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For anyone else that ever fights one of these stupid scrivets- I've had success getting sidecutters under them and cutting the heads completely off (similar to the razorblade under them) Other thing I've had to do is get a dremel and grind the head off. Dremel works because its small and you...

All things considered and costed, I'd probably just put an LS2 or similar into it, as at the end of the day you're spending the same sort of money and time to rebuild the C4B, but the displacement of the C4B will never quite be on par with say a normal VE SS. (I can understand keeping the C4B if...

Maybe an LSX World Industries block, dry sump, external oil pump and accumulator, mechanical injection on top of a 6/71 and a built powerglide with a ladder rear end and 9" diff with Moser billet axles would be a start. How long is a piece of string.

Power button sends the open/closed contact signal to the PCM. The PCM then uses the on or off signal to control the shift solenoids in the transmission in a way that holds gears longer, or not. In this scenario, we have pressed the Power Button ON: PCM detects ON signal from button. PCM...

I have all the factory service data here for the police VT VX VY & VZ cars. Including where to run the wiring looms for the extras, the trim levels and THE DETAILS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN COMPUTER WHICH IS ONLY AN INCREASED IDLE SPEED TO ACCOUNT FOR ACCESSORIES LOAD LIKE EXTRA LIGHTS AND...

On Facebook, (in a group I moderate) there's this crazy woman... Every time someone asks about replacement bulb types & wattages for the WH Statesman/Caprice/Grange cars, she comments on the poor person's post immediately and tells them to "chuck in a set of 90/110 globes, theys da ducks guts...

Edit- I see it only has one option, SBS. This means it got the "lower body kit- VT Sedan". That was the only reason to have the HBD plate fitted- a lower body skirt was added to the car at the dealers. This means in the scheme of desirability, no its not really a rarity or highly collectible...

xxHBD12345 is the HBD build number BUT 00 is not the number. 00 is year 2000. 01 is 2001 and so forth. The actual build number is after the HBD letters. For example: 01HBD16258 01 built in 2001. HBD optioned car (could be fitted with various options- some rare, some crap, like "floormats")...

More than you ever wanted to know about LS water pumps: I've used both. I've found that the aftermarket "GMB" branded units are decent quality- the only difference between these and the genuine pumps is on the rear of the unit. The genuine pump has a bolt-on removable cover plate where you can...

That reminds me I need to check the filter on my air ride compressor too. I suspect I'll just see what sort of foam its made out of, and then source some equivalent foam and make one. Possibly cut up an aftermarket/performance foam air filter or even grab something out of the aquarium supplies...

BMW stud patterns are 5x120. Holden stud patterns are 5x120 So of course they will fit on the studs. This info is available with a quick google. What you may find different (and it varies between each model of BMW and Holden) is the centrebore diameter. Some BMW wheels may need the centrebores...

You may have altered the contact patch on the gearset teeth by not having the correct preload. If you drove it for any length of time like this, you might find the gearset has sustained damage to the teeth and there may be a whine or a howl coming from inside the housing in 6 months time, as the...

What....... The OP is talking about a VT Calais International, which is just a normal VT Calais sedan, with some International packaged extras fitted on it. You've dug up the info for the WH Statesman International which is not the car he was asking about. The WH Statesman International is...

Cmon guys lets keep it family friendly in here!

Thanks for posting this. I've always wanted to do the same thing but all the tutorials are hard to read and comprehend online. Constructive feedback- The photos are good, but the large block of text was difficult to read and would probably work better set out into clear separately spaced steps...

Don't leave degreaser overnight or it may etch into the finish on plastic parts. Degreaser is usually meant to be sprayed on and removed within 15 to 20 minutes or the chemicals in it will just evaporate and be useless within 2-3 hours anyways and may leave some nasty white etching spots that...

Well, quick update. Seems like this car + any sort of exhaust upgrade doesn't go well at all together. A guy offered me a cheap set of Tri-Y stainless extractors for the car. All seemed fine, and for the price, couldn't go wrong. Or so I thought. Got them home and had a look and although the...

Sounds like you want to do this on the cheap, with some old second hand flogged diff, which is not good for a few reasons. 1. The cone-type LSDs fitted to VT VX VY VZ were very weak and the locking action based only on friction- they wear out really quickly (matter of months if you're "fully...

You should have started a new thread, as this thing is 10 years old and you've resurrected it... Anyways, if all the brake lights fail to operate and the fuses are okay, then you need to go under the dash on the drivers side and replace the brake light switch. It is a beige plastic hexagonal...

