Can We SAVE This $700 BEATER XG FALCON Ute? Iron Empire EP 159

[@screwe142]

Yes! Saturday is back to normal with this video coming out

[@TheIronEmpire]

Haha thanks mate

[@towking_]

Love it, feels like old school Iron Empire ❤

[@badstimpy]

Little old skool trick for dumping fords on their ass is to take the small leaf from bottom of pack , put it on the top of leaves upside down and that gives you about a 2 inch drop roughly . And I had that done with some 2 inch blocks on my ZJ backing the day with air shocks attached to a small Chinese tyre compressor and if cops were behind me I’d pump them up as they were pulling me over ! Actually worked !! Also , when cornering , if only one shrader valve is used , the air from one shock will be forced across into opposite shock making the whole car lean even more . 2 valves is better .

[@nathan7880drz]

G'day mark great way to start a Saturday morning awsome video dude your channel is great keep up the great work ✔️👍

[@thewholls7176]

Good job mate. I bet that hoist has been a game changer for you. Last week I had a tufflift midrise scissor delivered for my Fairlane. I will never go back to working on the floor. The tufflift brand is absolutely outstanding really solid strong design they’ve thought it through for sure

[@MrJAG]

You'll want to make sure you never empty all the air out of the shocks entirely, as you will end up puncturing the bags inside. I used to have them in my XD falcon, and one day I decided to lower it all the way down, drove around, and went over some bumps, then put some air in them. Next morning, the air had leaked out, and from then on, if I put air in the shocks, by the next morning, it had all leaked out, which meant I had ripped a hole in the bag, and ended up replacing them.

[@TheIronEmpire]

Yeah, meant to run 20psi minimum. Lessons alway to be learnt! Haha Cheers

[@gregm959]

Good vid Mark, Good utes when they're in good nick. I used to put individual valves on my air shocks, otherwise they work against each other on one line. Opposite to what an anti sway bar does.. Cheers mate

[@TheIronEmpire]

Yeah good idea Mate! I figured with the tiny 1/8th inch air line the air couldn’t possibly transfer that quickly… but I’ll see how she goes! Thanks mate

[@Il-bebbux]

Hi Mark, I wanted to email instead of publicly posting this, thanks for dropping off the beanie I purchased, I was walking the dog at the time but the missus and daughter were home at the time, hope you didn't drive all that way just to do that, really appreciate it mate, cheers

[@eziotaddeo1726]

Mark Arnold!, good old fashion iron empire. GREAT ep Mark. Nice clean up. Look forward to a few more to see you finish off this ute, they are a great ford shape, had a long reach xg my self massive work horse. good one Cheers

[@dalyfogarty6396]

when are you doing something with the vn ss

[@blairread4414]

Was missing Iron Empire 👍👍👍

[@JackDoyle-n1k]

Awesome video mate, started watching a lot of your videos. I have an AU XR8 T series I love the old 302 Windsor motors. Would love to start making content on older cars, how did you start with your channel?

[@mancaveproductions00]

I've been running those same shocks on my vw bug in fronts.. gets lowered for stance and if I have to go anywhere just pump them up..

[@TheIronEmpire]

Awesome

[@shrimpman938]

I love how you skipped the oils and engine service and went straight to slamming it 👌😆 Very informative video tho, i have 63mm blocks in my xg panno and ive been hung up twice 😅 im gonna rip them out and try the ' flip the bottom leaf ontop ' method soon. Im keen for the next video 🙌

[@honorrolls5415]

Really enjoyed seeing you and your videos again. Lots of fun amazing how that car started right up. Take care

[@jimclarke1108]

Good ute with that OHC and 4 sp.auto👍

[@JCP0102]

Love the X series utes. I built one in SA with 300kw on e85 ran 12s but had to sell it a few years back. I've been looking for now hoping to buy it back 😞

[@johnmoorfoot3954]

Great 👍 to see you back Mark, keep doing what makes you awesome, looking forward to more Iron Empire content. Take care man.

[@19PJ97]

Just picked up one up for a weekender myself as a project awesome. Keen for some tips and tricks with this one!!

