Sean McKellar
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DIY Guides
Maintaining Your Car Battery! How to look after and maximise the life of lead-acid batteries
Want to know the secret to car battery longevity? Keep them charged! Car batteries last their longest when kept at full charge, so if you have a vehicle which sits dormant for long periods of time, it pays to get…
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The Reality of Turbocharging Your AU – Which Parts Fit?
In this episode we’re fitting up the turbo + exhaust manifold onto the AU Fairmont’s Intech VCT engine to see what’s going to work, and crucially what isn’t going to work. Things are going to be tight, but where there’s…
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Failing Parts and a Cheeky New Mod!
In this episode of MotoringBox, I discover a failing part on the AU Falcon just in time before it got worse! Our 1-year old Repco water pump has a plastic pulley which isn’t built to last, so we’re replacing it…
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Is the Ford SZ Territory a Good Used Buy? One Year Ownership Update!
Living with a Ford Territory: How bad could it be? Today we’re checking in to see how my used 2013 SZ Territory has performed during the first year of ownership. You can pick them up pretty cheap these days, but…
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Prepping the Fuel System for BOOST! Ford AU Fairmont Ghia Turbo Project
In this episode of MotoringBox, we’re upgrading the fuel system in my AU Fairmont Ghia – which we’re going to be turbocharging in the near future. To fit in with the mission of using as much factory gear as possible,…
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Firing on a Haltech! Ford AU Fairmont Ghia Turbo Base Map & Road Tune!
In this episode we’re configuring a Haltech Elite 750 to run the AU Fairmont Ghia’s 4.0L Intech VCT engine. Starting with a generic Haltech base map, I configured the engine and sensor data until I got everything running correctly! After…
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Ford AU Fairmont Ghia Turbo Project
On this episode of #motoringbox we’re taking some important first steps on our journey of turbocharging my 2001 Ford AU Fairmont Ghia! No Barra here, we’re using his Dad instead – the mighty 4.0L Intech VCT SOHC engine! With careful…
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Replacing the Mitsubishi Magna’s 6G74 Timing Belt, Water Pump & More!
Join me for a project that took over 4 weeks on-and-off… performing a major service on my Mitsubishi Magna Ralliart’s 6G74 3.5L SOHC V6. Replacing the Timing belt, tensioner, water pump and more. It’s actually ridiculous how much work is…
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The Ultimate Home Pressure Washer?
This week we’re installing and testing out the Giraffe Tools G20 – a wall mounted pressure washer that is ready to use at the flick of a switch!
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Fixing Ford Falcon & Territory Brake Shudder!
On this episode of MotoringBox we’re fixing a common issues which a lot of Ford Falcons and Territory’s seem to suffer from – brake shudder! The issue is caused by warped brake rotors… but how or why does this happen?…
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