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Have you had a good crack at them with some polish? I was almost going to remove mine and repaint but thought I'd give it a go polishing as I've heard it is pretty easy to damage them in removal (talking sedan). Went over it a few times, and it is by no means back to perfect but I am happy...

Oh and yes the 2 and 3 gauge are the same. Like you said, different software. The only way I know of changing it is with an MCU programmer directly to the chip (people that have worked out how to change old 2 gauge to 3). And you can change the backlight, if you like soldering LEDs. 30 of them...

It's not a good picture, and this one isn't a touch screen. But I bought one that was just a little too tall and attached it to clear perspex and painted the perspex that wasn't where the screen was. No modifying the vents at all. Did have an aim to make my own centre section and make a space...

Ok, if you're not taking the whole assembly off the car, take the cover off the front of the assembly (front of car). You'll see two plugs for the motor controls. There's a little tab and they pull straight outward (toward the front of car, or 90degrees from the wires). A bit fiddly, a little...

The mirror is only held in by push on clips. So once you've taken the cover off, just push on the back of the mirror. Shouldn't take much effort at all. I think that'll give you access to the motors once you unclip the back of that unit.. Unclip the wires on the back first before pushing the...

Did you refill it by just pouring coolant into the cap? When I did my pump I tried that and found a lot less went back in than was drained. Bloody air pockets. By gently pulsing the bottom radiator hose (squeezing) I saw the level under the cap drop (some air managing to get up to the top). So I...

Why would you bother putting diesel in with petrol to clean the engine? Especially if you're going to mix it with 98. They've already added cleaning additives to 98. If you don't use 98 as standard you should run a tank every now and again anyway. Even in my old VN, the change to 98 was...

Man I've heard some weird stuff about simple battery changes in the VE. It's a battery. Only difference is it's in the boot and needs to be vented to outside. No reprogramming, no special tools, no providing external power or whatever other voodoo people are saying. Just make sure it meets...

I don't believe you need Holden to do it. Pretty sure most decent scan tools should be able to, so I'd assume most mechanics. I've got a Tech2 (though the darn thing isn't playing the game anymore), and had no issue. No security or TIS access needed.

Glad you got it sorted mate. Hate it when you're working into the night to get something finished and its something you've done similar to heaps before and shouldn't have too much trouble with just stops making any sense and you can't figure it out. Finally to give up, and have it gnawing at you...

Yes the gearbox does have a service schedule. Something like 130,000km I think. It's in the owner's manual or service booklet. I'd also ask them to reset the TAP cells. My MY08 SV6 with the same box started playing up a while ago. To me it felt like slipping, and if engine braking down hills it...

Looked at my current figures on my MY08 SV6 (LY7 engine). Avg speed 49.4km/h at 9.8l/100km. Idle uses 1.2l/h once warm (a/c off, didn't think to check with it on). Only things done to it are an Airhammer filter and plenum insulator (no tune). Bugger all time sitting stuck in traffic. Always use...

It all depends on the what amp, what speakers and how you wire it all up. If you wire them up in series, you increase the resistance and if you wire them up in parallel you decrease the resistance. If you don't know what you're doing you can do a lot of damage. And of course, as Micaxe said, you...

If it is the learning function playing up, no I don't believe it will fix itself. TAP stands for Transmission Adaptive Pressure from memory. From my understanding it is basically a spreadsheet type table of values that tells the 'box when to shift, how hard to shift etc. So as you drive it is...

I had an issue with mine a fair while ago that felt like it was slipping a fair bit on gear changes and mostly on takeoff. Also when engine braking downhill it felt like it was jumping in and out of gear. Turned out to be the learning function. Reset the TAP cells with a Tech2 and it's been...

Glad you got it sorted. Looking into it, it appears the Gregory's is wrong and you are correct. I took another look, and the book does say the driver's side is #1 on the V6 and the passenger side is #1 on the V8. But looking at pics of the intake manifold, the passenger side appears to be the...

The cylinder closest to the front is #1. Even though it's a V engine, they are slightly offset banks so they can attach to the crank. In this engine that's the driver's side front. So #2 is front passenger, #3 is driver's etc etc. The firing order in this is 1-2-3-4-5-6 (seriously). I'm fairly...

Huh? No need to do anything, just swap batteries. Disconnecting the battery and leaving it can help sometimes with gremlins. Should disconnect it when working on the car, so no issues having to keep power or anything. Never heard of this issue either. A reset needed? Nah, if it's working, it's...

