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Check the strut tops too. If they are flogged out they will thud when the car goes over bumps.

A lot more people do seem to be using the preferential voting system to their advantage, which is a good thing. The duopoly needs to be broken and last election got us closer to that than ever before. Both major parties went backwards in primary votes, which is a positive for democracy and...

At least there are some politicians who speak the truth. You won’t find them in the major parties though.

Holden did do a software update on the early VEs to extended the amount that the timing chain could stretch before it logged a code. If your vehicle is an early model and hasn’t had that software update then it might be possible to get it done and then the CEL would temporarily go away...

Maybe it doesn’t even have any plastic sheet behind the door card? Seems like an awful lot of water just from a hose test. Mine was only dripping from a small spot where the mastic wasn’t sealing anymore on both front doors on my SSV and I didn’t even know it was doing it until we had a...

Might be a slim possibility that the heads are still good? Well at least one will be anyway.

Cylinder number 7 has left the chat.

The ultimate sleeper.

No probs. I’m planning on getting one put in my SSV soonish. I wouldn’t want to do it myself as there’s quite a bit of work to do, a lot more than an old school DIN size unit. I’ll just be paying an Alpine dealer to do the job.

There are series 2 options but for some reason the Holden URL defaults to the series 1 option. The VE options are shown on the main page if you scroll down. https://www.alpine.com.au/

Always amazes me that we mostly only get two shite choices. A cynical person might suggest that it’s by design as it’s basically corporate sponsorship money that puts politicians in power so they hardly want someone competent in power. They want people who are easily manipulated and...

Your other option is the Alpine head units. https://www.alpine.com.au/product-category/perfect-fit-solutions/holden/ve-commodore-holden/

Replace your water pump too. The water pump shaft seals are meant to be somewhat lubricated by the ethylene glycol in the coolant. If it’s been running on tap water then it’s on borrowed time.

I’ve never had to replace the whole housing so no idea. I always did my own services on my old SV6 so never had the problem of it being over tightened.

Here is what you’re looking for. If the water shows up here in the door seals then it’s getting into the car.

A stillson wrench (pipe wrench) might be your best bet. Alternatively you might need to replace the whole housing assembly. https://sydneytools.com.au/category/hand-tools/wrenches/pipe-wrenches...

The government is protecting itself from us. Keep us stupid and under thumb and they can get away with murder, graft and corruption. Also pays to prosecute the whistleblowers too so us plebs learn to STFU when we see wrongdoing going on. It’s a bipartisan effort! About the only thing both...

Inflation doesn’t have anything to do with any of those things. Too much money seeking too few goods = inflation. Globalism is starting to be reversed now which will be inflationary as cheap labour won’t be making everything cheap anymore.

I‘m currently paying $80 per month for 50/17 with TPG and the upgrade plans were either $95 per month for 232/21 or $105 for 671/40 so figured $10 per month extra for the massive speed increase wasn’t a bad idea.

Apparently we aren’t allowed to see such shenanigans, might encourage a terrorist attack or something. :rolleyes: .

I decided to pull the trigger on an FTTP install which should be getting done in a couple of weeks time. Figured I should take advantage of the free upgrade from FTTC while the going’s good. No doubt they will probably make you pay for the install at some point and the old copper cable can be...

Labor’s gas led recovery! Apparently we changed government a couple of years ago but we really didn’t. The figurehead changed but their craven grovelling to foreign corporate interests remains the same. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

Probably needs a special tool like this set. I’m not specifically saying that set will do the job but fuel lines on most cars have needed special tools to remove them for a long time now. If there isn’t an obvious way to remove it then it needs one of these types of tools...

Well it doesn’t say if they are moving forward or backwards, so technically it’s not a lie!

Looks like the problem did smack you in the face. No ambiguity about what’s wrong there!

Well at least you Victorians are the leaders at something! lol.

Pissing money up against the wall isn’t exclusively a Labor thing, both sides of the aisle are famous for it. Funnily enough they can put in a concerted effort when it comes to what they and their donors want. Just look at them coming together over censoring us plebs, warms the cockles of your...

Then spend 60 bucks and start learning. You either pay someone to help you (a mechanic) or you help yourself to either fix the problem or know the right questions to ask on here. We all start off knowing nothing and we all have the capacity to learn. By the sounds of it you aren’t going to...

It’s gone arse about because everyone who isn’t a former dealer is gouging for profits because Holden parts are now being treated or perceived to be limited edition Louis Vuitton handbags. On the opposite side of the coin dealers can’t do this because they still have a reputation to uphold as...

No doubt there are dodgy smash repairers out there doing that kind of thing. Probably a good reason to make sure you‘ve got choice of repairer on your insurance policy!

In my experience glass is a different matter, probably because it’s not really possible to make a substandard windscreen. I know from the days I worked in wrecking yards (admittedly about 25 years ago now) that insurance companies would regularly buy secondhand body panels and bumpers, etc...

It’s all over the shite shop now because pricing now all comes down to opinions over the rarity of parts for a dead brand.

That improves things for people repairing their own cars privately but not insurance companies, who normally won’t touch aftermarket parts.

Insurance companies won’t use aftermarket parts.

Shits me to tears. I use a 15mm ring spanner on the sump plug of the SSV. It’s probably not that size but it works. I’m somewhat ambivalent because if Americans didn’t exist we wouldn’t have this problem but we wouldn’t have the LS engine either! One thing the Japanese got right is only...