Recent content by GypsyNz

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

Cheers

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......