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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:43 pm 
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EF Dash to EB is it possible or won't it fit?

also are the seats just a straight swap over or does it involve drilling new holes etc ? (front and back seats)

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:50 pm 
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A number of people change the seats and door skins as these are relatively simple (the doors in particular as these items were carried over with little modifcation from EA all the way to EL) but a full dash transplant may be a little more difficult but I wouldn't really know.

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:52 pm 
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EF/EL dash into a EA/EB/ED is possible, easier to replace full wiring loom from donor car as well.

Before the crash there was heaps of posts on it, a few different Ford Modders did this conversion to various models.

Waggin and other Ford modders did a conversion to one of Waggins many Fords (this might be MRE40L car now?), they might have started a doco on it too?

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:21 pm 
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i got some piks of this conversion
im going to write a doco for it when i get my Puter Fixed (shagged HD)
ill be doing with step by steps with diagrams and images

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:30 pm 
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MRE-40L wrote:
i got some piks of this conversion
im going to write a doco for it when i get my Puter Fixed (shagged HD)
ill be doing with step by steps with diagrams and images


Sounds good! :)

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:00 pm 
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If you don't want to shift the handbrake, you will need to find a six seater dash.

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:29 pm 
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PFT six seater dash. just undo the top handbrake mount, and it works fine:) sits nicely under the ef dash

 

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:32 pm 
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yuo just need the pedal box and foot rachet '
im in the process of adapting eb handbrake cables to suit ef/el foot rachet

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:38 am 
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MRE-40L,

Are the dashes all the same in the EF/EL's? I thought the 6 seater might have had the same handbrake setup as the EB. Is the EF/EL setup that you are using similar to what the holden torana/sunbird used to have?

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All depends if you want a factory look, eh. I think I saw some pics (might have been your car) of what you have done regarding the handbrake.

As for my car (EB with FULL EF/EL interior) I had the EL floor sections put into it so that the handbrake is beside the drivers seat.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:01 am 
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This is true. I was thinking about changing the handbrake, but cause of being manual, I didnt want to go the foot brake. Also, to change to the floor mounted type, I would have had to change my seats etc, which wasnt an option at the time. However, I am looking at getting an EB11 shell soon, which will be recieving the same treatment, and ill be doing the handbrake mod, so be prepared for lots of questions:)

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:50 pm 
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No worries dude, when you are ready ask away.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:48 pm 
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all ef el dashes are same 5/6 seater
the only difference is with 6 seater is the loom for power/econ
and under the ashtray there is an end cap

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:30 am 
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Low Na wrote:
but cause of being manual, I didnt want to go the foot brake.


LOL! I can see how that could potentially be a problem.

On a more serious note, is it even possible to fit the foot brake to a manual car? I mean, given that column shift manual died nearly 25 years ago I'd imagine that the E series were never designed with it in mind and the foot brake was simply mounted where the clutch pedal would normally go. Is that true?

 

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