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Digi-dash at 411,000 kms now and still working fine!!! Running on a 3.3L carb engine, getting ready to reinstall the fuel injection soon. Only problem I've had was that the transmission went a few months back and when I installed the replacement, the gear inside the tran's for the speedo...

Thanks guys, did get it on eventually.... I think filling it with fluid did help, and yeah, it was pretty much up against the bell-housing once it was in properly... gave me about 30mm to play with to bring it up to the flywheel/flex-plate. Thank you all for your advice, very much appreciated...

Hi all, I'm installing a replacement auto transmission in my VK... am having some real problems aligning the torque converter. Under suggestion from a workmate, I have the torque converter removed from the flex-plate/flywheel with the intention of installing the torque converter to the...

Rear window wiring Hmmm.... I still havn't got the rear windows wired in mine, and dont exactly know how I will go about it. I had to replace the switches and rewire it all completely. The original centre console window switch has some weird connections going on inside them for the rear...

Pin removal tool The pin removal tool I got was a piece of hardened steel rod and a bar with a slot in it. I think I bought it from "Trade Tools". You insert the rod through the middle of the pin and screw a head cap onto it. Then you put the bar onto the bottom of the rod and belt the...

Door lock motors Hey dudes, Sorry for the delayed reply. Remove the bolts from the lock motor assembly and carefully detach the linkage from the "L" shaped lever so that you have the motor loose. This will make it easier to access the cable connector. Cut any cable ties as necessary and...

Hey pub, Bummer about missing out on that. I'm installing my old Calais' EFI system into my Executive soon, but I won't be using the computer (will be building my own control unit). I might need it for a little while yet for testing purposes, but after that, I won't need it at all (works...

Cane_It, The wiring for the mirrors was easy... as I recall, they just ran down through a gap between the inner and outer walls of the door... after that they rejoined the loom and straight out through the holes I drilled. As for this "Liquid Spanner" stuff, I would be very keen to give it...

Thanks for the info... Yeah, well I figured that there would be a place to drill those holes, but that would mean taking the doors off... but after the trouble I went to trying to get the old Calais' doors off, I wasn't even going to attempt it on the Exexecutive (also my pin removing tool...

The ambient light sensor is mounted in the instrument cluster surrounding panel, at the bottom (along the same line as the indicators for battery, reverse, high beam, hand brake, etc.) - it is toward the right hand side. Thinking more about it now though, I think the sensor is only used when...

NORTI, IMO there are two possibilities for dim lighting... 1. check your dimmer varistor (attached to the headlight switch... not likely, but check it out) - make sure the wire coils and contact are clean and there is no corrosion... if there is, a bit of fine grade sand paper should clean...

hey cxcxcxvcvcvc, Looks really nice! Some old workmates of mine were doing a similar thing with their instrument clusters, but we're talking here about the VK electronic instruments which do not have backlights or anything like that.... they are a totally digital display that are...

Yes, it is a 3.3L engine. I really want to build my own system so I can tune it just the way I want it - tuning being injector timing and pulse duration + ignition timing. The more I think about it, the more it seems to come to the point that there is no way to determine when each cylinder...

Like I said, I'm not good with the primary colour combinations.... My point is though, vacuum fluorescent displays are sealed units (similar to regular fluorescent "tube" lights) - there are no LED's involved, and I could not see any way the colour could be changed as they are built using a...

The Calais electronic display is a "vacuum fluorescent" type display (same as is used in old video recorders), and it would be near impossible, probably totally impossible to change the colour of it. The only way I could imagine to do it, as mentioned, is to somehow get ahold of a translucent...

Fair call, but I'm looking at building a system where the timing will still be controlled electronically, which is not possible with the reluctor type dizzy, as the spark is controlled directly by the mechanical & vaccum advance mechanisms. Also, the EFI system I want to build would fire each...

Go for it Sh*t, if I had the space, welding experience, and somewhere to rebuild engines, I'd buy it.... Your right, the VK's are the toughest and the best.... and who could go past the electronic instruments :D The only thing I'd worry about is the missing door trim.... unless you find...

