XF gets new donk
My trusty XF wagon motor has expired, only done 230 k which is unusual for them to wear so quickly, they normally go to 400k or more
Badly fuming . Strip down reveals badly worn No. 1 cyl. and the rest are worn too .
New HM donk is on the way . It's a late 1987 XF with the electronic ignition advance computer . The motor geneology goes way back to the 1960's . Ford here designed a crossflow head for the classic 250 engine.
The classic BOGAN car .... cheap but not nasty
The auto transmission is the ubiquitous Borg-Warner 3 speed .. which goes back to the 1950's and was used in just about everything on wheels.
MIKE
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1940 cab 11 C8
1940 Morris-Commercial PU
1941 Morris-Commercial CS8
1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.)
1942-45 Jeep salad
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