We go for a cruise in RIPIN! Then go and check out my dads 06 Ford Falcon Utility which has over 1.2 million Kilometres since he bought it brand new!! Music: www.bensound.com Instagram @rossholland88
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@Alabaster3353 ай бұрын
Seen a few ex-taxi AU's with well over a million K's, highest we had come through for a service had 1.7 million on the original engine although it was on it's second auto, some old couple bought it to tow their caravan around Australia, I often wondered if it made it the whole way round too. There was a reason my the AU's were the cabbies friend. There's still a few BF/FG falcon cabs getting around, mostly being replaced with Toyota Corolla's sadly.
@daveredd98322 жыл бұрын
It also helps if you don't thrash 'em! Gotta love the barra.
@mowtoegee7049 Жыл бұрын
1.2 mil that's impressive, and that's a lot of driving for 16 years . Well done :)
@australiascno1Trumpsupporter2 жыл бұрын
Wow I wouldn’t think any car would make that far, this is awsome
@lukeya19832 жыл бұрын
Wow built Ford tough Love these cars That's why I own one
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
The best hey! :)
@squiresonwheels32492 жыл бұрын
Toyota: I'm strong Ford: hold my beer
@s.c8554 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to get a territory diesel but the mechanic told me ,just get the barra and so I did ... I was worried for the fuel but isn't that bad either! I want to keep until is deadbbutbit has the zf6hp26 not sure it can last that long as the 4 speed . Shame ford Australia is gone
@jamesfrench72992 жыл бұрын
It probably did most of those km on the open road without stopping. Also, the gearbox wouldn't have been doing much changing and stayed in the locked up stage in final drive much of the time, saving the oil from sloshing about inside and getting so hot as well as saving eventual wear on the torque converter components themselves as well as the other moving parts of the.transmission. Still a testament to the longevity of the engine. I wouldn't change the oil now as it's been in there too long and I've heard it can cause damage to change it after having the original oil so long. The Barra in the BF had some upgrades over the BA, but it won't matter now that the car is such a high km vehicle. As long as the replacement engine was obtained for a good deal.
@mikenolan30602 жыл бұрын
Bugger me bloody impressed thats a stout amount of ks. I thought my old tb42 with 530,000 was going strong. Merry skidmas mate hope 2022 is a rippa year for ya
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Not too bad hey!! You too mate have a good new year :)
@konducta30952 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! 1.2M Km's on a BTR 4 speed w/ no service? that's quite unbelievable!
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
That's the same reaction I gave my dad when he told me a while back 🤣 but yeah gearbox hasnt been touched haha
@mickblack28002 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU wow my XR8 pooped the BTR at 197000km 4months after l bought it, the engine is as strong as the day it was built at 261000ks though
@bernardbracken5374 Жыл бұрын
How many balljoints
@elfairmont40 Жыл бұрын
@@bernardbracken5374 Would be about 20 lol
@bernardbracken5374 Жыл бұрын
@@elfairmont40 perfect
@rob45x Жыл бұрын
Beautiful achievement mate. What a machine
@lukeclarke1068 Жыл бұрын
My dad had a ex taxi el that blew a head gasket on 1.5 million. At that point he retired it. The benefits of gas.
@MrDAVIDRACE3 ай бұрын
So impressive a great ford engine ashame it all no more an Australian icon has gone 😢
@thesausage351 Жыл бұрын
I have a BA tonner that has 500k on the clock but it had a BF engine, box and diff fitted which has now about 250k on it. I’ll be putting it to work as a pilot vehicle shortly so she will start racking up the km til I retire it in favour of an FG, hopefully FG-X with a few more gears for economy.
@paulmcgaw6976 Жыл бұрын
Love these stories. Probably hasn't seen a detail in it's life but just dors it's thing. If it's got a BA motor but original was a bf, did the computer need to be changed?
@bradhall40211 ай бұрын
Aussie made quality
@bears2604 Жыл бұрын
Would love to know more. Like how often he done oil change, did he do it religiously on time. Did he use the same oil brand or vicoucity everytime, how often did he do the coolant, did he drive it easy all the time? Ltrs per 100 ?
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
He was pretty religious servicing... I know because I had to do it for years haha drove it pretty easy it opened it up every now and again🤙
@danielreynolds6498 Жыл бұрын
Got a RTV been 3 starter motors lots of brakes ball joints control arms. But different driving lawn mowing business Sydney beaches. Heaps of traffic lights and lot of turning car off and on. But it’s been a awesome work vehicle unfortunately it’s rusting up a bit from salt air. But been a great work car.
@robertblunden7160 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I believe the engine and diff did do these amount km's , but the transmission not been serviced would not done these km's. I used to work for BTR for a living
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
Well it did! And it's still going! Hwy ks mainly. I don't think btr is testing gear boxes to a million plus ks so I don't see how that's relevant 🤙
@anthonycavalliotis87366 ай бұрын
I call Bullshit. I have a BA Falcon lpg ute with 516,000 km's on the clock and have replaced heaps of parts once vehicle went past 200,000 k's and then again at 500,000 k's. Driving on good sealed roads of Brisbane too. " Only replaced brakes three times " yeah sure.
