EA falcon man

hey guys,

i want to convert my 6cyl el fairmont to a manual as im sick of having an auto.

i know there are dramas with changing the auto ecu to a manual ecu because of compatibility problems with the bcu.

my question is: can u set the car up so the auto ecu thinks the tranny is still an auto that is in neutral or will this affect the running/drivability of he car?


any help would be greatly appreciated.

ps does anyone know of places that do conversions in falcons around the lower hunter or sydney area?


thanks,

nathan

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1996 EL Fairmont - Pioneer MP3 Headunit, JBL splits, JBL 6'' 3-ways, 10'' Xplod subs, lowered, 16'' EL XR6 mags, K&N air filter, Pacemaker headers, 2.5'' Redback zorst, dba sports rotors, dark tint.
soon to come.......BA XR8

EFFalcon

yes u can do what you're saying, its the more common way of people doing the manual conversion.

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1995 EF II Falcon GLi: Heritage Green, 4spd Auto, AUII 17" Rims, Custom BA Front Bar, Lowered, Gas Research LPG, Clear Indicators, JVC MP3 Headunit, Phoenix Gold 6.5" Splits, Coustic 481QE Amp, Clarion 12" sub, Leather Seats, Power Window Conversion, 3.45 LSD, Pacemaker Comp Extractors, 2.5" Exhaust, Mandrel Bent Intake, High Flow Filter, Wade 1004 110 cam.

In Progress: BA XR Side Skirts, BA XR Rear bar, BA Shifter Handle.

The Goodz

Yes I believe its as simple as just bypassing the inhibitor switch on the auto, which is easy as, it's done from underneath the car. I did this on the DA, and there are no drivability problems whatsoever.

The conversion is not difficult to do yourself if you have a bit of mechanical knowledge and a few days to do it. Otherwise you'll pay a few hundred dollars for installation.

Alex

NZ

To do it properly yyou need to use resistors to make the ecu think there is an actual trans there. it involves wiring a resistor into each solinoid wire and a couple more for the prnd switch, oil temp sensor, and a couple of others. Ive just had to do it to my eb v8 as the auto computers in those don't work 100% with no trans there. keep an eye on the electricsl forum over the next few days as ill make a post explaining how to do it to an eb/ed at least. its pretty simple to do anyway.

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littlenikky

hi 'falcon man'

any idea on the price of parts for this conversion? manual is certainly alot funner!

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XR8 Lamah

You mean compatibility between the ECU and BEM ?
I'd have to dig up the workshop manual, but I suspect that the fairmont and XR6 would share the same BEM.
As I recall there were 3 BEMs, low, mid and high.
I think low was gli, mid was futura, xr, fairmont, and high being mont ghia, fairlane and ltd... Might be worth checking out....

EA falcon man

yeah thats what i meant.

if you could find out that would be great!

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1996 EL Fairmont - Pioneer MP3 Headunit, JBL splits, JBL 6'' 3-ways, 10'' Xplod subs, lowered, 16'' EL XR6 mags, K&N air filter, Pacemaker headers, 2.5'' Redback zorst, dba sports rotors, dark tint.
soon to come.......BA XR8

psycho chicken

I would of thought Fairmont BEM would be high series.

My logic being;

Gli - no power windows
Futura/XR - front power windows
Fairmont/Fairlane/LTD - front and rear power windows

EFFalcon

Fairmont is deffinately high series.

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1995 EF II Falcon GLi: Heritage Green, 4spd Auto, AUII 17" Rims, Custom BA Front Bar, Lowered, Gas Research LPG, Clear Indicators, JVC MP3 Headunit, Phoenix Gold 6.5" Splits, Coustic 481QE Amp, Clarion 12" sub, Leather Seats, Power Window Conversion, 3.45 LSD, Pacemaker Comp Extractors, 2.5" Exhaust, Mandrel Bent Intake, High Flow Filter, Wade 1004 110 cam.

In Progress: BA XR Side Skirts, BA XR Rear bar, BA Shifter Handle.

psycho chicken

Which means you're stuffed, only manual high series BEMs are from EL GTs.