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Right, so earlier this year i realized my ring gear and starter were busted, so i pulled out the gearbox and ran a kit through it seals etc cleaned it up and found out it's a VK auto box, while it was all out waiting for parts i also put new uni's in the driveshaft and new shoes in the drums...

well when i can't set the timing with a timing light or when the timing light doesn't do a good job i usually do it by ear or feel, turn the engine on and off see if it over runs (like keeps going) spins backwards or whatever, i'm still kind of new at this, i seem to know more when i'm with an...

really? cause that might be easier, are they just spares on them or did they have a full set

thanks alot guys this has been real helpfull, i now know where to look and what to do about getting a spare for th vh, cheers :)

ah right so it's the middle hole, are they pretty safe then? i guess if you don't grind to much off, and it stays center (i won't be doing it myself anyways lol) reason i ask it cause it's just easier to have the same size rim all round and same tires, cbf buying a different tyre for a 15" spare...

so, is it the offset or the pcd that's the problem? it's a bit of a shame it doesn't just fit straight up, can i buy the rims from holden? or should i just look for people parting out ve's or go to wreckers?

i fitted the vl electric boot lock to the lid of my vh, i fitted the windscreen wiper arms, the tailights, the calais arm rests, that's the few things i can remember so far

hi i need a 16" stock/steel rim, i need it for a spare i wanna know if any commodores or holdens came with one so i can start looking (needs to fit a commodore)

Verrrry long time between posts, i scrapped the astra, camry, and the maxima, sold the vl, i'm left with the vh and i bought a sierra, last time i saw the vh i got her started and took her for a spin in the dirt, was very satisfying took almost a year to get it to that point, it's been almost a...

yeah i took the car seriously, it's broken now after a crash and then a cv shaft snap, but yeah i did take it seriously, it was quite zippy for what it was, and so far i haven't had as much onroad fun in any of my new cars if your into astra's and have an LB LC or LD model head over to...

they are probably the clear lights sprayed with niteshades to look black

wow, seems like it could be many things, keep the suggestions coming i'll try em tomorrow if i can and let you know what happens

afaik the fuel stuff is fine, and have checked the relays and that, as with the linking how is this done?

replaced bcm, key barrel, new keys, remote locks work everything seems to work and the engine runs then shut off after 3 or 4 seconds, is this a common problem? is there something i have forgotten to do or replace?

get a syringe and inject the old one with glue

so manual is 1 plug auto is 2?

Sounds easy, i just had a look at my spare intake manifold and the tps i have on it only has 1 plug, the one in my vl has 1 plug and 3 wires with another plug coming out of the top of it, whats the deal?

How hard is it to change a tps? i got code 23 on the ecu whilst running through the idle setup procedure, i have a complete intake manifold with all the bits on it so i thought i should swap the tps over and see what happens, so yeah what's involved and what should i look out for?

Astra threw it's gearbox, then i messed with it and got it to work enough to keep driving it, untill today the passenger cv joint died, right after i put 3/4 of a tank of 98 in it, bummer, it also has new 6x9's re painted the spoiler with glossy black and all the stockies, ordered 13" dress rims...

haha, yeah true, things didn't go exactly to plan so the car is still up north whilst i'm in perth, looking to get up there soon to grab it as my daily astra went bung, so need another car whilst the vl is still off the road

installed a new second hand brake booster, the brakes still arent good, someone said i need to bench bleed it, i tried to figure out how, but couldn't so a brake place will be the next stop with that, put on another air flow meter that i found, it improved idle a but, and today i ran through the...

this is possible as i changed the booster myself, i don't recall what any of it looked like either just remember doing up those bolts sucked, perhaps i'll undo it all when i got some time and see, so basically it's a rubber disc sits on the pedal side, so i assume it's in the cabin? and yes...

i've already done this, but i assume i will still have this "permanent air lock" we were talking about, should i just take it to a brake place, i don't have many special tools or people to help me do this, so maybe a brake place is the go?

at which point do you close the bleeders? what would you use to apply the pressure

i see i don't have any because i didn't buy a new one

okay, then do i hold it in until i put the brake lines back onto it?

finished fixing my brakes on the vl one day reversed the car back into it's spot and then coolant started leaking out, blew the water pump seal just as i finished, put on a new pump and went to reuse the bolts, 3 of them were too short and had selastic on the tips to make up for it, whats...

Ah no, a lot of bubbles came out of it though, and we did bleed the system normally

as far as i know the rear brakes are self adjusting, either pull the handbrake a few times or brake hard whilst in reverse i don't remember, i'm not sure what a brake switch is, where is it located on the master cylinder?

Sweet, i put a holley carby on, so i have a cable choke now, would it be okay of i just taped over the end of the carby solenoid one? as for the temperature i have a sender in the side of the head and another with 2 wires (cut off) on the thermostat, which one do i use? i also have a normal...

the booster was second hand, so it may be stuffed, bummer thats the most annoying one to change, the vac line is good and so is that valve thingo on the end, i'll get another booster and try that thanks :)

Hi, my vl had crap brakes when i got it, so i replaced the pads, recon'd the calipers, i replaced the rear shoes and slave cylinders, still no good, replaced the vacuum booster and then just recently replaced the master cylinder, bleeded it each time and still i get no brakes all pedal untill...

Short answer yes, long answer, not really, you would need to pry out the bottom of the windscreen as the seal goes over the edge of it, it would be very tricky and you would most likely crack the glass, if you want to try it you will need a few spare hands to take the weight off the glass, and...

Start with the easy bits first, balance the tires, then go on too see about prop shafts gear boxes and flywheels

Thanks, just arrived back in perth today where the car rests, gonna pull her out tomorrow clean it, install the new alarm afm and brake master cylinder in the next day or two maybe after chrissy, Do you mean the scoop? it's actually been put on, i'm gonna cut a hole in the bonnet, it's...

this is starting to sound like something out of metal gear solid 2, i played it and was amazed at the idea that a group of people wanted to build a computer that would filter the internet and all digital media to shape the world the way they wanted, it was a big crazy omg idea, and look at this...

ouch, that actually is depressing :censored: