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Hi I was wondering if anyone has come across this rubber seal that sits in the valley between glass and panel on a vp or vn wagon tailgate . ive been looking for a long time for anyone making new ones……….i have to buy the complete tailgate to get it secondhand .

I have a vp with a v6 engine and have a strange issue with my temp gauge ..it takes a lot to get it moving off cold and it just gets to over 1/4 before I hear the fans cut in . It has a L3 dash and when I had a cooling fan relay issue and fan didnt start and engine temp went up ….the over temp...

My sons vf black edition wagon has front parking sensors standard but after he owned it for a while noticed the passenger side front bumper /grille one was damaged and hanging loose on its wiring behind the bumper and no mounting bracket …so we bought the small plastic bracket and fitted it with...

Has anyone noticed that no popular auto accessory parts supplier in Australia has caliper or engine paint in stock and it been like this before Christmas ….looks like any paint that has ceramic in it to take heat in black silver etc in rattle cans is on the shelf anywhere in popular brands VHT...

I wondered if anyone had come across fasteners that work as 3 captive nuts as a spare part that are spring clips with a bit of white neoprene moulded in them that go into square holes in the bottom of the inner steel door panel that hold the door trim on with phillips head screws through them

Just had my sons 2013 v6 sportswagon air con stop working and it was traced down to the compressor clutch. Air con place quoted 1500 for new compressor filter tx and Regas . Watched a few YouTube videos and it looked like the clutch only could be changed out without touching the gas or any...

My VP wagons rear tailgate rubber seal around the glass window has come apart at the bottom and shrunk and the rubber has gone chalky .I’ve been trying to find a new one but no luck so far …anyone had similar and found someone who makes them?

I’ve just bought some xforce header extractors and I need to buy some cats . My car has a 3inch x force cat back system already . Just wondered how I should do it . If I buy from the exhaust place it’s going to cost about 500 just for hi flo cats. I’ve seen them for much less but that was eBay...

About to replace the stereo on my Vz and have done some research on how to wire the steering wheel controls to the new unit . Some say you only have to hook up 2 new wires from the new unit to the old wiring and others say you need the conversion unit .. can anyone tell which will work . New...

Just bought a set of ap racing calipers/discs front and rear for my ve ssv...my question is there a difference in master cylinders between these equipped hsv cars and a ssv car like mine

I have a hq with a vp commodore 304 engine in it and i have just hooked up the factory power steering pump up to it and noticed that the belt i have (11A1105)which only runs from crank to pump pulley just touches the edge of the water pump pulley on its way past it . The water pump pulley which...

I have a 2007 ve ssv manual and have owned it for 6 months. The car had 92k on the clock and was very original and unmolested apart from a 3 inch exhaust and xforce mufflers but original cast iron headers and cats so it has a good note. When I test drove it it seemed fine but I noticed after a...

My car is a 2007 ve ssv 6 litre man. I have the problem of the alarm horn alarm going off at random times for no apparent reason. When it goes off if I unlock the car and lock it again it doesnt do it again until the next time usually one or two nights later. It does it at different times of the...

Has anyone had experience with a worn factory LSDs making small noise and some shudder when accelerating hard(just before breaking traction) and especially after/during turning right...checked out centre bearing and cv and trans mount and its all tight and at high speed tailshaft no noise no...

Since photo bucket started trying to charge people to use their site even though you got hammered with advertising when it was free is there any other similar safe sites that I could use ... It's a real pain not having those pictures even on old posts to back up what the text is talking about in...

Anyone had any experience with these .....seem awfully cheap for coil overs....chinese yes but some stuff from there is ok?

done the timing chains etc on my vz alloytec and desludged the engine(major job) ...everything was fine for a couple of months after but now its throwing those 2 codes at the same time.....clear them and back they come together....but no other code.....swapped one of the cam sensor over and...

I have most circuit diagrams referring to the immobiliser on a series 1 vp but there was a later vp model one that flashed the indicators when it locked/unlocked and had some extra circuitry. I installed a mongoose map 2500 alarm many many years ago and it has been great up to now but for some...

Apparently Brembo have set up a manufacturing plant in the US which makes sourcing many of these types of upmarket calipers much easier(and cheaper)....even through amazon. Here my new front 4 piston U.S. made brembo calipers are from a 2013 ATS Cadillac and they fit up to 343 discs (originally...

Going to upgrade the tired/flogged v6 motor on my vr to a ecotec but the engine I have was previously attached to a getrag manual.....I have a solid flywheel from the getrag but want to keep my old vr flywheel, Should I get the vr flywheel balanced to the specs of the getrag solid flywheel or do...