I need some detailed information about how the EST system works.... I know that the EST control module controls the ignition timing and collects information from multiple engine sensors, most importantly the 3 flywheel sensor points and obviously controls spark from this. What I can't...

Nahh... GO FOR IT I installed the digital instruments into a standard VK executive after my Calais was written off. I wrote a thread for the whole conversion... The thread URL is http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/showthread.php?t=7572 My dash just hit 380,000Km and still works fine :D

Update - Calais power windows, mirrors and central locking Well, this project has been going on for quite some time, and is still not quite done.... havn't had much spare time lately. After a day of trying to get the doors off of the old Calais, I had to admit defeat... a pin removing tool...

Done... All hinges have been soaking in WD all day. The two that I have gotten out so far were the bottom ones from both drivers side doors, and I took them out through the top - I'm thinking that thay maybe they MUST be taken out upwards. What do we say? I'll keep trying tomorrow anyway.

I am trying to remove the doors from my old VK Calais (converting an executive to a Calais - I have a thread on the subject). I've read a couple of posts about doing it - Bugger of a job they say - TOO RIGHT! I bought a door hinge pin removal tool, but the pins are so badly rusted in, it...

Repco does not supply the pin removal tool, but it is available from TradeTools. I picked one up for $35. Well worth it. As Smitty mentioned, use LOTS of WD40. Let it soak for a good while - mine were rusted in solid!

I'll Also put this reply in another post where it was discussed: A pin removal tool is available from TradeTools - they had one for about $50 and another for $35 (looked like exactly the same tool). It's still a bugger of a job, but it does make it alot easier.

Easy to change if you are confident with auto-electrics. If you have a Gregory's service manual, the wiring diagram is about 3-5 pages in from the rear. If you don't have it, let me know and I'll try and get it to you. As well as the instruments, you will need all of the plugs (6 of them)...

Easy to change if you are confident with auto-electrics. If you have a Gregory's service manual, the wiring diagram is about 3-5 pages in from the rear. If you don't have it, let me know and I'll try and get it to you. As well as the instruments, you will need all of the plugs (6 of them)...

The only sensor I have had to change over, was the oil pressure sender (the Exec' has an actual pressure guage, where the Calais just gives a low pressure warning) - Until I changed that over, it would give the 'OIL ALERT' warning every time you start the engine. The only other sensor is the...

Need Help To Post Photos I tried to upload some photos as requested. I tried the 'insert image' button and it asks for 'text to be formatted'??? I also tried to Attach the files but after selecting the files, then clicking the upload button, the window dispalys 'page not found'. Can...

I'll trry to take some photos of where it is up to now and put them up. Unfortunately I havn't got any "Before" shots.

Yes, that was it - 3 bolts as was said + two screws one above each side vent. I Changed it over last night - It's nice to have the colours matching (you can imagine what the all brown dash and interior with a silver crash pad looked like). Thanks heaps for the advice...

Sadly, last year my VK Calais was front ended by a Ford. I bought a VK executive pretty cheap and am now swapping over all the Calais goodies. The Executive is silver and the Calais was bronze/brown so the new interior/exterior colour is rather different. The car needs a respray. It will...

Moving This Thread I am starting a new thread on this issue and also to cover other issues. All further discussions should go there. It will be titled: Convert VK Executive to Calais Cheers, Steve.

Thanks for the pic - interesting. I'll have a look at the VK with this pic in mind, but it looks like they changed the panel/chassis structure under the dash considerably between models (why not... everything else changed at the VN). Had another look a few minutes ago - can't see any self...

Yes, it is the crash pad I am trying to remove. I already have the rest of the dash out - the whole thing. I will have a look again for screws holding it but I havn't been able to see any so far. If you have any info, please post it or send it to me. Would be very much appreciated.

I am trying to remove the dash board from a VK calais. I have gotten the entire lower section out (glove box, stereo, AC/heater controls, instrument cluster), but I cannot seem to find any way to remove the top section of the dash - the piece just under the windscreen. There seem to be no...