[@michaelbyrnes7944]

I sold my xg Utes didn’t like the front end found the xh better with the power rack steer k frame and better suspension setup and the back is easy flip number 3 leaf and run 25 mill blocks as 2 inch blocks are useless

[@cammos]

Nothing could smell worse than the old bottles of that black paint on gasket sealer.its been years since ive seen it i cant remember the name but all u og gearheads will know wat im talking about.

[@adrianzmajla4844]

Permatex non hardening gasket sealant. Works awesome but a bitch to get off your hands.

[@PKDionysus]

The songs in this video are fire. That song around the 11 minute nark 😫🔥

[@julianalderson3938]

Thanx good vids. Got a wagon. Like it bit lower but its not fast enough to matter yet.

[@PETERNESS]

bought one off a ol fella ,5 speed but badged a Nissan

[@Swwa89]

I was literally talking about this thismorning the nissan badged xf utes!!! Iv only ever seen one

[@PETERNESS]

@@Swwa89 yeah bud ,bought it off a ol fella and i thought i was gonna look at a mid 80s Hilux and then theres this XF ute in the back yard ,thought it was a joke but hey its legit ,he kept this tarp on it and never took it off so the entire top of the ute was rusted and behind the rear window was crispy ,bit of body work and paint and its spot on now

[@Swwa89]

I mean it's just a badge I guess in that era they were doing the same with patrols and mavericks so wouldn't imagine would be any more valuable than a regular xf but cool and rare none the less

[@PETERNESS]

@@Swwa89 yes your bang on mate ,ive seen Patrols with Ford badges ,well how bout that you really do learn something new every day ,cheers bud

[@mrt5004]

G'day Mark. You'll need to run a minimum of 20 psi and no more than 150 psi in the air shocks.

[@DirtySOHC78]

Nice man … just finishing up my Xg xr6 rescue on my channel.

[@fossilfuelenthusiast]

Beaters are better. Can drive them rain or shine and park them anywhere.

[@MichaelApps-nt8fk]

When you getting back to the ss

[@shanepetty8332]

Hi mate im after a bumpier tub, got any leads?

[@Tv-cr2qf]

I didn’t want to lower my fg ute cause was worried when I had weight in the back, but now I’ll give ur invention a go thanks

[@TheIronEmpire]

🙌🏼

[@rustndust.]

Love the XG! The globes look so good!!

[@msaint187]

best mod you can do it xd xe door card

[@JETBYE]

sunbird

[@TheIronEmpire]

You got a sunbird?

[@Louie2309]

Just buy some Hydroflouric Acid, that is commonly used as alloy brighter as the chemical to remove rust. Septone Ali Bright is cheap and easy to get and is useful for many detailing jobs. Great for cleaning rust, red dirt, alloy of course and mould. Of course the paint will need polishing after, but when diluted as directed is safe on paint and glass.

[@shanedavies9564]

Hey mark I used to tow my stockcar , tyre rack loaded plus tool box on draw bar all up about 1800 kg I think more lols on tandem trailer on air bags on my poxy ea falcon but it got us there , cheers , shaneno, nelson NZ 👍😀🍺

[@terryregan8624]

Iron empire rocks.

[@lukeduke3001]

Do you have long selved t shirts with a hoodie attached

[@TheIronEmpire]

No sorry mate, but out lasted grey hoodies are very light weight, perfect for this season.. not too warm Thanks for the support mate

[@chrissmith9854]

A 5L in this ❤

[@julianalderson3938]

Like these utes.

[@VC.valiant]

Good show m8, the 4 post hoist doesn't look like a great piece of machinery.

[@Tv-cr2qf]

Taking bull bar off very satisfying till bumper come off 😩

[@simcard027]

upgraded running gear and still the better looking older front end than the xh 👍

[@richardtravers2436]

Thanks for the video Mark,good to see the xg getting some love.👍

[@peterware5173]

I had a longreach ute I think it was a xg it sucked like a whore it used more fuel than my ve maloo 6.2 lite use so I sold it.

[@TUFFZJ]

Great video but one question?? Where’s judge ???

[@benarnold7087]

Good to see ya back at it mate keep up the great work

[@jkmsaturn]

Love the wheels on the LTD!

[@Mr.Fixins]

Red walls are fresh!

[@gregsmith3366]

Barra for sure

[@markmathews206]

Love it 👍