Yikes, that doesn't sound great. I doubt the speed sensor has anything to do with it, I'm not even sure if there is one on that 'box. A scan to see if there are any error codes would be a good place to start. I's guess though that it's either the Transmission Control Module is stuffed, or the...

Who told you Holden don't service the autos? It's due at the 150,000km service. My car is having it done right now. By Holden. Tigger - really hard to go on by that description unfortunately. Without actually hearing or feeling it first hand, it'd be a lot of guessing. And I'm not sure what...

Tech2 is the scan tool that Holden use. The TAP cells are the learning that the gearbox does. They're supposed to learn how you drive and change a little. Stands for Transmission Adaptive Pressure. So its re-writing the information, and all your doing is resetting it back to original values. I'm...

Have you tried resetting the TAP cells? Do this with a Tech2 or such. My 'box was playing up a bit. Felt a little like slipping sometimes when accelerating, and a bit like it was jumping in and out of gear, especially when going downhill in manual mode using engine braking. As it was in for a...

Ok, a different car but similar sounding issue. Mine may have had a couple of issues at once as well. The first thing I did was to clean the TB. Easy job, didn't remove it. Just be aware the workshop manual says not to use cleaner that contains M.E.K. because of the electronic component. Pretty...

Ah yeah, that makes sense. And when I re-read the posts, I can only put it down to having a blonde moment. Cheers mate. Hope it helps and you get it sorted. Also, being the problem has been noted under warranty you don't have to worry about not solving it before the warranty runs out. The...

Take a look at this thread, especially toward the end. Sounds similar to your issue. Could be related to the flex fuel sensor if your car's E85 compatible. https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/ve-ssv-redline-cold-start-issues.250184 And 11.2V is a bit low, battery should be at least 12V...

Thanks again VS_Pete. That's not a deal breaker, especially considering the price difference. I'd just have to not let them get to the unusable stage, thinking I can get them instantly if it rains.

Nice. Not more than a few drops and a little bit of drizzle for me. :( These don't lock you into a particular brand of blade or anything do they? It'd be really good if I can just drop into my local whatever store and grab some blades. For those times when it does finally rain and I find out I...

Personally, if I'm doing something needing stands I jack it using the front crossmember point and the diff. Then the stands go under the jacking pads. That way I'm only jacking twice, not four times. The only time I jack it up using the jacking pads is if I'm only working on one wheel, like a...

P0430 ? That's a Cat operating below efficiency on bank 2. Pretty sure bank 2 is passenger side on the V6. Cylinder 1 is the driver's side after all. Could be cat, more likely the post cat O2 sensor. If you've changed exhaust or an OTR I believe may throw this. But not sure. Swap the sensors and...

So this is the sedan, I'm guessing the crossmember and front pads are the same in wagon and ute, and the rear pads would be in a similar vicinity of the rear stock jack points.

Yeah it does. If you've still got it. At least mine does for the sedan. I can take a photo and post if needed.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I thought the stock diff had a bit of a reputation for it. I'm certainly no diff expert at all though.

Yeah, he's correct. Older commies were a big tough chassis with the weak body dumped on top. The strength/stiffness of the car was pretty much all in the chassis rails. The VE doesn't really have chassis rails as such. The strength/stiffness is because the body is stronger metal (and made...

Mate, I'm not sure where about you are, but I'm out Ipswich way. If you ever need error codes scanned, I have a Tech2 tool that should work on your car. Officially the software on it only goes up to 2012 models, but I'm pretty sure it works on all VE, just not for the VF. I don't charge. I can...

I haven't done much to mine at all engine wise. All I've done is put an Airhammer pod filter on and one of Mace's plenum insulator/spacers. But I've heard a lot of good things about the CPR6, and I can't think of anyone complaining. As for exhaust, I don't really know either to be honest. Some...

Because of the safety feature not allowing you to rev it in park, the only real way is driving it. You could try neutral, like I said, I've never tried. Either using the tiptronic thing or using sport mode and sinking the boot are about the only way to get it to rev higher for sure. Stuffing...

Love your work VS_Pete, thanks for the updates. I know what I'll be doing next time.

Yes the VE is hard on the battery compared to earlier models. I've read that a full battery lasts about 6 weeks with the car just sitting (not sure where that was said). There's all sorts of computers and stuff that still go on once you've left, this is normal. Wait about 10 minutes after you...

Yeah, I noticed that too. "I've always done it" doesn't mean it's a good idea. So I did double check in my Gregory's first. It specifically says diff, so I'm going with that. Doesn't usually hurt to ask (unless you get 20 different answers).

Only use 2 points myself. Diff and the centre jack point at the front. Both designed for it.