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This was the only thread I found on this subject. hence my experience below ; hopefully it maybe to someone's benefit. I did it the so called "proper way", by adjusting the toothed wheel thru the hole in the disk hub. I found the adjusting wheel would not move up or down. I decided to have a...

I've taken my car to G A S Blacktown and the Converter was changed, its located under the right front guard, underneath the plastic splash panel. The guy thought that a seal had gone, in it and when it heated up, from the hot water, it swelled and blocked off the leaking gas. The Converter...

VE gas smell Any other stories of gas leaks in the VE's? My VE with factory gas, emits gas at the first set of traffic lights I come to after it switches over from petrol. Than goes away. I'm suspecting something to do with the choking. By pressing the air re-cirulating button, resolves...

RiCeYs first two steps are OK, though you have to slide yor fingers under the trim to nearly where it joins the hood lineing and lever down with your knuckes fairly hard. The rest is a lot more complicated, at least for me it was. From that point on you cannot see what you are doing, as your...

As I suspected I was doing something wrong. Removing the calliper assembly off the disc is the hard way. When all else fails look at the manual! In summary it says to anchor the disc with a couple of wheel nuts, using G-clamps, 2 on the front pads, or 1 on the rear pads, after retracting the...

When changing brake pads on a VE omega following the usual proceedure, I've used on every other car I've had, yes those 18mm caliper support bolts are tight as, but moving on. The problem I encounted was fitting the pad into the stainless steel guides, they fit into the body of the caliper...

Thanks for the reply, I rang up the Holden technical advice line, and got put through to a dealer, (what a con). He told me they dont do it that way, they remove the wheels and disc hub and adjust the shoes. Cost $48, sounded like a good deal, so I went with that, as I wanted them to check out a...

I've tried prising the silver surround at the rear of the cup holder off ,feels like it going to break. theres a locking tab for the flip top, as part of the surrond, proding at it does'nt do anything either.