1989 Ford Fairmont Ghia from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

22nd Aug 2004, 22:12

"EA2 is not too bad"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Trans solenoid #2 failed at 255k

Water pump failed at 260k, misc belts flew off in all sorts of directions and the radiator cracked.

Injector heads damaged at 288k.

Head Ggsket blew at 296k, head also warped.

General comments?

A very solid car, if driven hard things break.. as it would be for most manufacturers.

Parts were cheap and redily available.

Overall, the car feels solid on the road.. however it's no race car.

This particular one had some extra head work done when we redid it.. so it tended to blow most VN 6's out of the lights ;-)

The interior is awesome.. try finding another car at this price.. that's got digital dash, climate control, cruise control, limited slip diff, full velour seats and trim and a trip computer.


31st May 2005, 05:01

I'm only going to say 1 thing it's a old car with what I've read lots of km nearly 300,000km congrats on keeping it on the road.

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