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ive washed my engine bay over a week ago, and since then it hard to start and when it does start its missing, and stalls every time i have to come to a full stop, there is no water whatsoever in the dizzy cap, its bone dry, i blew it out 3 times since (didn't have any water in it to start with)...

This may be a dump question, but I just want to double check before I put the new DBA rotors back on the car with new Koyo bearing question is, the DBA streetseries rotors looks to already have bearing caps in them, my concern is do all bearings brands have the same concave shape? or should i...

hi guys, I've just replaced the rotors and bearings and pads on the front of my VH wagon, while i did that i notice that the driver front caliper piston was getting stuck, slide pins are cleaned and regreased and sliding freely, anyways i thought I've freed it up with a G clap, but after I put...

hi guys, as the heading says, my VT Calais has just developed a rolling knock in the rear last week, that only happens when turning right, at first i did not notice it as where i live in a small town has not got any round abouts, visited my step mum in Sydney southwest where there are a lot of...

Hi guys, I've done some search on here but could not find anything, does a VY - VZ outer skin glove box fit a VT if i change over the inner skin? want to know before i buy it and waste money if its not the same I'm wanting to swap the pewter gray in my VT Calais interior to black and beige like...

I need help, my mechanic told me I need a reconditioned tailshaft for my VH 202 auto wagon as I had bad vibration he said the CV is rooted, so Ive found a so called tailshaft specialist place the is in bankstown, bought one as they were having a sale from $430 down to $387, after I paid they...

2000 VT Calais, when i got it it was very dirty, needed bushes had grey interior (now changed to beige and woodgrain) aftermarket alpine stereo, change seats due to airbag fault had - has genuine Monaro headlights and VX Calais rear garnish and lights, had SS silver claster, sunroof car, has a...

Today I’ve picked my niece up from work at 9pm which is very dark at this time and while waiting I’ve noticed in the rear view mirror the interior light was on very duly, What would cause the VH Interior light to stay on all the time very duly, I’ve played with all four doors switches and they...

Need help with genuine VT radio, I’ve installed a original radio back into my VT Calais, as I wanted the stacker in the boot to work again, my question is there’s two white plugs and the stacker plug, when I put in the smaller white plug almost nothing works on the radio (not even buttons) only...

hi, ive been searching for a while into a good stainless steel exhaust system for my 2000 LS1 Calais, ive read a lot of pros and cons of a lot of systems, one example is i heard a lot of comments was the Xforce systems are not very well welded, what do people recommend? can you get tuned...

Hey guys my mechanic basically said my diff is f#%*#, and told me to sauce another diff, the last owner must of thrashed it a bit, I’ve been searching but there are so many different types which I have no idea what direction to go. while I was searching I see people saying things like manual...

I have a clicking noice under the centre of the dash, VT LS1 Calais, seems to be coming from behind the duel aircon controls, mostly does it more often a warn to hot days, any idea what it could be? ive tried to search the forum but only result comes up is the blinker stalk, I don’t think this...

can anyone tell me how to make sure a VY drivers side mirror is a memory mirror? ive bought it in 2014 to replace my mirror on my VY calais which had a big crack in it, but i actually did not get around to paint it and install it before selling the car, so now i have no use for it and want to...

Hi guys ive just bought these NOS backing plates for my VT calais, which is white, im going to paint these to the colour of the body, and i also have maroon WL with chrome handle inserts, im wanting to swap the chrome over to these, and thoughts how its done?

Hi guys, today I’ve bought a new HSV horn badge for my VY VZ steering wheel in my VT Calais, I’m not actually sure if it’s a VY or a VZ wheel as it was on the car when I bought it, anyways as I previously said I’ve bought a NOS HSV badge. Which has 5 pins on the back side but after I bought it...

im having problems in my SLX VH wagon two years ago the master cylinder completely failed (brake pedal went straight to the floor, so i took it in to the mechanics (they installed a new master cylinder completely bleed the whole system and added new fluid),about a year later the pedal went...

hi guys as the heading says, im trying to get the bulbs out of my foglights and for the life of me they dont want to come out, feels like im going to brake the bulb or the wire trying to pull it out, thanks in advance

ive sanded down the VK black 202 in my vh wagon to repaint it and a number came up under the paint, i know FJ's had caulk writing on the fire wall under the paint, this number on the side of the black 202 seems to be caulk as well, any one have any ideas?

hi again guys, ive been busy painting my black 202 in my VH wagon. ive took the rack out a few months ago so it was easier to paint the sump, and i was going to paint the rack as well but im running out of time for renewing the rego today i went to put the rack back in but for the life of me i...

hi guys, could someone tell me if this hose in the ebay link is this the correct bypast hose to suit my lower thermostat housing...

