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She's coming along well now just the interior to sort;)

Havent been on here in a while, still have the old girl. Shes off mid week to paint jail to get a full respray at last, still been driving her off & on. Got a collection of Vn to Vs commodores now, few wagons & a few sedans....

New fuel pump in it from the last owner but yeah ill be checking the fuel system, drop the tank & get the pump out to check it...

wish this was a 5 litre shes only the trusty old buick

Were going to chuck a new 1 in it soon & start a method of elimination, already replaced the dfi plate & coils

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Got a vp wagon with an issue were not sure if fuel or eletrics - she started by turning off sitting idling every now & then & progressed. Now she will do it sitting & traffic lights & sometimes leaving them & the last time we drove it going around a corner - put her in neutral hit the key & she...

Time sure flys - still got this old girl but shes getting changed up a lot. Went back to a vr v6 engine wasnt a fan of the 5.0, had trans issues & with buying a house & being self employed shes been parked up for at least 18 months now. Collecting good bits all the way, statesman fronts sold...

Yeah real cleaver one that lol

I ended up fixing it - i found the previous owner must have had issues with the fan not working on the radiator so to sort that the bright spark decided to drill a whole in the engine loom grommet on the firewall to run some wires through to a switch he fitted. Now instead of drilling straight...

It has been bypassed but think the issues is something burnt out in the loom so just going to replace it - big job but done it a few times before....

Im in chch bud - think shes got some hidden damage in the loom. Thing started this morning revving at about 2000 - touch the throttle & she'd die. Messed round with it a bit more & got it to rev but missing farting & backfiring - have tried new coil pack which made no difference. Tried another...

So just picked up a Vp bench seat wagon dirt cheap from a local garage that was selling it on behalf - good work wagon. The issue is the owner tryed to jump start it with the jumpers the wrong way & it hasnt gone since - garage replaced the fuel pump & had the security bypassed. So i got it home...

I wont be making the same mistake twice, ended up working right through xmas new years so havent got to her yet but been parts collecting. Got everything here for her - motor trans diff even a made up crossmember i scored so be an easy bolt up. Got a guy lined up to mod my engine loom so she'll...

After info on sorting the speedo on a vc commodore with a Vn V6 & vn vp 4l60, been told theres an adapter you can buy thats both cable & has the speed sensor as well. Trying to find out what theyre called & if theyre on ebay, i'm in Nz so not a lot of info over here. Cheers for any help......

Got made a wicked offer for this so sold it but just over a year later i spotted it with a new owner so hit him up & got it back for way less than i sold it for so just going to chuck it together soon. Wont be selling it again i no that much.....

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Just trying to find out for a customer if this can be done with a straight bolt in, got an sv6 in for wrecking. New to working on these Vz's so a lot to learn - Cheers for any info

Yeah checked everything tonight just not getting power through, will do further checks on it tomorrow & if no joy i'll just run power to it off an ignition source, My other wagon heres had the same issue by the looks they bypassed that before i bought it to. Joys of holden wiring.....

**** of a problem, got one here. Thought it was the fuel pump as no fuel up front so went & bought a new fuel pump for $150 today & fitted that only to find no power at the pump. Have tried another ecu in it & put a new oil pressure switch is today as well but no go, tried bridging the relay but...

Progress is slow been flat stick with work, insides almost done. Left rear electric window motor to fit then all the seats can go in, wirings close to finished in the rear. Had to make a rear loom to suit the car loom in the wagon, that was pretty easy just the high stop light & number plate...

Spent the last 2 days attacking this, ripped the dash out full wiring loom & the heater. Then pulled everything out of the Vs Statesman wreck here & started fitting it to the wagon, got the main body loom plus the heater & top half of the dash in so far. Still hae to chuck all the electrics in...

Got a mint ecotec & trans for this today, took it for a run & goes well so as soon as this weather clears which might be a few days ill start on swapping that over. Wont be long untill it's on the road i'd say, be handy with winter coming so can park the v8 up.......

Made a start on her ;)

Havent had tome to do much to this yet, finally got it in the carport today so thats a start. Thought id chuck up some pics of what i've got floating around i can use on this, should be able to make a tidy daily out of it all. Motor in this is not happy to id say valley gaskets have gone but no...

Well cold youll get down there lol

Ok place dunedin but bloody cold down there

It sure was, shes a changed place now. The rebuild will be going on for years here & if that alpine fault lets go shes going to get a lot worse yet....

Yeah the shakey isles is right never ends down here, this is the other beast....

Just down in Chch bud

So i'm about to give a crappy old Vs wagon a bit of a birthday over the next few weeks, wreck & repair commodores over here from home for a living & i need a new tow car so when this came up for $450 i bought it on the spot sight unseen. 230k on it with a blown trans & what they thought was a...

Well i managed to sneak this through for one wof so putting some k's on it, shes going quite well. Lot cheaper to run than the caprice ive found. Had a Vx commodore pop up the other day with a blown bottom end, bloody tidy car ill be fixing & reselling. Bonus was & the reason i snapped it up was...

We now have Twins Swapped my vt wagon for it, 97 series 2 5.0 caprice. Will get both painted up the same eventually, wagons now parked up for a bit so i can go through her. Picked up a 93 Vr Statesman with a bent bonnet for parts for these 2 if i ever need anything, statesmans over here in the...

Wired the power economy switch up before, works perfect Cheers. Reverse lights to sort then im set

Well shes been a fight but as of today shes driveable at last, had to drive across town with a straight pipe to get to the exhaust shop. Only passed one cop & he had his window up heading in the opposite direction so i was lucky haha. Had her out for a run the other day & found the exhaust was...

Yeah all the same v6 to v8, made life real easy. I found this on the net before i committed to buying the 5.0, seen this & bought her

Cheers much appreciated, awesome right up this. You've made it easy for anyone doing it, i just got a bit confused with this last bit.....

The light blue wire for the power economy switch is that sposed to be powered as mines got nothing, everything else worked a treat but not this

So ive just pulled the v6 out of my vn wagon & replaced it with a vr ss 304 & auto, got it to the start stage when i realised the black plug on the back of the dizzy was broken so i went ahead & bought a brand new dizzy rotor cap & leads. Have fitted all that in & went to start & no joy...