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Hi guys, I have a VT sedan in NSW that my son is driving, Im from WA. 18 months ago the LHF door glass fell and has locked the door in the process. Im looking for a workshop in the Shortland area (Newcastle) or some one who knows their way around the door locks and fast glass, suspect the...

Hi Guys Have a VT Calais with the OEM eurovox haed unit and CD stacker still in vehicle. Are these things worth any thing now for restro or in the Bin?

There is an internal spring that breaks and if you drop the replacement one while it in the unlock position the bloody spring will come off.. have to cut them open to replace spring.. Buy a replacement lock assy

I just made the bushes out od brass tubing and and drilled the pins to fit a split pin in them. the main bush with the torx I used starter motor bushes and cut to size. wasn't a hard job. seats are no perfect

to do a total coolant drain of the engine block you have to remove the knock sensors, these also act at coolant drains. stick a screw drive up the whole to make them flow.

How did you get the door open without damaging the inner panel?

I removed the plastic bush and cut up some ally tube that was the perfect size for the 8mm pin and 10mm? worm case(sure I got it from bunnings) fitted some SS washer between the worm drive case and seat rail. drilled a small hole in the 8mm pin to fit a washer and split pin as the push clips...

alt warning light wont come on all the time.. Ive seen a lot fail when one of the stator phases go short and it wont charge or hold the system, idiot light wont come on but it sounds like a dry bearing as the alternator is self destructing. light coming on is usually the reg failing or burnt...

For the price of the correct types dont used standard tyre valves.. had a few come back after a week or months with seeping valves, including my own VX and VS. you dont see the AC guys use tyre valves for a reason. MM recharging without locating the cause of the leak 1st. Hope you dont have a...

Common problem is where the plug goes into the dash, the membrane get hair line cracks in it, fuel, temp and tacho can play up... A hard thump on the top of the dash will test this most time... If its the membrane, you can hard wire it or very carefully repair the tracks

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Ok Guys doing my head in VIN 6H8VTX69HXL38**** Im trying to work out if its a series 1 or 2. The vin is coming up with a series 2 in a berlina not a calais. Date on the com plate is 7/98 but the Vin says its a 99. it was 1st purchased 2/99. Can any one put some light on this..Im trying to get a...

Hi Guys Im sure this has been asked before. My 98 Calais has the dreaded varitronic steering rack problems and its leaking.. Can I fit the standard s1 Varible ratio in place and what will the PCM throw up? thanks.

Didnt thick you could run the eco engine had to be the Buick6.

What type of gear box and what plug are you looking for?

OK Thanks Guys.. Did find a supplier on EBay But a little suss at the price.

Hi Guys, taken on another project :hmmm:... I fitting a ser2 VT eco with auto into a vp 5 speed ute. Who does a reliable re-program of the removal of the BCM on the MEMCAL so it can be a almost a plug and play. I have a running complete wagon but dont want to do a full rewire for the BCM:bang...

Give me a day or 2.. Think I have one in the junk pile....

You can buy a tool kit on flebay for about $30.. Ive used them.. The pins are lightly hammered out. you can use a drift but the pin will usually spread jamming the pin.. the are some vids on YT that will show you..... However Soak the hinges with Inox for a few days before hand.. makes it...

Worked out the horn contact. Remove 2 white plugs top and bot on the outer column. Remove C clip from column,rotate assy ccw and pull unit out. Getting the C clip back on with out the shaft going back down by yourself is fun. Door hinge? 9' cutoff wheel..

Hi guys,got a score on a compleat wagon for spares. Now turning my Toyota in to a Holden.. How do you remove the door hing pins, do you knock them towards the center of the door or outwards. Mine wont budge. I need to replace the horn contact pin on the steering column, How do you remove...

Replaced the DFI module and sofar so good....

Run the engine up today and it took 5 mins to get to the no start problem. Tried it 3 times and no start...Pluged in the Scan tool and do you think that bloody engine would play up. There were no faults loged except the cam pos sensor and a vac leak and total failure of the CAS .. after playing...

Hi guys. the old wagon is showing old age. Last week I had a problem with the Imobilizer not shuting off, No problem before. Used the original transponer and had no problems. Today drove to work no problems at all, went to restart 20min later crank but no start. Tried 3 hours later and...

If your talking about the Rear door windows. The 1/4 window has to come out 1st. Lower the main glass, remover the guide rubber next to the top 1/4 window and there are 2 screws. remover the guide at the bottom and the whole 1/4 window will slide forward, tilt the top and remove the 1/4 window...

Just had to replace the GMB pump again yesterday as the Belt tore out my bonnet lining and lower rad hose. The belt didnt drive off but jumped 3 ridges and flew apart. The pump bearing failed. It feels fine in the bearing and not leaking just the shaft wobbles...I also found the funny noise that...

Looks like a air bleeder that slides to open the hole off a Cheap Hardware air comp.

speedo head A common problem with the head is the plastic membrain/PCB get little cracks where the loom plugs into.. With a good soldering iorn you can repair it. On wat to find if this is a problem, while driving give the speedo head a firm wack and see if it tries to come to life..

Hi Guys, I spat the dummy tonight trying to get the door glass back in. I had some low life smash my RH R 1/4 window last night:boxing:, Police got him in my car after he did 6 in a row. I removed the channel between the sliding glass and the 1/4 glass, well it prety much fell out because...

You can use old spark plugs as plugs. Just a little note on bypassing the heaters. The water going trough the heater core is slowed down due to the tubes...When you bypass the core with a pipe with out slowing or stopping the water flow, you have coolant that isnt going through the...

Scary!!!! I shudder when I see bricks under chassis rails.

Did you clean out the old debris before changing over to the orig center? You may have picked up a weld or tooth which damaged to center.

Hi Guys. back to its old tricks again..have to do another LH top mount. This is the new Nolathane one fitted 3-4 months ago... whats this #3 this year!! Sick of the dents inmy bonnet from the strut.... Cheap lexan wagon for sale, AC works, 4 black round things 1 with a slow leak...

Hi Guys My wagon has been giving me the S--ts for the last 12 months with its intermitant low idle and stalling...Never any codes.. Last weekend I did the throtle body routine again trying to find it. No fault found again.. After I refitted and conected every thing it was now worse for the...

So how did you go??

Good point Hangman...Did this some time ago ona fresh paint job on the HQ..Was a bit pissed off.. Still trying to work out how the booster causes the pedal to sink....MMMMMMM

My GMB failed with in 12 months. Just luck I guess to get a good one.

After market sound system? amp still on or electric antenna motor slowly burning.

I agree with Brett. The manufacturers wouldnt spend millions on testing and calabrating cooling systems for ppl to change the thermostat to a lower temp or remove them...then expect no damage tobe done. When I 1st bought ski boat (308)it had no thermo in it and was told by the seller 'up...