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    Installing a Stereo into a VN - VS

    This may not be in exactly the right place but regarding installing a clarion stereo in a VN commodore. Does anyone know what is directly behind the dash black plastic firewall directly behind where the back of a stereo installation would be. The Single din clarion stereo that I am installing is...
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    Where does your V8 temp gauge sit

    thanks for the replys the radiator is set up properly with with fans pulling a large amount of air through the radiator controlled via a greenfoam tune. the air con works on the stuart hwy at 80kms as I get closer to darwin and start hitting traffic light temps rises to about 105C and still...
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    Where does your V8 temp gauge sit

    or yea I'm running a 3 core desert cooled radiator and AU fans sealed up with plastic welding covering and holes. The radiator is way bigger then standard and had to modify the brackets the get it in. Also had to cut radiator hoses as standard too long. Baffling problem since occurs only in...
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    Where does your V8 temp gauge sit

    I changed the thermostat to an 82C. I can't rememeber what the other one was but it had engraved on it "made in USA' and "16-1-2001" It was installed about 4 years ago. I tested it out thinking it might not be opening in boiling water. It roughly measured 5mm open and 7mm opening on the new one...
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    Where does your V8 temp gauge sit

    I see this thread hasn't been used in a few years but my VN 5litre with mild cam and aluminum radiator running AU fans regulated by a Greenfoam tune reads just above half on the gauge going upto 3/4 at traffic lights of going slow in car parks. The fans come on at 92C and off at 89C. It never...
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    So, I went to a "Suspension Specialist"

    I also visited a "suspension specialist" today with the aim of getting new strut mounts fitted. The urethane ones on my VN 5 litre are starting to stretch and crack. 2 hours later when I returned I was quoted $2600 for a 2 page list of thing that "failed" and "urgently" needed replacing...
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    When should the thermo fan kick in?

    I have a mechanical temp gauge in my VN Calsis. I used the thermostat housing, got an aluminum welder to build up some bolk then drilled and taped the hole to suit the thread from an autometer or similar gauge. I run AU twin thermo fans controlled by a davies craig switch mounted on an aluminum...
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    Solution to Sticky fuel/temp guages

    Couldn't find a post relating to the position voltage regulator board on a calais dash so I wrote this post after reading and then doing this repair. The VN calais dash internal layout differs slightly from this initial tutorial I have had intermittent temp and fuel gauges on my VN calais dash...
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