After the saga with timing chains replacement and sludge removal my vz has a click/ rattle in the head that comes and goes randomly and is in different places . I have a oil pressure gauge on the engine and it idles at around 20 lbs and at 2500 gets to 70 lbs so I reckon the oil pressure is...

I have installed new chains and tensioners etc on my 185k old alloytec and cleared the oil pickup screen of any sludge and have also put a oil pressure gauge on it to monitor it . Car starts and runs fine but has a random click that comes and goes and seems to come from lash in the top of the...

I always had this drama on my vz with stock brakes ... Had different brands of front discs.... some aftermarket but it always ended up happening and when they got hot it was much worse....anyone had this drama and found a solution? Someone told me it was bearings worn but I'm not sold. I even...

I've always had a problem with front discs running out of true after say 20 to 30 000 kms and getting a shimmy in them through the steering wheel especially downhill braking when they get hot and fixed it temporarily by machining/replacement only to find it back again after some time and I know...

I have my power steering rack out to fix a leak from the drivers side of the housing so I was going to take it apart and replace the seals .Went looking on the net for some info .....even a view of all the components.... Next to nothing ... About to change that by posting these so it might help...

Ive got my suspension apart and looked into a few bushes that commonly go on these front ends and got to the strutbar bush in the crossmember and wondered if there is a way of telling if it needs replacing...from the outside there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with it.

I have a rattle (diesel like ) that I have heard twice now and seems to be only when the engine is hot and has been running for about half a hour.Engine has 180 k and has had the dreaded sludge pickup problem and was fixed about 10k ago. This noise doesnt seem oil pressure related and and it...

I have a vs getrag gearbox and associated bits including tailshaft pedalbox etc and after looking at the tailshaft i have to go with it, there is no slip joint at the gearbox just the stock rubber donut setup, how can the tailshaft change lengths when the suspension moves on a live axle car like...

Just wondered if the surround on this pickup screen contributes to oil sludge buildup that cant get away .Had the dreaded oil starvation caused by sludge build up and I took the sump off and when I took the pickup pipe off and looked at the screen there was some sludge build up on the screen but...

Finally bit the bullet and got the sunroof that I bought installed in my vr installed by Eastcoast Sunroofs........ it came from a vs stato so its a hollandier 700.....cutting the hole had us worried as the paint adhesion was not as good as I thought but we went slow and careful and it all...

Picked up some 315 rear brake discs cheap lately and noticed after some searching that the normal 315mm setup that uses a pbr vt style caliper looks like the same caliper as the 290 one with just the cast iron bracket being the difference..i was just wondering if it is possible to buy the...

ITEM: Left and right backing plates and handbrake shoes modified to accept the late model 76mm spaced rear calipers.....you can use the standard vt calipers like I did or hsv or harrop or brembo setups to fit any pre vt commodore with solid disc braked rear axle It allows you to use the vt rear...

Ive just installed vt rear 289mm 16mm ventilated rotors on my vr solid rear axle that previously had the standard solid 289 11mm ones and you could do the same to any solid rear disc braked commodore borg warner or salisbury or even with a couple of extra parts from a disc braked vn /p/r/s you...

Had a problem with my vz right hand power mirror not working ...tracked it down to the mirror but I did a diagram of where all the wires go on the door switch plug so it might be easier to test without taking the whole car apart to fix. With switch removed and unplugged on door plug With a...

Have had the v6 engine in the vh running rough lately and using a lot of fuel...tried the codes and it has code 13 up so we put the scan tool on and it reads 4.42 mv and doesnt change with throttle movement...so we changed the o2 sensor but the scan tool still reads 4.42 mv. Checked the wiring...

Have a overheating problem....the car will over 1/2 a hour gradually heat up to a stage it brings the alarm and light on.While moving with some airflow and warmed up it sits a little hotter than normal but as it sits in traffic stopping and starting it gradually creeps up the scale to a...

Just got my brake discs machined and this is the wear pattern after a week....what do you reckon has happened here? the car has a bit of a on/off feel as it nearly comes to a complete stop...will it go away or should I go back and show the blokes who did the machine job? WTF

Does anyone know what type of sunroof this is..... its from a vp commodore ...but it will fit any model of commodore with the same body style like a vr/s From looking at it I cant see how the actual opening is sealed...there seems to be nothing at the rear ..is something missing?

Has anyone used aca fuel injectors? ...a brand distributed by bursons.

I have just installed a cruise control setup from a vn/p/r/s into a vh v6 conversion...everything works but the only drama is the speed signal....just wondered if the 2 pulse speed sensor output that I am running for the computer is the right signal to be putting on this green wire feeding the...