miles down the road from my house. A mate who I observed for last year was running there a couple of weeks ago so I grabbed the camera and headed down.
Turns out that the club didn't have any recent shots so I volunteered some of mine from the...
Proudly showing off his newly-leased downtown apartment to a couple of friends late one night, a drunk Samoan led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong hanging on the wall.
"What's that big brass gong for ?" one of the friend's asked.
"Issss nod a gong. Issss a talking...
Hi All,
I found something I want to buy on ebay but the seller doesn't ship outside of the USA. That's ok as I have a friend in MN who will accept stuff for me and then I pay her the freight to send to Oz. It's funny how many sites in the USA don't actually have any shipping outside of the...
Bob recently turned 90.
He's played golf every day since he retired at age 65 and has always loved the game.
Then one day he came home looking very dejected and said to his wife "I'm giving that stupid game away".
"What's wrong Bob?" asked Ethel his wife, "you love golf"...
"Yeah I...
Hi All,
Quick question - I want to order a billet grille set for my 03 Explorer and trying to decide form just pics on the Internet is pretty hard.
The brands I've tracked down so far are:
SES Trims
Carriage Works
Lund
Grille Tech
I've read some pretty good things about Carriage...
Hi All,
I have a slight problem (well people have been saying that to me for years but that's another story)...
I have a 2003 Ford Explorer and when bought new in Oz you could get a hard plastic bug shield and headlight protectors as optional accessories. Well, the car got caught in a hail...
Hi All,
Some of you know about our local V8 Supercar race series in Oz. For those who don't, essentially it's a Ford V Holden (Chevy) series that has slowly expanded to take in a few overseas events as well as the local races.
They are heading to Bahrain for a round soon and to mark 10...