hi guys im thinking of buying a vt supercharged calais with 236,535 kms, I want to do some homework before i go and have a look at it on the add it says it has had a lot of work done to it to stock specs, here below is the work that said it has done VT Calais Factory Supercharged. Unmodified...

hi guys my water pump just sprung a leak in my VH Wagon which has a black 202, think it from a vk and im looking to get a new water pump so far i found 4 different brands that i can find, there's truflow - GMB - Repco - gates - just wondering what are your guy thoughts and preferences on the...

i took my SSL rear springs out today as it been giving me the shits scrubbing all the time and keeps ripping of my rear mudflaps of reversing into my drive way anyways the previous owner gave my the original standard height springs when i bought the wagon a few years ago, can someone which way...

can someone tell me the difference between 6cyl to V8 rear springs (If any) i have a SLX 6cyl wagon with supper low kings spring and it giving me the shits scraping every where i go, and keep getting mud flaps ripped of all the time, cant keep buying NOS mudflaps all the time, im on my third...

Hi guys im asking for a mate which has a VT, his driver seat back adjuster knob - rod keeps coming out, how do you fix it so the rod doesn't keep sliding out? what holds it in place? there looks to be something missing, and where can we get these black round plastic from? clips are missing

after years and years of using Photobucket to show pictures on all the forums im a member of, (holden and ford) especially the ones where i show step by step build of my cars, all pictures are now gone THANKS A LOT PHOTOBUCKET, years of work on many forums ( ford and holden) all gone, no im not...

as heading says, does anyone know what happened to Commodore King Auto Dismantlers in Minto, it was a very big wrecker, i had a look on line and and their webpage is still up, so i thought to go there today to get some front seatbelts for my VH, BUT the building is empty, as i urgently needed...

today my solenoid on my starter completely **** itself, actually the plastic that hold the wires cracked right through and fell off, luckily i was at the car wash and had spare parts store next door, got a new complete starter, started taking the old one off to replace but could not get it out...

can some one give me a pic's of the back of the heater switch and tell me how to connection the cables so i can it out to take the lower dash out to spray it to the new colour thanks

the past year or so ive been collecting all the hundreds things needed for the conversion, so many small things, anyways ive just about got everything now, (the hardest thing I find hard to get is the early type metal hoses that go from the rack to the rubber hoses, ive just found a NOS high...

has anyone else had - have the same issue with aftermaket headlights? about a year ago ive replaced my headlight with a aftermarket unit on my VH wagon as the adjuster clips were perished, couldn't find new ones at the time and the chrome on the bucket was a bit dull plus over all the headlight...

i had 3 wheels with genuine metal chaser hub caps on my VH wagon so i bought a set of metal caps off ebay to have a full set plus spares, but when i received the caps i found out they were a fair bit smaller then the ones on the car? where there chaser caps for other cars?

hi guys, after having one of the roof gutter strips off for over 8 months, i finally found NOS gutter clips, my question is what is the best way to put them on, do i put the clips on the gutter first or in the stainless steal trim first, i dont want to brake them, to hard and expensive to...

today i bought a new headlight bulb for the drivers side as the high beam did not work (does low beam go off when the high beam goes on?) i get nothing when highbeam on anyways i push in and turned the metal bracket plate that holds the globe to get it out but as i did that the hole inner...

can someopne tell me whats wrong with my back lights? the brake lights flash when the blinker on and the blinkers are very dull and the blinkers stay dully on when the lights are on, also one of the reverse lights dont work at all even with a new bulb thanks in advance ok i went out to...

can some one tell me how to remove the front seats headrests in my VH? wanting to put new seat covers on theres no button like a HQ and no pin hole to slide in a pin like on a VY tried to pull the strait out but something is locking it in but what? cheers

hi guys, can i please have pic's and codes of all the red - marron - burgundy interior colours, as i want to change the two tone blue SL/X interior colour to two tone burgundy, the deeper the better, i am not a fan on the Claret would love to get the wagon interior looking like this below but...

Hi again guys, iv'e just got my hands on a power steering rack and pump and the steering little shaft from the column, from a SL/X VH V8 wagon, to fit into my SL/X VH 6cyl wagon i was told that my wagon originally had PS but i dont know how to confirm this, anyways, im just about to get all the...

does any one have new or good second hand gutter clips for a VH wagon, one of my stainless gutter trims are loose, and all the clips have at least one of the three prongs - fingers broken ive bought another set of gutter mouldings but these are also all broken, had 3 good one on them but broke...

hi again guys, ive been searching the net to find out how to remove the review mirror on a VH, with out any luck, could some one tell me how its done? as my passenger side mirror is floppy, think it needs tighting up thanks oh and also how to take the chrome strips of under the door...