Recent content by paulforaname

I had a cas issue and jacked car up and had a look , I unplugged connection to sensor and plug was full of gunk , cleaned out and plugged back in and car started... I was about to take to mechanic but luckily by having a look I’ve saved myself unnecessary cash. Wonder if I hadn’t realised issue...

Yeah tried that

I mentioned no codes in

I mentioned no codes in post

yes checked everything thats why believe its the CAS

thermostat fine, after it overheated and fixed hose that night I got home and pulled thermostat out and put in pot and put on stove and it opened as should, then flushed cooling system and added coolant replaced thermostat gasket and was all good for 2 - 3 days then started running rough low...

thermostat fine, after it overheated and fixed hose that night I got home and pulled thermostat out and put in pot and put on stove and it opened as should, then flushed cooling system and added coolant replaced thermostat gasket and was all good for 2 - 3 days then started running rough low...

Hi yeah once overheated noticed crack in hose about 30mm after hose clamp, cut off and joined up. Car ran for 2 days after overheating but had intermittent issues with losing power and stalling. Just read that overheating can stuff CAS which is causing car not to fire up. Also pulled thermostat...

hi all, ive been reading heaps of threads but wanted to see if Im barking up right tree, i borrowed my mums old VT V6 commodore and last week during hot day overheated, noticed crack in top radiator hose going to top of engine on passenger side. got car going after cooled down but since then...

Hey all, My vt ss series 1 98 model has paint code of 6471 on plate under bonnet. Cant find on internet. Its that dark blue which were pretty common. Almost looks like slight dark purple. Cheers if anyone can help.. Sorry all good its b171

Cheers found issue, had mate helping and drivers side rear fuel rail wasnt bolted on. He didnt push into place and thought bolt was tight. All good, although I kinda sounded cool like a lumpy cam.lol. Thanks mate

Hi all, Today I changed my roller lifters on my VT SS 5.0 While I made manifold off I replaced leads, did a fuel injector rebuild with kit as seemed appropriate while all accessible. Also cleaned manifold exterior and cleaned throttle body and replaced T/B gasket. Now its all back together...

Cheers mate, hopefully hear back from welding shop today. Hopefully since on one broken he can weld back in correct position. He's also going to strengthen others somehow so they dont fail sometime in near future. Thanks for everyones help. Paulie

Yeah got welder to see if he can weld tab back on. If that fails will go tie bar. If I go tie bar will pushrods or anything else need changing. Sorry im mainly used to working on motorcycles, and never seen this spider bracket setup.

Hey, im trying to get this fixed on a limited budget due to loss of work recently. If I was to go tie bar option? Would I only have to replace all lifters and push rods or will stock pushrods be ok. One thing im lucky is cam ok as it lifter failed about 30seconds before I got home. The lifter...