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Usually there is a way to start it on LPG without petrol. Depends on system: some it is hold button 5 seconds, others require switch flipped back and forth.

When you change from petrol to LPG, do you hear solenoids click? After you fit a fuel pump, it is quite hard to tighten up the 5 little bolts just right to stop fuel leaking. But then you would smell petrol outside the car as well as the cabin.

Yes crank angle sensors are common problem, especially when it is 40 degrees in summer. Also check the plug that goes into the DFI module. Is it cracked? Are there burnt or bent contacts?

Ideally, you need a Tech1. But they would show up on eBay once a year at most. You may see Tech2 clones that work with ALDL, but they wouldn't support a VS, only later models. The Vident partly works with VS. If your ute is manual with no ABS or airbags, it would be okay for you.

It has some shortcomings for VS, but if original poster has a VE as well, might be worth getting.

The USB-ALDL cable I got from eBay has a fat plug and it is really hard to plug into the socket. The Vident scan tool goes in better.

I still have a K1000 and a bunch of lenses. But the cost of developing 35 mm film is too much nowadays. Looking at the bids on eBay, they don't seem worth very much.

The valve at the rear is load proportioning valve to limit rear brakes when tray is empty. Probably not causing the failure, as in a panic stop, most of the braking will be on front wheels. I presume it doesn't have ABS, being series 1 ute.

I presume there are more than one brand of aftermarket fobs. One I bought had soft button rubber that broke in a year or so, Another had the opposite problem - hard rubber buttons.

I presume your utes are manual with no airbags. The iLink 400 will not read airbag module on VS and the automatic transmission data is garbage.

Does it read transmission, ABS, airbags everything? Sometimes with Chinesium scan tools, they don't cover every module.

Really? I see no mention of ALDL in listings for that scan tool (eBay, Amazon, Aliexpress)

Do you have a red LED under the radio? Does it keep blinking when the key is in, or go out?

About noon, the return spring on the ignition switch failed. A few more trips, it still starts, then I noticed only engine and aircon are running, but no lights or radio. I guess it is about to disintegrate altogether. I tried Repco, Autobarn and Autopro, they say none in Perth. FFS, same part...

If you have a V8, regulator is 3 bar. They still exist. For V6, you are out of luck. I have not found any other vehicle that used the same regulator. It sold out several years ago. If you find a VS in wreckers yard, they have probably sold the regulator already.

I replaced dashboard warning bulbs with LEDs. Presumbably needs less than 2 watts, but doesn't seem to affect alternator.

If no cylinders are firing, then suspects are DFI module and crank angle sensor. Maybe the connector going into DFI module. A remote possibility is wiring harness. I have seen one where the LPG controller was spliced in to get RPM signal, then the solder failed, so no more spark.

Does it run on petrol? If so, then problem in LPG system - bad solenoid valve, stepper motor or LPG controller or wiring.

There was somebody on Gumtree a month ago selling a pile of Eurovox radios. People who bought them wouldn't know what car they came from.

It happened to me once. I was cursing, but it started working a day later. I can only speculate some gum in stale petrol had dried out on the contacts and rubbed off with a bit of movement.

The error codes relate to 4 different sensors. The easiest one to get at is Mass Air Flow Sensor behind the air filter. You can unclip the plug underneath. I put a voltmeter on the 2 outside pins and get 6.5 volts (ignition on, but engine not started). Between the middle pin and one of the...

No misfire codes with VS, but it does have a few "rich/lean/fuel delta trim" that come up with a bad exhaust sensor. I would guess with those 5 codes that the PCM has gone out of closed-loop mode and is not reporting any others.

Also check the plug that goes onto the DFI module - see if any of the contacts are bent or pushed back.

Looking at mine, the bar is 8.6 mm diameter rod. The crest of the curve is 75 mm above the sides when it is pushed down into the holders. Even then the single bar will only keep the cover taught when it is new. Once a bit of stiching goes, it will not hold up under heavy rain. I have a few...

The actuators were the same up to VS, but they ran out before VS production finished in 1997, and changed to new actuator. A new-old-stock driver door actuator will be expensive if you can find one. Otherwise you have to change the latch to VT-VZ part to marry with new actuator, and that is also...

Looking through Cadillac, BMW and Land Rover forums, seems that transmission has multiple flaws.

I have driven Falcons and Commodores all my life, I replaced all 4 tyres at the same time. How hard are you driving to flog them out 3x the rate of front? Rather I found on family member's FWD shitboxes, the fronts needed replacing twice as often as rears.

Pretensioners were not fitted before the VT.

Depend what switch you have on the dashboard. Mine is a push-button. Press it to change from one fuel to the other. Usually they start on petrol, and change over to LPG when RPM is high enough, or when engine warms up. Though I think the latter is used in colder countries. If you hold the button...

Just looked in junk box - VS and VT mounting holes are completely different. So you have to use VT actuator with VT-VZ latch, or pay the huge price (if it is driver's door actuator). I wonder if you could make an adapter plate to marry the actuator, but you would need to take door latch out to...

I have changed a few pumps, and I think it is a matter of tightening the 5 little bolts to correct torque. If you overtighten one, it can cause leak, as well as a loose bolt.

In the iScanzilla program, there is a submit ticket function. You have to put the memory card into the USB dongle to use this. They will probably class this as a "feature request" rather than a bug. I doubt anything will happen.

https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/tyres-and-diesel-dumped-mundaring-water-catchment-area

I think only Federal Police used Omegas. Did they do many chases?

VT has EGR. VS III didn't get it - wasn't mandatory then. I dunno why Holden introduced it early

88,000 sounds pretty low for a VR. I did see a deceased-estate VS with similar recently. It look genuine (old perished tyres but like new inside).

The gauge isn't linear like that. I worked the resistance and hence temperature for each of the marks once. Sorry I can't post it now, as the data was on a USB drive that burglars stole.

Last time I changed a pump, the new one was just under 2 ohms. I don't know how accurate the multimeter is when resistance is that small.

I got a security printout from Holden dealer, and I took that to a locksmith. I got a new key blade cut to code, simply because old one was worn out, a freshly cut key opened the door without jiggling the thing around.