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Was having a good day then notice a hole in our fence at work. Can't find anything missing tho. Can't wait to get these cameras up so we can see who's coming in from home and bust them.

Was having a good day then notice a hole in our fence at work. Can't find anything missing tho. Can't wait to get these cameras up so we can see who's coming in from home and bust them.

put some volts through the fence nuss lol

Was having a good day then notice a hole in our fence at work. Can't find anything missing tho. Can't wait to get these cameras up so we can see who's coming in from home and bust them.

put a 2 guard dogs in there, let them wander around at night

what are peoples thoughts on 2001 BA xr6 turbos?

tips and tricks? what to look out for?

I've heard something to do with the diff bush giving out and gearbox can if iffy.

My dad had a BA and BF and both of them the interiors fell to bits, silver trimmings shrivled in the heat and the electrics gave out on the BA and the gear stick snapped off the BF.

They where both under 10,000km when it happend.

Nice cars otherwise :laugh:

Just spoke to dad and he also said he had PCM and bcm failures and the front brake lines needed replacing due to some dodgyness.

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Adrian feel free to drop by my place over the weekend and have a gander at my old mans 03 XR6T. He loves to talk about it and I myself can give you some valuable info regarding servicing, maintenance and clever mod strategy.

Standard brake rotors have been known to warp as young as 20000km's old, the power windows give up after a while, there were re-calls for a water pump issue in some cars (an o-ring) and also standard issue tyres were also replaced free of charge when there was a deterioration issue discovered.

Be aware of transmission related stuff (the early auto's are crap basically) and I do know a bloke that had his diff replaced for no reason. Dodgy trans service.

Among all things, Ford simply cannot be trusted to tint windows.. At all.

Personally I would steer clear of an 01 BA, AU falcons are marginally cheaper pretty much the same car/level of shitness.

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