Despite what you may think, doing your own auto body and paint repair is not that difficult. In fact, if I can do it and get great results I am sure anyone can do the same! What it does take is knowledge. Knowledge of the correct procedures and methods and knowledge of the right products [...]
With Mechanical Repairs off my list of things to do for a while due to ongoing problems with my back I thought I would do a tutorial on what I know about Re-Painting a car. No, I am not talking about getting a tin of Mission Brown Enamel and the widest brush you can find [...]
Is your EF or EL Falcon loosing a lot coolant but there is no evidence of a leak? Now I’m not trying to scare you, but it could be that the head gasket is leaking, albeit in a place that hides the evidence very well! We have seen this issue many times over the years so I [...]
We have recieved a number of emails from readers using the HOW TO REPLACE A HEAD GASKET ON AN E SERIES FALCON tutorial regarding the correct procedure for releasing the timing chain tensioner and up until now I have been unable to get my hands on a Falcon to document the steps. Thankfully Shayne, an AU [...]
Last week we came across an interesting fact – a number of early 1998 model EL Falcons were fitted with a ‘revised’ I6 engine which would eventually be the engine of choice for the AU Falcon. The reason that this came to our attention was that we had a reader (Hi Ron!) who was following [...]
We had an email today from Mick asking if we could do a ‘how to’ on replacing a head gasket on the overhead cam six cylinder engines found in EA to EL Falcons. I did have a Falcon engine here up until a few weeks ago that would have been perfect to photograph each step [...]