BoZZas Weekend + Questions for box conv.

[BoZZa17]

hey,

just some info on what ive been up to and some quesitons i have:

last week i bought a smashed ea 5 speed... it has rebuilt engine and xr6 cylinder head on it (by jmm)

ok so i spend the weekend pulling the engine and 5speed out the car (using mongrel eb and gli90's manual conversion engine out guide) you guys rock, love the guide..

ok so now ive got the engine and box sitting in the garage i was looking under the dash's of both cars

and my eb series 1 (that the engine and 5speed is going into) has a huge 4speed auto controller box right up against where the clutch pedal is going to go.. what have you other guys done when converting? do you just unplug the 4speed controller box and leave the loom hangin? or do you leave it all connected and just try and get the clutch pedal in and leave them right next to each other?

oviously this question is only for the 4speed ea2's and eb1's. any info would help heaps.

the plan is to get the engine and box in the car next weekend so will post up some pics ect... just waiting ona usb cable for the camera.

thanks guys
specail thatnks to mongreleb and gli90

-BoZZa

[InitialD]

Austin just remove the trans ECU. You wont be needing it ;)

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by InitialD

Austin just remove the trans ECU. You wont be needing it ;)

you talking to me? Or does somebody have the same name?! :

[Psycho Chicken]

I think they do.

[neb]

bozza = austin

good luck with the conversion boz... should be nice getting a 5spd again!

[niko]

pull it out its extra weight :P

[BoZZa17]

ahhh mad
yeah im real excited... miss the old 5 speed
cant wait.. hopefully this sunday night >=) reco xr engine and 5speed =) woot

know anyone who wants a half decent 3.9L and good auto 4 speed?
let me know! 04040245440

and is there anpther austin here? madcun7!!

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by BoZZa17

and is there anpther austin here? madcun7!!

Sure Is! :

[niko]

not a very common name lol

[SileNceR]

remove the TCU and cable tie the loom out of the way

[BoZZa17]

ta for the responeses
looks like just chuckin the ecu out and leavin the loom in, is the way to go.

also anyone know if there is a re-enforcer yet for the firewall?
(i know my old 5-speed's firewall had to be re welded)

is there like aplate i can buy from somewhere so i will never need my firewall to be welded?

[InitialD]

I dont believe there is a aftermarket plate that i know of, but id get a plate welded on ASAP to save a nice hole being created ;)

[niko]

ive seen plates u just chuk in, so i assume u can buy them from somewere, im gonna go chase it up at a brake and clutch joint

[SileNceR]

apparrantly there was a ford part for an XD/F or something which required a little modification to fit... makes you wonder tho, if they had that problem back then, wtf didn't they make that area stronger in the E series cars?

[niko]

its ford, its not a "save u money" organisation! lol

[BoZZa17]

haha so true
here some pics of the biz goin on

[Psycho Chicken]

Originally Posted by SileNceR

apparrantly there was a ford part for an XD/F or something which required a little modification to fit... makes you wonder tho, if they had that problem back then, wtf didn't they make that area stronger in the E series cars?

The thing you are talking about is a metal plate used on XD-XE 6 cylinder manuals. The set up on XD-XE is totally different. There's a hole in the firewall for the clutch cable, however it's different to the E-series hole. XD/XE V8s have a hydraulic clutch, 6 cylinder had a cable. There's a hole with two studs either side of it, the master cylinder in V8s bolts up there and the clutch cable on 6 cylinders goes through that hole. Auto had a blanking plate. The hole is a good square inch big, not like the small hole on E-series.

I believe XF is the same as e-series, I could be wrong though. XF had a revised firewall so they may have done away with the provision for a hydraulic clutch.

[BoZZa17]

mmm one of them would be handy to get so i dont need any re-welding down the track...