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Hate to break it to ya mate, that is the low tech version lol. That's just a serial to CAN translator

If you're a wiz at can bus and can make a translator to talk to the dash. This was my original plan, using a microcontroller to talk to the dash, so I can send it commands over USB for speed, revs etc. A bloke that used to do custom leds for ba falcons did this.

Yea pretty much lol

Yea I'm still alive. Trying so hard to save for 4wd but the falcons keep calling my name 👀 As for the cluster. Yea you can take it apart and swap over the cluster fascia (the lexan piece with the numbers and stuff) and the needles. While it is possible, I wouldn't recommend it, I did a lot of research prior to taking mine apart regarding recalibration of the needles. The needles are not keyed, they are press fit, so it's extremely difficult to put them back on EXACTLY how they were before. My cars digital speed and analogue speed differed by 1km/h. No one would notice, but it took me a very long time to get right. People that offer custom leds in clusters get around this by making their own controller that sends all the correct signals to the cluster so they can manually adjust the needles before putting it back together. This is the route I was planning to take when I had considered doing this kind of stuff as a service. Since building a house, every project I've started has been put on the back burner. Should be in by August though. Even though the Falcon is gone, I still want to finish the projects I started. @Puffwagon @k31th, I'm sure I posted pics of this at some point, anyone remember? 🤣 I should probably say hi in the ot thread lol, lots to catch up on

blasphemy, without being wedded?! that's at least 7 hail marry's

No, the cloud save data hadn't been syncing properly. Had issues with it from the start. Maybe a bug, I dunno. Been years since I played it so it'd be like a fresh start, don't remember much of the game lol

I finished the first game (stick of truth) and nearly finished the second (fractured but whole), when I upgraded my PC I lost my save data and have never bothered starting again. I really should though cause it was a really fun game!

Swap the front and back, then finish them off. The local tyre place I went to used to tell me to go finish the rear tyres when I came in for new ones lol. He's selling the business though, I drive past it every day to work and there's a "for sale" in front of it 😞

Whats better than a single turbo? Two of course! I agree, you should do this

@Puffwagon you fixed the mumma mobile yet?

Doing well! House is at roof carpentry stage. Should have the frame done by the end of the week, then they will do the roofing and external ceiling stuff. Went for a job interview yesrerday at WesTrac as a MCG (machine control and guidance) Tecnology Technician. Complete shift of career. Kinda came outta nowhere. Long story short, I have more career growth opportunity through this career, and its basically a glorified auto sparky role, which I do heaps of in my spare time. Super interesting role. End up fifo for 3-5 years and then move back to engineering role in the city. They really liked me and were impressed with my auto sparky knowledge without any trade. Same goes for networking knowledge. Missing the skid pig and stuggling to find a replacement 😞 With the new job and more pay towards the end of year, I'm hoping I can move on to my next project. Keep trying to head in a different direction from Ford and barras, but I find myself coming back.... Can only come back in an FPV of FGX 😏

Think that's the first time I've seen it on this forum! Of all places lol. How's life over yonder?

Get email notification in Russian... Can't say I was expecting that 😂😂

Have you tried turning it off and on again??

Was on the news here https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/blink-182s-tom-delonge-and-mark-hoppus-complain-about-having-to-come-to-fing-perth-to-adelaide-crowd--c-13565319

Both very good bands in that genre! Blink apparently didn't like Perth very much 🤣

@k31th Do I need to pay more to remove pop-up ads? 😋

This became dad talk real fast! Jumping in cause I'm building and lawn talk is now interesting to me 🤣 Also, hello all! Been a while 😋

AFAIK you need to tap into some wires from the TCM, I hope to see some twist and tape methods here or else its not sloppy enough All seriousness though, don't solder these for the love of god. Use a proper crimp connector like a butt splice

Couldn't have said it better!! I think the most obvious one is kia. Just look at the sportage! 2021 vs 2022 2021 is still under mfg warranty and it looks old, but only because the new one is so drastically different in looks

Cx-5, kia sportage, or the hyundai tuscon. the latter 2 were very hard to find at a reasonable price. This cx-5 had been on the radar for ages, since just before I put the car up. But they were also asking for an unreasonable price. However when the car sold, we went back to the Mazda dealership and the car had dropped dramatically, back to being reasonable for its age and specs. It was originally up for 47k which is damn near new car territory. Had dropped to 38k which put it on par with the same spec cars for sale on the market at the time. No kids yet, but seeing as we've got the car its reasonable to assume they are not far off 😋

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and new years! If you celebrate that sort of thing 😋 Been a bit quiet on here. Have been very busy will life things. However I do have sad news, bittersweet really! The car is officially sold. In the hands of a family who love falcons. Dad has a supercharged barra of all things. Really cool project! He's also just scored a FPV GT-P.... the one with the miami based engine in it, don't remember what badge it was lol. Anyway, its really nice to see that the car will at least be going to a family with a love and passion for these cars. They are picking it up today. Gonna be so fkn sad to see it drive away but it was so worth it to see the look on wifey's face when we were able to pick up her dream mumma car because of this sale, no loan either! Such a good feeling being able to buy a 40+k car with no loan. 😄

Wifeys new whip! 2021 Mazda CX-5 Akera. My god going from a sh*tty FG interior to something like this is next level. It is insanely comfy 🤣 So nice to have carplay/AA in a car from factory, that actually works lol. She is absolutely over the moon happy to have this car Heated/Cooled seats, even in the back! Heating steering wheel, Heads up display, auto open/shut boot, sunroof, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, list goes on. Thing goes hard for a i4 N/A too, nothing like the big rig but still. She keeps up with the traffic. Brakes SUUUUUUUUUCK though. Gonna have the dealership take a look at that just in case

If it makes you feel any better, my PC sh*t the bed exactly 1 year after I built it. All parts ordered during last years black friday sales. During this years black friday it died. Opened a game after freshly re-installing windows, updating the BIOS and drivers. PC crashed. Haven't been able to get it running since. I have since verified one of the NVMe ssd's (that stored games) died, had it replaced with a different one under warranty. that's the second silicon power SSD I've had die. Got it replaced with a corsair pcie gen 4 ssd of the same capacity for the same price (because black friday) so that was nice. Motherboard CPU debug LED would always instantly light up when I turned on the PC, so I bought a second hand CPU to try, that didn't work. Sent the motherboard back to umart last month (still well within warranty) and its been there ever since. Got an update yesterday that it is still with the manufacturer getting tested. Bought a new power supply seeing as the entire PC is apart, corsair RMx 850W. It was the next part I was going to try before sending away the mobo. Fingers crossed the motherboard can be repaired or replaced. Its an x570 platform so I can't get it any more 😞

I can almost guarantee you had a giggle while posting this 🤣