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Good afternoon all. What is happening for everyones weekends?

That sounds a lot better than $3000. Any idea when you will get the repaired PCM back?

My G6E turbo boot spoiler split in 2 places ages ago. I bought a replacement and last weekend I fitted it. The old one was very difficult to remove. I ended up cutting it into pretty small pieces and then prying the pieces off. The glue which had been used was really tough to get off. I am very happy with the result! The replacement spoiler was purchased from Ernicks Fibreglass in Tarren Point - 0431 743 467 It is an exact copy of the original and fit perfectly and Ernie was good to deal with as well, so I would be happy to refer people.

Sounds like it should work a whole lot better now!

Wow! On here for 10 years and first post! For the problem you are having, I think you need to work out exactly where the problem lies, so you know that what you do will help. $3k for a PCM without being 100% sure it will fix the issue is a lot! The "rough idle/loss of power/stall" sounds like it might be a different issue to "I turn the key to start and the car does not turn over". "I turn the key to start and the car does not turn over" sounds like it might be a starter motor, or battery failing? If you think heat causes the problem, does cooling the PCM make any difference? What happens if you start the car with the bonnet open and let the engine get to operating temperature - I think the PCM should not get too hot then? Does the problem still occur? Have you ruled out problems with spark plug coils or fuel pressure? Where are you located?

Looks like lots of good fun ahead!

That does sound strange. I would expect that the tunnel should be the same position in all BAs, so the pinion should be in the same place on all BAs? Could the diff be from an FG? Not sure if the pinion would be in a different place on them? Not sure if 30mm movement would cause a problem, but I think you would want to figure out why it would be different to what you have. All I can think of with that is that universal joints have limits on the angles they move though. You might want to look into that. I have a BA wagon diff at home which I can measure if that helps at all.

Hey Puff, When I got the request for a couple of photos, I figured he might have been a bit rattled by the whole "Might have accidentally broken the gearbox and then had a bunch more work to check and get it right". Its been a bit of a trial and would have thrown me a bit too. After that I could well be thinking "What might go wrong now?!" and want a bit of confirmation that its all correct. He has been working hard and making helpful posts for the community here, so when he wanted some photos, I was happy to spend a few minutes to help out. I expect I will have to remove and reinstall the gearbox at some point so the info here will also be helpful to me as well. I am looking forward to hearing that that its all working well again soon!

I believe that the Territory rear brakes are the same as those which Ford used for cars which got the 4 piston Brembos on the front. The standard FG rears are 303mm*16mm solid discs where the Territory rears are 328mm*26mm ventilated (significantly larger and ventilated). The Territory rears are supposed to be a very good upgrade - they are much closer in size to the 330mm*28mm disc used with 4 piston rear Brembos.

My Nephew came over so I could give him a hand with changing brake pads on his Mazda. He bought Brembo branded pads which they list as fitting his car, but they were slightly different shape and did no fit. Also on the same Brembo site they list other pads which are 6mm less tall (which would be the right ones). Have had a quick look and do not see any options for different brakes for his car, so this is making no sense....

In the interests of helping out the Falcon community I have purchased a set of the 325mm*32mm FPV brake upgrade discs to try with the Territory Turbo calipers. I was hoping to be able to tell you all "Buy the Turbo Territory calipers and the 325mm*32mm discs and just bolt everything together for a nice cheap brake upgrade option", but it did not quite work out that way. I have bolted everything to a BA knuckle and the caliper _just_ touches the outside edge of the disc. I suspect that a small amount of clearancing of the caliper or disc would have everything working nicely together. I might look closer at doing some clearancing of the calipers or disc to fit the 325mm*32mm discs later on. Before I do anything else, I want to make adapters for the Territory Turbo calipers to go onto Falcons to use the 340mm*32mm Turbo Territory discs as well as adapters for the Territory Turbo calipers to go onto Falcons to use the 355mm*32mm Brembo discs. All of these are now fairly low down my list of priorities as I have 6 pot Brembos for my two cars (still to be painted and fitted on the second car), so if anyone is interested in any of this, let me know as it would provide some motivation.

Did that give you motivation to work on it some more?

Sorry that you have sold it. I wonder if the new owner will be posting here?

Lots of good information in this thread. Thanks all for the contributions. I suspect I will be making use of this at some time in the future as well.

I am very impressed with the way you are getting stuck into new, complex jobs and getting through them. Well done!