Recent content by marvinstokes

Sold my wife's 2011 Holden Cruze with 50000 kms on it to her sister. We never had a problem with it but one week after selling it the sister-in-law rang up and said that the car would not start. They tried jump starting it then bought a new battery ($240 fitted!!) because a battery expert said...

Sold my wife's 2011 Holden Cruze with 50000 kms on it to her sister. We never had a problem with it but one week after selling it the sister-in-law rang up and said that the car would not start. They tried jump starting it then bought a new battery ($240 fitted!!) because a battery expert said...

Don't reach for the angle grinder just yet!! I followed the instructions but could not turn the key to the 2nd position. Before getting the angle grinder i thought "What the hell!...the locks buggerred anyway!" I removed the metal key part from my plastic remote and pushed it into the ignition...

Same thing happened to me last week. The front left caliper was seized and I took it off to free it up. One bolt was free but the other was locked solid. I snapped it trying to rotate it to free it up! I ended up drilling a hole in the caliper at the opposite end of the bolt that I was trying to...

You will probably have to get yourself a replacement unit. The same thing happened to mine but I was able to get a second hand unit from ebay for $20. It is easy to replace, just two screws above speedo and then prise the facia off with your fingers. The old unit will push out towards you from...

Great to hear from another person who's not afraid to 'have a go'. Pretty good to do it all in two hours, it makes me feel good that my post has been of benefit to you and that you saved some cash!!...Marvin.

Try this tip for fixing speedo https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/how-fix-speedo-vs-commodore.86469

Vacuum Hose in Place I put the vacuum hose onto the throttle body to the 'canister purge solenoid' and the car idles like new!! - That little sucker has been missing all this time and I thought that the engine was rooted!! - THANKS CANDER!

Reply to Cander24 Thanks cander24, sounds like you really know your stuff ~ I will have another look at it tomorrow and fix it up properly . This car idled routh and "hunted' ie revs went up and down at idle, maybe if I fit the second hose this might stop this from happening too! Thanks...

I have just replaced my intake manifold gaskets. Whilst removing the intake manifold I removed a vacuum hose from the rear of the engine from a small electrical component. The hose was fed thru the top of the intake manifold and ended up at the drivers side front going into an emission control...

Reply to HRVATSKI_VOJNIK HRVATSKI_VOJNIK, I'm very happy to hear that you got something out of my post. - Thanks for the feedback. If you hear of anyone else with a dodgey speedo you'll now be able to give them the benefit of your experience! Cheers, Marvin.

Thanks Apoc & Fuzzy for the feedback. This is my first post I've gained much from this site and thought it was time that I gave something back! Marvin.

There have been many posts regarding Commodore speedos not working. Most of the advice tends to direct owners to either check their 'speed sensors', replace little internal cogs in their speedos or replace the cluster. Having bought a cheap secondhand VS I was faced with the problem of no...