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that note sounds nice, what did the extractors set you back

mate now your talkin lol

hey my missus and I are getting married next year around april may ish we are from the south coast in Moruya but are having the wedding at south west rocks and are just in the process of organising things, I get to choose the cars :beer chug: just looking to see whats on offer up there car wise...

lmfao thats gold:thumbsup:

ok so one of the other reasons that he choose one of the original colors was he didnt want to scratch it and have to paint most of the car again to fix it also i have just been speaking to my boss and our spray painter is leaving in a month and he has offered to sign me off early on my panel...

ok ok so i spoke to the owner yesterday and we are going to go with an original color called saddle tan it is a brownish color should look good

im hearing ya mate like i said i only have enough rollies for 2 todays i think so yea here we go:thumbsup:

thanks hi ryder yes i know that you have to walk the length of the car in one go and to remember to match every angle and distance with the gun and have correct overlap i am not using a wet on wet it is a a good primer from lessanol i am usung the base gamma gold and then i think it is a...

yea i have been talking to sales rep and a fair few other ppl just thought any advice is good advice

lol thats gold yep that will deff make me not want another smoke everyone at work smokes as well so it is a bit hard but if some of you guys have done it cold turky then i should be able to as well mind over matter i did quit once when i found out my partner was pregnent and yea that was cold...

hi i am goign to be painting a hz ute in the next month or so and the owner who is a good friend of mine want sit done in a kandy the color has been selected as well as the right base to use does anyone painters have any advice for me as far as technique or application goes i am not shy of a...

lol thats the problem the only time i am not busy is when i come home and go to bed otherwise i work 7 days a week and every afternoon at the moment

gey guys i know there are alot of people out there that still smoke i for one have been smoking for a long time and i want to give up does anyone have any good tips or things that they have done in the past to overcome the urges?

hey mace i have a 2000 vs ute v6 series 3 it did have the auto in it but i have just changed it to a t5 but i could not get the manaul computer i have rewired the auto one and i have been told that you can retune the auto one or something like that can you guys do this? if so how much and also...

ok kool ill see if i can message them or something

ok so on thursday night i recived my new gearbox mount put that in then made a new exhaust mounting bracjet because i used the vs system so that is fixed and then i made a new rear end piece because i no longer fits and guess what now more vibrations or low hanging exhaust that leaks :yeah: and...

my flywheel and box came from a s2 vp

yep brand spanker and greased every spline and shaft on the thingfrom the input right back to the taily

i totaly agree with you jonah i should have got it done anyway to make sure and no there was no drilling on the flywheel the person i got it from said that the only ones he has ever had to get balanced was the new ones he has been getting through delco otherwise all the second hand ones he has...

ok news update turns out my gearbox supplyer was right i did not need to get the flywheel balanced after i chewed his ear off today and told him i want some money back i have found out that my rear gearbox mount is shot as soon as i take the smallest amount of weight off the mount with a jack...

ok so its all done good news and bad news the good news is that everything works brake lights reverse lights speedo all that jazz the bad news is my exaust seems to be to far forward now and i have a bad vibration before you say flywheel i have had severel people look and listen and drive it...

because it was just a quick job as i work almost 7 days a week so down time for the ute is limited if it was someone else car i was working on i would have done it properly as i am now with the hz project

hey guys its all good thanks for that i started it last night i have got most the wiring done for the auto computer i am about to do the speedo wire i went to put the flywheel on and it doesnt fit the guy i got everything off said i dont need a starter motor because it doesnt have the little...

ok so here is the thing today is the day i am ment to be putting in the t5 in the ute no yesterday i found out that the 2000 s3 vs ute run a computer very similar if not almost the same as a vt computer i am in canberra as we speak the time is 8:05am i am hoping to leave here by 12:00pm lunch...

ok so i have spoke to the guy today and turns out that yes there is some electrical work to do because he does not have a manual computer for me but one thing i still cant find the info on is that the gearbox is out of a vp s2 and i am putting it into a 2000 vs ute with all the info i have got...

thanks mates shes all good ill sort it out and make her fit lol

go to a panel beating shop somewere close to were you live and ask them for some cutting polish the type that spray painters use G3 is a good brand or juice Qcut they both work realy well and get yourself a realy good buffing pad the type that you can put on what almost likes like a 9inch angle...

hey jayem just a quick question were are those pics you are talking about?

yea i told him about some people have had troubles with it stalling after the conversion using auto computer and he said something about adjusting something on the throttle body if that is the case i dont know im not a machanic but ill let you all know how i go anyway lol worst comes to worst i...

yea it looks alright as i am only a 4th year apprentice panel beater:P i am doing a restoration for one of my mates on a hz it is going kandy pink should look goo as for power not much at the moment i am about to swap the gearbox to a manual i have a turbo sitting in my shed out of a 2001 gu...

ok so it was a slow working progress but i finished it about 6months ago but i am only just getting the time to put up pics i done all the work from start to finish and as for the choice of flake i chose i seen it and thought hmm thats different so yea thats the reason behind that let me know...

ok so i spoke to the guy i am getting the box and that from and he has done a few of these swap overs and he assures me that i dont need to swap or reprogram the computer or memcal he has done about 6 of these and said that he has not had one problem with it if anything he says the car goes...

yea the guy i am getting it all from is a bit of a backyard wrecker good bloke he has a few cars there he said he is going to give me everything i need to put it in but the more i read into it the more things i think i need that he didnt mention i will ring him tomorrow with a list and see what...

lol thanks mate so far i have got a manualbox brake and clutch pedals flywheel clutch new bellhousing and trim for $500 out of a running car i dont think it comes with the computer and not sure what condition the clutch is in but i know i have to get new bellhousing bolts thats no biggy do you...

lol ohh well nothing a grinder and welder wont fix i am a panel beater so i have alot of tools to my exposal and a hoist:)

ok so how much is the manual computer for it then and how much does the exhuast get in the way because like you there are a few conversion threads on here that i haev seen but they are somewhat different from each other

hey mate i would be more then interested in this thread as i am about to swap the auto in my ute for a t5 manual the things that have been puzzling me are what does everyone mean about mirro balancing auto flexplate? and do i need to swap the computer for a manual one and get something tuned so...

very true james but i would rather give it a go cleaning them then fork out $120 each i had an operation just over a month ago and dont have much money coming in at the moment lol so i thourght its not going to hurt them but i did some more research and yea the coolent temp sensor seems to be...

ok it has new plugs and fuel pump new filter i have just replaced the water pump and thermostat today as it packed it in yesterday and to hako thanks for that it does make alot of sense ill get some prices and see what im looking at and i might get one on the wekend i will keep you all posted...

i have a vs ute 2000 model v6 every morning i start it it is a bit rough and i push the throttle down and it hesitates misses and sometimes backfires realy bad until it is warm ive tried googling it binging it ive got a gregorys ive read it 3 or 4 times but no closer of knowing what it is it has...