Recent content by Stugdum

I never use second hand electrical parts, I have replaced it both times with a brand new one. When it goes it puts the transmission into Limp home mode, which is a pain in the arse, because it revs right out then changes gear so harshly that it nearly gives you whiplash. Not to mention the...

I have just replaced the TPS for the second time in under 3yrs. That means its had 3 TPS's in it in 3 years! It it common for them to **** themself that often, or is there something else causing it? Whilst on the subject, there is a tiny little plastic cap on the end of the rod that goes into...

G'day all, I just need to confirm whether the heater tap defaults to the open or closed position when there is no vacuum? I would have thought it defaulted to the closed position, but I thought I remembered someone mentioning in a previous thread that it defaults to the open position. Please I...

I dont know what you've been doin' with them LSD's you trashed, but mine has done well over 400,000k's and only had to be fixed once about 10 year ago, and its still nice and tight. I change the oil regularly and I use the expensive Synthetic LSD oil not the cheap mineral stuff, do that and they...

G'day all, I went to backflush my radiator/heater lines etc and thought I would give the system a going over and check everything while I was there and found an issue which I am not sure about. The question I have is, is the tap turned off with the vacuum servo pulled in or out? I presume it...

G'day all, I am going to backflush my cooling system this weekend to clean out some of the crud, as I havent done it in a few years. I was gonna do the heater core as well, but I dont know which way the water flows so I can back flush it the other way. Does the water go in the top one or the...

If it helps you can use a standard HB puller on it even though there is a special one for commodore HB's. You just need a piece of steel rod (hardened if possible) that goes up the centre of the HB, which is just smaller in diameter than the thread, so it slides straight in. Cut it off so it...

I had heaps of problems with backfiring on my VR which is dual fuel, blew up 2 airboxes in 12 months and I tried changing plugs, leads etc all to no avail. So I spoke to a LPG guy and he suggested changing the ignition module, which I did and I havent had a backfire since, and that was over 12...

You may not realise it, but, it happens a lot here in Oz as well. I am a Funeral Director and our company regularly takes embalmed bodies to the family's home and leave them there for anywhere from overnight to 3 or 4 days before the Funeral. Islanders do it all the time, and so do a lot of...

Thanks for the help guys, I finally tracked it down. My starter motor gear was not pulling back far enough into the housing and staying just engaged by about 1mm or so, just enough to make a hell of a racket.

Thats true, but anti-discrimination laws dont stop discrimination one iota, they just drive it underground. An employer might not give you the job because you are black/gay/too fat/too skinny/ too short/ too tall/smoker etc whatever his dislike may be, but he aint gonna tell you that, he'll just...

Hey you wont get an arguament from me on that, I never said it was all about me, and, I am not angry with him or anything. The point I was making is that like alcoholism, illicit drugs etc, it often affects a lot of people in ways we dont fully realise sometimes. And getting back to the original...

Ok, so losing my Dad to smoking was not because of the act of smoking, it was just a matter of public perception? Great, that makes me feel a whole lot better now about having no Dad! Thanks I am eternally grateful to you for pointing out my error! stugdum

My opinion FWIW on this subject is probably gonna cause a lot of criticism, but I'm gonna say it anyway. I respect the right of anyone to choose to smoke, and have never give a smoker a filthy look or had a go at them for smoking, because thats their choice. BUT!!, at the same time, I seriously...

Last week I posted about a horrible scraping noise that was coming from the bell housing area, well today I took the cover off (that was a job in itself, who was the Einstein that designed an inspection plate that necessitates removing the steering rack and part of the exhaust just to get it off...