hey guys you may not remember i attempted to start a thread a while ago when i first got my ute "bluebell" but i thought i'd start fresh and make a combo thread for the ute and my daily "eddie"

don't ask me why i name my cars i just do haha

bluebell is a 2007 xr6 ripcurl 5 speed manual ute

and eddie in a 1993 ed falcon gli auto

here's some photos of eddie when i first got it (before and after the clean)





here's a before and after of the clear indicators and before i took it for roady and rego


nice and clean with new plates on



and hopefully soonish this is how i can get the daily sitting, not too low and it's better then the 4x4 spec it has now


but just after having eddie on the road for two weeks i hit a little problem, well a decent size one actually..



it's only a few dents in the bonnet and the headlight was broken (replaced in photo)
but on the way home from work one night it was foggy and wet was lucky to be doing 40k's and a deer came out of no where and didn't see it until the last minute and smack! even though the car cost $250 i was spewing because i am one of those people that likes to keep their gear clean and straight

so hopefully i can pick up a new bonnet and grill for a decent price in this colour and get eddie looking respectable again..

and this is bluebell, my pride and joy i've wanted a ba-bf ute since i was young and having one is a dream come true especially being such a clean and tidy car and me only being a young bloke i'm pretty proud of it.

if you're wondering why it has no number plates i was in the process of changing the plates over

hey guys just picked up some gear for the ute hopefully get it put on this weekend



also got bendix pads to go up with the dba rotors, hopefully it should stop a little better and look a bit tougher haha

Nice. How much were they ? They will be going on my BA next time I do the pads and rotors..

i bought front and back as well and front and back bendix pads for $550 mate

i know it's real p plater like but i wanted a different and cheap look for eddie so went with this haha

all it needs now is some body work attention and it'll look smick

Neat cars bro.

I like the sleeper look stockies and cookie cutters give the car.

There is an aqua coloured ripcurl ute in town here. How many of them were made do you know?

cheers mate i thought that too, just need to get some new tread on two of the tires then i'll keep the look

i'm sure to be honest with you mate, but they stand out! which is sometimes a bad thing..

hey guys i've encounted a little problem on the ed, the other day i changed the dizzy cap/rotor all the leads spark plugs and for some reason now the temp gauge no longer works? is there soemthing around those parts that i may have knocked that sensors the gauge? cheers guys

The temp gauge sensor is one of the 2 or 3 on the thermostat hiusing, double check all the plugs and wires there.. Might have knocked one off or loosened a wire in one?

i had a look and there only seems to be two free hanging wires, this could be a rookie job but i honestly have never worked on car engines before so the whole wiring part i have no idea about

but this is all i could find..





so if anyone has any idea and could help me out that'd be great

Yep, your temp gauge sender is D/C...

The one with the black plug is the temp sensor for the computer. Helps the ECU tune out..

The top right "bung" would hade a sensors too I believe has to do with A/C (not 100% but if its blocked off your car dosnt need it..) the blue plug would go to that, but don't worry about that..

The lower right one is the gauge sender to the dash. And it is unplugged. The little black end on the red wire should have a slot you can push over then end of it.

You have broken the spade connector of the Temp Sender. You will need to replace the sender.

I missed noting that.

The little metal tab is still in the plug.

cheers guys i'll look into getting a new sender tomorrow if they aren't too expensive and try get it working, it's not a big issue for me that it doesn't work but i'd rather just know if the old girl is about to cook or not haha..

also the trip meter or the odometer isn't working since i have bought the car

on my old hiace van we fixed this which was just the cable that runs into the gear wasn't connected right and the little plastic gear cog to the gearbox the teeth were worn out

does the ed run the similar sort of set up?