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Usually there is a way to start it on LPG without petrol. Depends on system: some it is hold button 5 seconds, others require switch flipped back and forth.

When you change from petrol to LPG, do you hear solenoids click? After you fit a fuel pump, it is quite hard to tighten up the 5 little bolts just right to stop fuel leaking. But then you would smell petrol outside the car as well as the cabin.

Yes crank angle sensors are common problem, especially when it is 40 degrees in summer. Also check the plug that goes into the DFI module. Is it cracked? Are there burnt or bent contacts?

Ideally, you need a Tech1. But they would show up on eBay once a year at most. You may see Tech2 clones that work with ALDL, but they wouldn't support a VS, only later models. The Vident partly works with VS. If your ute is manual with no ABS or airbags, it would be okay for you.

It has some shortcomings for VS, but if original poster has a VE as well, might be worth getting.

The USB-ALDL cable I got from eBay has a fat plug and it is really hard to plug into the socket. The Vident scan tool goes in better.

I still have a K1000 and a bunch of lenses. But the cost of developing 35 mm film is too much nowadays. Looking at the bids on eBay, they don't seem worth very much.

The valve at the rear is load proportioning valve to limit rear brakes when tray is empty. Probably not causing the failure, as in a panic stop, most of the braking will be on front wheels. I presume it doesn't have ABS, being series 1 ute.

I presume there are more than one brand of aftermarket fobs. One I bought had soft button rubber that broke in a year or so, Another had the opposite problem - hard rubber buttons.

I presume your utes are manual with no airbags. The iLink 400 will not read airbag module on VS and the automatic transmission data is garbage.

Does it read transmission, ABS, airbags everything? Sometimes with Chinesium scan tools, they don't cover every module.

Really? I see no mention of ALDL in listings for that scan tool (eBay, Amazon, Aliexpress)

Do you have a red LED under the radio? Does it keep blinking when the key is in, or go out?

About noon, the return spring on the ignition switch failed. A few more trips, it still starts, then I noticed only engine and aircon are running, but no lights or radio. I guess it is about to disintegrate altogether. I tried Repco, Autobarn and Autopro, they say none in Perth. FFS, same part...

If you have a V8, regulator is 3 bar. They still exist. For V6, you are out of luck. I have not found any other vehicle that used the same regulator. It sold out several years ago. If you find a VS in wreckers yard, they have probably sold the regulator already.