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    VT won’t lock or unlock or using the button

    Series 1 VT Commodore 5.0 lt. can’t unlock or lock the doors using the button or the key. the windows down so I can open the Door from the inside, I can unlock and lock the door from the inside latch but it only does the drivers door, So no central locking. there is no red security light on...
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    Getrag 290 gearbox

    Does anyone have a breakdown diagram of Getrag 290 gearbox or where I can download one from. I need to replace the centring bush an been told the Easyest way is to take the back of the box off. Press the bush out press the new one in an bolt in back on. I wanna see what I’m in for before I...
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    Tailshaft Centering bush

    Hey I have a Holden Commodore series 1 VT with a 5 L manual Getrag gearbox, My rubber coupling on the tail shaft basically keeps exploding I’ve been told because I don’t have a centring bush does anyone have a diagram of what it looks like and where exactly it goes, an does anyone know where I...
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    Will crank, won’t start unless I use aerostat

    Vt 5 lt drove my car Home from work. next morning went to start the car cranked over but wouldn’t fire. check fuses , fuel pump fuel lines it’s got spark, got power to injectors but can only get it to fire up using aerostart, also seams to be a lot of vacuum when I took off the oil filler cap...
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    Vt 304 won’t crank

    Hey I have 98 vt 304 I had an issue a while ago where my car just cut out while driving. Electrician couldn’t find anything , so we tried replacing the bcm. It started drove it for a couple of weeks an back to the same problem again. So battery fully charged. It’s a new key , it unlocks an...
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    no oil pressure at oil pump

    holden 304 no oil pressure. no oil getting up top to the heads, packed full of vasoline, then started it. checked tappets couldnt see any oil. pulled oil pump off. You could see the cogs inside the oil pump had been turning an some of the vasoline was gone but no oil, cleaned the pump out put...
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    304 missfiring

    I have a vt 304 which is Miss firing While Accelerating an surging when sitting at speed. When it first started I replaced spark plugs with a one mil gap sparkplug leads, then the alternator cable burnt out replaced the cable. Then noticed the distributor was burnt out in one of the plug holes...
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    VT 304 electrical problem

    Driving home The other night an the car started spluttering and chugging really Bad Headlight dashlights went dull then stalls. Tried to start the car sounds like the battery is flat. open the bonnet seen the battery moved a bit and push the earth strap against the fan belt cutting half way...
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    strong fuel smell

    vt 50ltr 195i i have a strong fuel smell everytime i start the car the instant fuel gauge reads 2.6-3.0 l/h if that makes sence an around town between 250km an 300km per tank using 91 unleaded, any ideas
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    vt 5lt surging at cruising speed

    just like the title says. So wen i sit on a speed an as take my foot of the accelerator a little it starts to surge an gets worse as i back off, any ideas people?????
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    vt v6 over heating

    my kids vt v6 keeps over heating, one minute the temp is fine, next the gauge is at the top an the hot flashes on the dash, turn the car off an is goes bak to normal in an minute.. uses some water, have checked for leakes a million times replace thermostat, put a little stop leak in the...
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    new keyhead, car only starts sometimes

    hey my daughter just brought 99 vt v6.. the owner brought a new key head the day before from mr minit. instructions say we have coded this key but it requires that you introduce it to the cars on board computer.. 1 where, get in car lock the door manually, 2 put the new key in an start the...
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    vt 5.0 liter car cranks over won,t start

    hey guys hope someone can help just aquired a vt 5.0 liter. it has been sitting around for a year or so, anyway got her going been driving it around for about a week, parked the car deadlocked it with the key. went bak an hour later an unlocked it with the button on the key, wont start. spray...
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