Ford Falcons
Just last week I was in the workshop getting some running repairs done to my car. It always seems to come up the topic of why I drive Fords, and own a half dozen of them. I just usually refer anyone who asks to the odometer of my Fairlane, showing just over 400,000ks.
Ok I admit that yes I’ve spend money on it over time, and recently I replaced the gearbox so hey, who’s complaining. When you have a passion for a mark of any manufacturer you take that sort of thing in your stride. My other passion is Mercedes, I know some will scoff at the mix, but I’ve owned several of them in my time and still have three I keep as pets, but I regress, back to the Fords.
My mechanic agrees with me, and his assessment is that the 4l I6 Falcon motor is one of the toughest motors around. In his assessment there isn’t anything about it you can fault. Now we are talking here about the motor, and not what hangs off it. We all know that Ford Falcons do have failings but because we are who we are we live with the few there are.
One of the failings is the design of how the ignition coils are set into the head and then covered over with a plastic cover, and no way for the heat generated by that wonderful engine to escape and in turn shortening the life of the ignition coils in some instances.
Every day I read about or am asked about Falcons that have a miss in the engine, or don’t perform exactly as they should. I have come to the conclusion that if you are in this situation and your car is not doing what you know it ought to, then you have a problem with an ignition coil. Nine times out of ten I would be right. The Falcon motor is that good, (of course I’m biased) not much else goes wrong with it. Of course there are dozens of things that can go wrong, but the most usual one is the @#$%^ ignition coils stuck in the top of the motor that can’t get cooled and break down. Usually when your miles from home and it’s raining and cold and, well you know the story.
Keep it straight.