@snapped4433Ай бұрын
Yeah unless he would touch the brakes once I call bs too
@user-ds2ej3wn8pАй бұрын
It really rather depends on whether it's a petrol or gas engine, the gas engine will die prematurely due to valve retention in the soft alloy head, and whether or not it's a manual or automatic and whether or not it was driven in regional Australia or a capital city and how often oil and filter and coolant was replaced, auto transmissions will die in Falcons typically at 250000 kilometres in the city , but in the outback 500000+ if it's a manual they can do 1000000+ and the clutch kit can be bought for less than $200 for a Falcon, automatic transmission will cost around $2500-$3500 plus cost of fitting $500+ However this car had 217000 kilometres on the odometer, the odometer is capable of showing 7 digits so on this occasion I find the vlog hard to believe. All engines except diesel will end up with valve, ring and bearing wear, and the Falcon Intech and Barra engine are known for spun bearings and oil seal leaks not to mention coolant leaks especially prior to 2007
@snapped4433Ай бұрын
@user-ds2ej3wn8p all the posts about barras with over a milion on the original motor must be a lie then 🤦
@user-ds2ej3wn8pАй бұрын
@@snapped4433 Did you read my comment? Im not saying that they are lying, it's possible for a country driven Falcon whether Intech or Barra to do 1 million kilometres, however only if they are looked after and I will make a distinction between country driven Falcons and ones driven in Australian capital cities, it's a known fact that country driven Falcons last longer, stopping and starting at traffic lights hasten the death of any engine and auto transmission, ask a mechanic about auto transmissions it doesn't matter if it's a Rolls Royce Holden or Ford, the clutch packs wear. Even Falcon taxis have their transmission overhauled between 250000 and 300000 kilometres. One of the most crucial factors is how often oil and filter changes were performed, if you don't change your oil and filter after 10000 kilometres you will have sludge build up that will definitely shorten the life of your engine, doesn't matter what car manufacturer. Diesel engines can easily do 1 million kilometres, but even they can fail prematurely due to neglected oil changes
@snapped4433Ай бұрын
@user-ds2ej3wn8p diesel engines fail more cause of egr, intake getting sludged up, low compression, injection fail I'm an engine builder and see more diesel than petrol for anything newer than 1990 previous to that its mainly v8's getting performance parts and machineing done
@mickdejager39102 жыл бұрын
Not bad mate impressed aye, my Bf ute has got 611,000kms so far original gas motor Hahaha
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Pretty good effort!!! 👌 plenty of life left haha
@mickdejager39102 жыл бұрын
Yeah mate I hope so hahaha has a better air-con than the 4wd 😂
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@mickdejager3910 feeling that! My territory has awesome ac 👌
@mickdejager39102 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU needed it today over here hahaha
@gnarlythetoyotacoasterbusa40892 жыл бұрын
My au manual utes got 400 thousand on original diff gearbox and motor such good cars
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a good au mate 👌
@gnarlythetoyotacoasterbusa40892 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU big love mate
@stevecvntniko82712 жыл бұрын
Merry Xmas champ and go the btr still going this long with no service too lol I'm shocked
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate! Yeah pretty wild hey 😂
@stevecvntniko82712 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU what's that digital dash you have called? Looks sick
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@stevecvntniko8271 powertune digital dash :)
@stevecvntniko82712 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU Thanks mate what's the damage for one of them? Love it
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@stevecvntniko8271 700-800ish from memory :) yeah I like it 👌
@GREASEGARAGE2 жыл бұрын
congrates on the monetized thats awesome , i still need to get the view hours up
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro! You must be close now 😁
@GREASEGARAGE2 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU sadly no mate.. 2246watch hours to go, good in everything else
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@GREASEGARAGE I'll smash a few views for ya 👌
@hcfcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Testament to your dads maintenance regament I would say!!!
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
That's it mate! Look after the old ford and they look after you :)
@zombiekiller942 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas mate and doesn't surprise me with how long the original engine lasted solid engines how many times was the engine serviced
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to you too mate! It had its oil and filter changed every 5000km... i think sometimes he would stretch it to 8k. So yeah pretty regularly haha
@westaussieguy2 жыл бұрын
I serviced the ute every 15,000 km's never missed a service, ran Ford oil for every service but never touched the gear box. Put in a K&N Filter from the first day and it still has the original K&N filter in it.
@zombiekiller942 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU bloody hell as the saying goes mate you take care of it and it takes care of you
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@zombiekiller94 there you go every 15k haha but that's it mate keep on the servicing itll look after ya!
@barra190kw62 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas mate
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!! Merry Christmas to you too!! :)
@australiascno1Trumpsupporter2 жыл бұрын
Bloody awsome
@nmc3563 күн бұрын
You lost me when you said original EF engine, either I heard wrong or you meant BF?
