How many coolants hoses are there on an AU Fairmont?

To my knowledge there is the upper radiator hose, the lower radiator hose, and the two smaller hoses which come from the coolant tank. So that makes 4.

Are there any other coolant hoses?

I'm thinking of changing the whole set of coolant hoses and the next step would be to find out what brand of hose is recommended. any ideas would be great thanks

There's 2 that go to the heater, and a bypass hose under the inlet manifold, and 1 that goes from under the expansion tank to the radiator.

good question mate, and if i were u i'd do them all at the same time to save a lot of head aches.. i done 3 different hoses in 1 month..thats 100 bucks in coolant alone..3 months later a heater tap which blew again 3 months after that..atleast my cooling system is clean

Top Rad Hose ER 8260AMC $19.10
Bottom Rad Hose ER 8286BMC $26.45
Rad to Coolant overflow bottle ER 8A365AMC $25.95
Bypass coolant hoses V 890115S485A, V 890115SA85A $8.50 and $17.60
Heater Bypass hose 10mm ID V 890115S140A $4.60
Heater hose from heater front tube to heater tap V 890120S240A $7.80
Heater Hose water pump to heater core EF 18C266A $47.20
Heater Hose tap to heater core EA 18472AMC $13.60
Heater Tap YG 211 $48.20

Hope that helps some

OK i'll do the whole set

what brand of radiator hose you reckon i should get??

genuine Ford or.... which after market brand u reckon??

Well, for the Rad top and bottom hose, after market should be ok but the rest you might have to go genuine. I truly don't know if anyone else does the rest of them except maybe the bypass hoses.
The expensive Heater hose you will have to get genuine as it has a fitting on one end.
Mackay hoses are ok as they are generally the OEM anyway and I guess dunlop are ok too.

One thing, get concentrated coolant, don't buy that cheap stuff from anyone as it is mostly water you are bringing home.
Green stuff is what you want, you can buy it genuine but a tad more expensive. I don't have the cost for it but the number is R1 33 for the 5ltr and R1 32 for the 1ltr.

how about these two sets? any good?

Set 1:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AU-Falcon-6-Cyl- ... 2c52679381

Set 2:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-Falcon-AU-4 ... 45eb4e4cc8

A mob called "Mackay", made the OEM hoses, and are available. Repco tend to sell Gates or their own brand. Supercheap sell Mackay.