Yeah, try another oil pressure switch. If its not the switch, STOP running the car because every second you run it with low/no oil pressure, you're damaging bearings and internals that are potentially going to be big $$$$. Engines MUST have oil pressure or you're running bearings metal-to-metal...

Hi there, I think you'll find that those rims you've shown in the photo are in fact NOT Clubsport rims- there is a subtle but unmistakable difference in the spokes. A genuine Clubsport rim has the "fang" on the spoke as a raised, rounded casting. Your wheels have this "fang" as a flattened area...

At the end of the day, no matter how much you spent on it, the car is a VX V6 and not worth much at all, unfortunately. Its not a Senator, HSV or even an SS, so why people continue to throw thousands of dollars into the V6 cars is beyond me, when the returns are even worse than spending on a V8...

Go supercharged L67 for more cost effective, drop-in easy "power". Even then, the supercharged 3.8 L67 (160ish Kw) sadly makes less power than a normally aspirated, regular old taxi BA Falcon 6 cylinder (180Kw). A step down from that again is to waste money on roller rockers or a cam on a...

There were actually a few different versions of racks. I don't know about all of them but there are some differences. Base model cars such as Exec, SS and all those, have a normal rack "heavy steer in carparks" High end spec cars like Caprice, Statesman, Grange, Calais & Senator used a...

Just go to a wreckers, grab a VX bumper (they are plentiful) and respray it to suit your car's colour. Bolt it on, done. Why would you need a new genuine bumper??

I would invoke engineering mode in the cluster, and then scroll through the hidden menus until I found the one for real-time fuel litres in the tank. If you KNOW there is about 70L in the tank, and the litres figure does not reflect that, then I believe something is wrong with the level sender...

I've used the big thick Taylor Cable leads from the USA. Bit pricey to get them here, but no dramas after years of running. Smear of dielectric silicone grease on the coilpack snout and the spark plug to seal out moisture (and ease removal later on) and they're pretty much bulletproof. The...

The fact is, the "sportier" cluster you originally showed us is not out of a VX- its a VY or VZ (cant be bothered which it is right now) but they don't physically fit in the VX dash without cutting and dremeling and they look strange when jammed in there after all that. And then there's the...

Good to see sizes and bolt differences between V6 & V8 listed here. Will come in handy for a lot of people in future! Good work!!

I find on very hot days, you push the boot release button, you hear the boot lid 'pop' but the boot rubber goes "gummy" in the heat and tries to weld to the boot lid, making the lid really difficult to lift open.

NO. This has been asked before. Totally different car, different floor pan, different body and floor pressings. Not at all.

I run 30 profile 19 inch wheels on my WH (a heavier, longer version of a VX basically) The ride is FIRM to the point of unsettling and god forbid there's a pot hole somewhere because it will crash over it and there's an increased danger of buckling a rim with profiles that low, so be warned.

Oil in the radiator is bad news- likely head gaskets gone, if the rad cap "popped off"... If it won't turn over, that's also a bit terminal- can you verify if it will at least spin over on the starter? If not, and a fresh battery just makes the starter pinion 'clunk' and engage and the engine...

What the hell is a "Weathy". That's all I have to say.

The problem is you adjusted the idle screw when you shouldn't have/there was no need to. Go back to factory specs and then reset the PCM.

I actually found mine on Facebook- I joined a few groups on there (VT VX VY owners groups, trade/swap/sell groups, etc) and eventually someone came along with the right ratio LSD diff I wanted. I had it completely reconditioned, but finding it in the first place was thanks to Facebook.

^^ No, that's not correct. No WH model ever came with 3.46 rear gears. All WH were automatic, and whether or not it was a 6, super 6 or V8 powered, the WH only ever had the 3.07:1 diff. In relation to the original question, I'd be replacing all the pinion bearings in the diff, as these all...

If the oil pressure sensor fails or the oil pressure itself drops below certain margins (I think below 7psi for a Gen 3 V8 for example, not sure for a V6) then the oil pressure warning light should illuminate on the dash- the angry red oil can symbol. This light is bad and should never be...

Power steering fluid definitely- this gets overlooked, and on the VT Senator, its more critical than an SS, because the accumulated sludge in the power steering system fluid can clog up the variatronic steering solenoid and make it fail prematurely (it gives you the nice light steering in...

^This guy knows whats up. If it was doing it before the brake work (but less severe) then there's your primary clue. New brakes have amplified an existing issue in the front end, that was there prior to the brake work. This is where you should be looking.