@RossHollandAU3 күн бұрын
@@nmc356 yeah bf sorry mate 🤣
@nmc3562 күн бұрын
@@RossHollandAU All good, that's an awesome achievement. I just bought a 500 dollar BA with 216,000km so surfing and researching what I might need for a roady. Keep up the videos 👍
@luke90312 жыл бұрын
So the oil has never been changed in 1.2 million kilometres? Never had a air filter swap over or had the radiator flushed or had coil packs changed over at all??
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Oil got changed every 10k, air filter got changed every now and then, it went through a water pump so in turn the radiator would of been flushed 👌
@luke90312 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU cheers mate. I've got an 04 ba xr6 ute she's just clicked over to 255,007 ks. Just ran in 🤙. What oil was your dad using mate? 10/40?
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@luke9031 yeah mate! Pretty sure that was his go to 😎
@luke90312 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU cheers mate. If you do find out would love to know thanks 🤠🍻
@luke90312 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU do you know what exhaust he is running mate? Or is she the good old original with a few holes in her? Sounds unreal when you turn her over
@brokearse2011 Жыл бұрын
Whats it done since this video 1.3 or 1.4 million??
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
Up to 1.3! Then got sold and it's still going!
@sugarbombs68842 жыл бұрын
Damn don't even need to push it hard into park!? Bunch of older BA/BF work Utes that have come to the shop I work at that if you want it to go into park with the BTR you gotta push it hard into park else it'll just go into reverse.
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
The old man was never really rough on the gear shifter haha must of done it some good 😁
@sugarbombs68842 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU 😆 definitely! Some of the shifter were like a sausage down a hallway, still worked but just so sloppy!
@MrButtonpresser Жыл бұрын
Like the interactive dash display, what type is it?
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
Thankyou!! Power tune digital dash
@MrButtonpresser Жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU Thanks mate. My WA reg FG Falcon has just done a whopping 57,000 kms. She’s like new. Seems I’ve got over a million more to do.
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
@@MrButtonpresser not even worn in yet ;)
@ESPSJ Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity what did your farther do for work to achieve 600km a day?
@RossHollandAU Жыл бұрын
He was a long distance courier driver working for courier Australia. Would head from Albany WA to all the inland south west towns and back again each day doing deliveries and pick ups 😎 was great for my L plate logbook 🤣
@ESPSJ Жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU Oh that sounds like a great job! Thanks for the reply. I drive trucks and even I don't manage those KM's hahah. Yeah the logbook would have been finished very quickly 🤣
@bigsohc2 жыл бұрын
Maybe a new headliner could be on the cards huh? In black they look sick
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Haha yeah mate definately on the to do list! Going to be tidying it up more over 2022 :) but totally agree
@mannycalavera1212 жыл бұрын
so after 1,000,000 kms the clock resets?
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Yep it resets, and those flashing 0's start popping up when the ignition is switched on 👌
@rocketmagnet4272 жыл бұрын
Probably a whole heap of ball joints diff bushes mixer cup rods and door actuators and everything else that falls off and snaps. Barras good tho
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
No diff brushes, solid axle👌 I'm sure theres a ball joint in there somewhere haha interior has held up believe it or not lol highway km saved alot of that 👍 the old man has had a lucky run... so many wheel bearing 😂
@rocketmagnet4272 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU lol damn thats good. My territory was a world of hurt
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@rocketmagnet427 I have one too I know what your on about haha ;)
@westaussieguy2 жыл бұрын
actually only replaced a second ball joint 3 weeks ago, the other stuff has never been replaced, bloody roof lining keeps falling down though.
@jdm98382 жыл бұрын
What was the reason for driving 600 km's a day?
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
He was a courier driver! Delivered items to all the small country towns in southern W.A in one day in a round trip! Was great for doing my log book for the L's put 600000 on a Ford transit before the ute too 🤣
@wertpollwert2 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU Highway miles. Most falcon cabs can tell a similar story. Always running hot.
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
@@wertpollwert a few years ago for sure, getting rarer seeing million k bseries nowadays though still on the road 🤣 it's been a daily the last 5 years or so.. gotta love em
@Ricky-ok6rv2 жыл бұрын
@@wertpollwert Are you from WA??
@Mup4iit11 ай бұрын
I think ill have my bf wags forever lol
@daneplummer59622 жыл бұрын
What about suspension parts???
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Leafs in the back are original same with the front shocks 👌the car spent alot of time on the hwy so suspension wasnt getting pushed to hard.. I don't even think a ball went in the front 🤣
@WayToManyAssassins2 жыл бұрын
@@RossHollandAU impressive, my rear shocks went out before 200k
@Samuelpizzuto2 жыл бұрын
Your dash 🤤 what is it?
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Powertune digital dash :)
@wilz55272 жыл бұрын
Tuffff
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate 😎👌
@trevorquinnell85152 жыл бұрын
Why not just rebuild engine
@RossHollandAU2 жыл бұрын
The second engine was 800 dollars installed so I think it was a matter of price and convenience :)