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ok ill admit it, im thick! The error ive been making is when I get to 'reset' flashing I kept holding the mode button instead of pushing mode once then pushing the two up and down buttons. Thanks for everyones help!

It says serv 290000k flashing then reverts to the odometer

ive watched every video on YouTube and nothing works lol I don't think im that thick to do it wrong. But you never know!

Hello, So yes ive trolled this forum and the internet on how to reset the service light on my vu ute. Ive tried it a dozen times and it still wont reset. Even disconnected the battery for 15 minutes and that didnt work. Any thoughts? Some say do this and do that then press the set button but...

Ok thanks mr B13! Ill heed your advice also about checking the shoes. Cheers!

Greetings all, I have a vu storm ute and only one rear wheel is locking when the handbrake is on. Im going to adjust the offending wheel at the hub itself, question is when I lift one side at a time the wheels only move an inch or so and don't spin even with the handbrake off and gear in...

Hello all, So with development of engine oil seemingly moving at a rapid pace and changing all the time, ill ask the question which has been asked a thousand times, and perhaps get an up to date answer. Which is a good oil for my v6 vu ute with 290,000k on it. I don't do a lot of miles and...

Lex , lex, lex! Now neither of us are gonna get any sleep!

Actually spring on top it hugs the rim where the nozzle meets the body. Thats how I pulled it out originally. Ill soon find out!

hello, I appreciate your reply and yep your right, a one way valve , so the neck or nozzle faces up. Thanks!

Hello again, sorry to annoy everyone, im doing the inlet manifold gaskets on the vu v6 ute, pcv valve was covered in oil and sludge so I have a new one. Im sure I pulled it out with nozzle pointing up and the spring over that with the "can" part at the bottom . Is that correct? Many thanks ! "

All good folks, repco has them at a decent price around $56. Thanks anyway! And by the way if anyone is looking for the pcv breather hose that goes from under the throttle body to the manifold, bursons have them, $12.

hello All, So im doing the inlet manifold gaskets on the vu v6 ute, everything's off and cleaned then I realise my torque wrench wont go as low as the 12nm to 16nm setting I need to tighten down the manifold bolts. Any recommendations where to but a low scale torque wrench set to do the job? Im...

im going with what you say about taking the throttle body off with the cables still attached, ill end breaking the cruise control cable !

Jolls you've been a great help, appreciate your time in helping me. I read somewhere else you push it then swivel it, so ill have a lash that way. Cheers!

Thanks for your help jolls, this pic is the one I think you're referring too, that I can get off, its the other one with the small black cover that im having trouble with.

Idiot me should have said its a vu v6. I can get then accelerator cable off by using a screw driver and popping it off but the cruise control can't be popped off, it looks like it has to slide off. Heres the culprit, first pic its on the right.

Hello all, Ive trawled the search engine engine here and on the web but can't find a definitive answer. How does one disconnect the cruise control cable from its connection at the throttle body. I can pry off the accelerator cable but the cruise control has me stumped. Its got the black shroud...

Hello, Any suggestions of which brand of tensioner pulley for vu v6 ute? Plenty cheap ones on eBay around $40, but im thinking gates might be the way to go. Any one had any experience with Machter pulleys? Thanks and cheers!

Thanks for that, i was hoping it would pop off from the outside!

Hello all! Im going to paint the passenger front guard on the vu ute, can the black housing on the fender that the electric aerial retracts into be removed from the outside? If so how? Many thanks!

So a dual action buffer you say to compound? Never tried that always used a normal buffer. I might give that a go, thanks

Looking at the roar 610 it says its a cutting and polishing compound. Does it have silicone in it? I wet sand starting at 1000 then 1500 then 2000. Then i buff. You suggesting wait another two weeks after wet sanding before compounding? Never done that ive always compounded straight after wet...

Hello again, Ive resprayed the utes bonnet in acrylic and im after recommendations of a good compound. Previously ive used Mr Buff, yes thats its name, from super cheap. I find i need to do two or three applications of it and its messy as hell. Its cheap enough but you...

I ended up thinning at 10% and it flowed like a beauty! Case solved, thanks all for the replies

I agree with 50% being too much thinner for this . Ill try 25%. Upon opening the can its considerably less viscous than what ive used before. Thanks!

Hello, Whenever ive sprayed using acrylic whether primer or base, ive used a 1 1/2 to 1 ratio, or 3 to 2. That is if i wanted to have 500ml in the pot id use 300 thinner and 200 primer or base. So today Ive bought some primer/ filler and the can says thin up to 50%. Im confused lol does this...

Its T25 if anyone needs to know!

Hello all, Could anyone tell me the torx bit size i need to use to remove the torx screws off the tx valve on my vu ute? I have a T20 but theres too much play in it. Many thanks!

So ive watched the car restoration shows on foxtel and what confuses me is when whoever strips a car back to bare metal then they do all the metal work and repairs, they go over the whole car with some sort of filler they mix then give it a good block sand then into the booth for primer etc. Now...

Its hard to tell! The same heater from the statesman was fitted to the calais which has the standard dash and regarding the radio they looked different in the dash but appear to be the same square shape.

Wanting to jazz up the vu ute a bit so question is will the wh statesman dash fit in the vu ute BUT using the existing standard radio unit and heater controls? Ive studied both and just cant tell whether the heater control fascia will fit, thou ive seen the vx calais heater fascia is the same as...

ok so since i don't have side airbags its because of the seat belt pretensioners i should disconnect the negative battery terminal only then wait fifteen minutes before i remove the seat? Thanks for that

Hello, Im going to remove the front seats in my vu storm ute to give the carpet a good vacuum and shampoo and ive read a few posts here on front seat removal saying you have to disconnect the battery and wait 15 minutes, something to do with the airbags. So what is the connection between the...

Hello, Would anyone be kind enough to tell me the dimensions of the engine fuse box decal on the vx commodore. My vu ute hasn't got one under the fuse box lid so i thought id print one out and just need the size. many thanks

The constabulary have been informed! Interesting to see how long it stays there

ill go around and grab the vin cause the plates won't help. Its a nice ute too nothing smashed or broken and straight as, be a shame to see it go to a wrecker cause theres a lot of good parts. By funny coincidence its identical to a ute i bought three weeks ago, thats what brought my attention...

Hello All, Thought here was as good a place as any. Has anyone had their vu ute stolen in the last couple of months? There has been one left in the street behind me for roughly that long, its locked up but has plenty spider webs hanging off it. I did a plate check and the plates...

Hello all, From what ive read here i have the usual water leak into the tub of my vu ute. Ive removed an access plate on the cargo area and have either knocked the drain pipe off the connection where it attaches in the corner behind the utes rear window or its fallen off. I cant see...