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It doesn't have a disk drive but I can play videos on it, don't watch anything on it though. I believe so. Just used the same wire from the previous head unit.

It's the symbol that shows up when the handrabke is up but says brake on the display. It was going nuts earlier. I've disconnected the wire from the head unit to the handbrake for now to see if it persists.

oh, in a vy monaro BTW.

hi all, Just swapped out a pioneer headunit for an atoto and now for some odd reason I get a brake warning on the dash and it makes that annoying sound after around 10-15mins of driving. Nothing seems wrong with the brakes and I've only touched the wires for the head unit so what is going on??

FFS, drove to work, finished, went to start car and it was dead again. Time to take it to a sparky...

Just ran a thread taper through in case, got the new one in. On initial startup it was reading between 14.5-14.8v. Took it for a drive and tested again and it was in the low 14v range. I will have to test it again tomorrow. Battery itself reads around 13.5v when the car is off.

Got a new alternator in but am having a little trouble getting 2 of the 3 bolts in. The 2 outer bolts for the bracket only go in about 1cm before I can't tighten them by hand anymore (even without the alternator in). Can get the middle bolt in fine, tried the middle bolt in the outer threads too...

Car has 48K on it. Thanks for all the replies, may as well change it out for a new one since it's a pain to get it out especially now that I've got a snail on the side. Hoping it fixes the issue. Also, gave the prevoius battery to my dad and he somehow got it back into the green although we...

Yeah. I'm now thinking that too. I pulled the negative terminal off the battery while the car was running and it didn't stall so yeah I dunno.

Tested the battery on charge with car off, read around 14.6v then tested with car on and it was reading around 15v, finally with the car off with not charger it's resting voltage is around 13.7v not sure how accurate my multimeter is though since the numbers kept jumping around.

Hi all, I drove to work on friday, car started fine got to work no problem. Left work after about 30mins and the battery was dead. Had it jump started with a battery pack, went to get groceries and car started fine. Went back to work the same night, started car, drove to work, no issues...

Was going to check the bolts but found out I need to undo the rubber surround from underneath the car... I'll give it proper look tomorrow.

Hi all, So I've had a Ripshift in my Monaro for a few years now and getting it into reverse has always been a pain. I takes more effort than it should and is always notchy, there are times where I really have to force it or even try a 2nd time. Are they meant to be like this or is there an...

Hi all, Recently had to replace the radiator and when mounting the condenser back in I punctured it. Will I be right reusing the drier? Also what o-rings do I need to replace and how many, just the 2 for the drier? It's been a few weeks now since I've punctured it, is it bad that I've left it...

Nope, never been resprayed. Car has stayed within the family since 2003 and was covered and put away into a shed for almost half of it's life. I'm going to get it resprayed at some point though.

Hi all, Got a yellow Monaro and have never been pleased with the paint, mainly because it has 2-3 different shades. I ordered some touch up paint and it's darker than the body but matches the door handles and I've noticed the boot is slightly darker than the rest of the car as well. I had a...

Hi guys, I had installed coilovers on my Monaro a few years ago and it made sorta like popping noises over small bumps and turning at low speeds. Then when I had the car in for some insurance work where the car pretty much just sat for 2 weeks then noises were gone and now have seem to come...

Seems like disconnecting the battery for a bit did the trick.

Got some canbus bulbs, threw them in, they light up but I still get the warning which sucks.

Nah, not talking about those kind of spacers. The kind you're talking about are rings for rims to suit different center bore sizes. Slip on or bolt on spacers will make the wheel come out more to clear the struts or brakes. I had to use 8mm slip on's and extended studs to make my wheels clear 6...

Thanks for that. I find it kinda odd that the warning came up for the number plate bulbs when I swapped them but it didn't tell me that one of my front parker's was out...

Hi all, Decided to upgrade some lights on the car, threw LED bulbs in the number plate area and that sets off the warning in the dash that's annoying af. I might want to upgrade the bulbs for the tail lights too but no way if I get that warning everytime I start the car. Is there a simple fix...

You could run some small slip on spacers and get 'special' wheel nuts to fit VE/VF wheels to any previous model.

Got it done today. Fluid was a little dark but I couldn't be arsed to do it again. Was that 4.4L altogether? I pumped about 4l into the fill port and another 400ml into the reverse sensor.

Thanks for that mate. Think I should do a flush with cheap stuff before throwing the Penrite in or would it be alright to just drain the current stuff then refill with the Penrite? I thought about grabbing one of those at supercheap earlier, got the little nozzle attachment pump instead. Looks...

Hi guys, Thinking about doing a fluid change for the transmission since changing gears has become a bit of a chore. Seen a few posts saying the T56 takes about 4.4L and some say to take the reverse sensor out and add about another 400ml. Where and what does this sensor look like? Should I also...

I cut a hole in the bonnet I brought the local guy and he said it was too large, cut it to the size of the cowl. Local guy said rivet, fiberglass then bog.

I'll rephrase that then lol Does $1600 seem high?

Hi guys, What are your rough guesses on getting a a hole cut out in a boonet, have a reverse cowl fitted and molded then bonnet painted? Local guy said $1600 but my old man rung a place in sydney that said it would be less than $1000.

Hi, Recently noticed that my clutch pedal has a lot of side to side play, had a look up underneath the dash and couldn't really find anything to adjust it. It has more play than the other pedals but is it normal? Anything I can do to make it less sloppy? Clutch itself feels and grabs fine, just...

Could be o2 sensors. My Monaro was acting really nasty because those were fouled. Had no clue what was wrong with it, took it to a shop, got it on a dyno and it was found straight away.

Only have a regular set.

Got myself those inhex sockets and a ratcheting breaker. Lol there was no way those bolts were gonna crack loose with just an allen key and my hand. The ratcheting breaker bar I got made it so much easier to undo them. Anyways I got the hubs out and swapped the studs but needed to cut about...

Had a go at changing the studs myself and those hex bolts holding the hubs on are a pain to break free and undo. Anyone got tips? I unfortunately don't have air tools. Asked Holden about doing the job and they quoted $305 for just the studs and extra if they need to remove the hubs...

Yeah, looked on the ARP site itself for compatible studs and it was a bit confusing as they didn't have that knurl size at all for Holdens.

Thanks for that mate. Have gone ahead an ordered some ARP studs, looks like they're the same as an Evo's and they ain't cheap haha

Hi, Looking at replacing the front studs for longer ones, anyone know what the knurl diameter for them are? Looked at a few GTO forums and apparently the front and rears are different.

Managed to get them both bolted up properly. The newer D bushings were a bit larger than stock so grabbed a tyre lever to push it down whilst bolting up. Gotta say it was one of the most pita installs I've ever had to do.

Hi all, Had to send a package over to the US for an RMA, got it insured, sent it and it has been sitting in Chicago for the past 2-3 weeks. I've emailed USPS, no response. Got the company doing the RMA to contact them and were told the package was not insured so they're not going to find it...

Hey guys, Having trouble installing a whiteline rear sway bar. I cannot get the passenger side d bush bolted in all the way, driver's side is totally fine. Passenger's side one gets about half way and I don't want to tighten it enough to strip the bolt otherwise I'm effed. Anyone got tips?