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Hi everyone, Recently my Daiken air con started mucking up, it has a wall mounted control panel similar if not the same as...

Hi everyone, I have just put a new alternator in my neighbors VZ SS and it isn’t charging. I have tried a few things, when I supply positive through a test light to the orange (could be red) on the two pin plug it excites it and it works. What can I test/check to get it working correctly? I...

Hi everyone, I’m in the process of having a new shed built and need to work out how to get internet up there. It’s about 35 meters from my house and I can’t get a cable from my modem up to it. I should be able to get a cable from my garage (its attached to my house) up there but can’t get from...

Hi everyone, Does anyone else here collect number plates? I have kept them over the years but only recently decided to actively seek them out to hang in my shed. These are some that I collected while in Europe this time last year( hopefully I’ve attached it properly). Cheers Shane

Hi all, I just bought another pair of front seats for my crewy and seeing as my current passenger seat is good I’m thinking of swapping the rails on the seats I just bought and just using the passenger seat on the drivers side. The thing I need to know is - are the airbags the same in both...

Hi all, I've decided that I'm in the market for a small runabout to save my crewy a bit. I'm thinking that I can get a good small car that is 2010 model or so for around the 5g mark. What are people's suggestions on what I should get? I don't mind the look of the Swifts, I like the Peugot for...

Hi all, am having trouble working out what is going on with a mates vz alloytech crewy. I have injector pulse and spark but it still doesn't want to fire up, have replaced the fuel pump and in tank filter. Now I'm wondering if the pump is getting power. I would like to know what each pin does...

Hi all, after years of waiting i have finally found a ute body at the right price to convert into a box trailer. This is how i got it.

Hi all, I am currently working on a project(thread to come shortly) and I need a measurement. I need the distance from the top side of the diff housing mount(the front mount)to the floor. I am guessing that ute and sedan are the same but it's on a ute. I can't get my iPad to copy the picture...

Hi all, i just got a new project. It's a Hyster H50XL forklift. I cant find a year model on it but i am guessing early 80's as it has a gas plate that's stamped 1983. There is no forward or reverse, it's an auto. I want to change the tranny oil as it's low anyway and i have drained it to see if...

Hi all, I just recently bought a secondhand comp with win7 on it. Its my first upgrade past xp. It has a what i call a pop up on it(not when on the net, it pops up from the task bar). I went to their site and it says to go to uninstall programs to remove it( i had already went to do that)...

Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows about cross flow heads. I cant find any info. I am using them on my fender bender. I can change heads but i am not supposed to modify them in any way ie no double valve springs. I am not chasing fuel economy obviously, i am chasing power. I have 5 heads...

Hi all, I have a weird problem. I have 3 pc's hooked to my billion bipac 5200n modem. I also have a wireless only iPad. 2pc's have Ethernet cables directly hooked to the modem, the other is hooked via Ethernet cable through a router in my shed. The shed comp and the iPad both have access to the...

Hi all, I have a pc running avg free and win xp. Avg scan shows it has a trojan called Crypt2.BCES. Avg cant remove them it is saying access is denied to C:\WINDOWS\system 32\MSJTER40D.DLL and C:WINDOWS\system32\msjter40D.dll . Is there an easy way to remove these? It is my shed comp, i...

Hi all, I have a 96 astra here and i want to check if the timing marks are lined up properly. All i know about it is that it has 1.6l badges on it and it is single overhead cam. Does anyone have a diagram of the marks that they can upload or can describe the positions for me? I did a...

Hi all, I have a 2000 3.2 dohc rodeo that had a broken timing belt. The cause was the timing sproet for the drivers side cams seized, because it seized i couldn't line the mars up prior to pulling it apart. Now i have the new carrier installed and new timing belt etc i now need to now how to...

Hi all, My vy11 crewy has just developed a problem. When i start it the wipers come on. They just cycle once. I pulled the wiper fuse out and tried it, the wiper still goes but stops wherever it is when the key goes back to the on position. Then i tried pulling the starter relay out and tried...

Hi all, I am once again suffering from welding flash. This is the second time in the last year. I am thinking it has to be from my helmet which is a auto darkening one. So it is time to replace it. I am wondering what brands everyone is using or what ones that you recommend to use or...

Hi all, just wondering where to install a electric trailer brake controller where it will be out of sight but still accessible easily while driving(because will most likely forget to adjust once load is put on or taken off). I would prefer to mount it permanently but if i cant work...

Hi all, Amongst all my projects i have on the go i have an old caravan chassis that i am converting into a car trailer. I have shortened it by about 1.2 meters so i will need to re-position the axles. I just need to work out the best place to put them. I cant get near a trailer that i have...

Hi all, I have a ecotech that i want to bench test. I havent got a vs sitting here that i can put it into. Just want to know what i have to hook up to get it to run. I know that i will have to have to get a memcal with the vats disabled. I think all i need to know is where to put power...

Hi all, i have put a vn motor into a gemini. I used the info from my project thread(link in my sig) to wire it up. I have a check engine light coming on but when i try to read the codes it shows only a code 12(system ok). What i think is happening is that there is no constant power supply to...

Hi All, I got a kb27 rodeo given to me in a deal not long back. It has a petrol motor in it.The alt light stays on and it also keeps the two relays latched. I have disconected the top wire from the alt which has stopped the alt light working and it also stopped the relays being...

Hi all, i am hopeing someone knows how to work out compound interest. I can find out how to work it out on a yearly basis, but i need to know how to work it out on a monthly basis. I need to know this for tax time. What i need to do is say i have $100,000 borrowed and that i am paying 9%...

Hi all, not car related but since it 12 volt i thought i would ask. I have 12 volt down lights in my house and i want to run leds in them. The problem is that the leds draw only 3 watt and the transformers for each light dont kick in because 3 watt isnt enough draw for them to start. I was...

Hi all, i just got a new 1tb sata for my htpc. I installed it a couple of days ago and have had the comp on several times without initialising the new drive. Last night i went into device manager and set the new partiton on it. While it was formatting the comp froze. I couldnt get any response...

Hi all, i have done a search but couldnt find anything. I have just done a vs v8 to vr v6 conversion. I had the vats disabled and got it going. Then the check engine light came on, i left it running so i could bleed the coolant and just let it run to let the ecu re tune itself. I then...

Hi all, have just done a vs v8 to vr v6(lexcen if it makes any difference) conversion. I have tried to fire it up and have no injector pulse. After doing a code read i got a 31 theft deterent signal missing. I unhooked the battery and cleared the code. I then put a new little red light in...

Hi all, i have bought a dell optiplex 775. The only info i have now is- 1 X Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4400 @ 2.00GHz, 2048MB RAM, 250GB SATA HDD, 48 Speed PBDS DVD+/-RW DH-16W1S, 0 KB Device `94c1`, Device `10bd`, HD Audio Controller, Serial KT Controller, HECI Controller, 8 USB Ports, 1...

Hi all, i finally decided on a new isp and want to move over 1000 emails to a new email account. Is there an easy way to do it? I dont want to spend hours forwarding them one at a time if theres an easy way. My current isp is people telecom and the emails are web based, if that makes any...

Hi all, i am doing a vr v8 to series 1 v6 conversion. Have got everything done. When i kicked it over the oil light doesnt go out. Just want to know if the oil sender is faulty if i disconnect it should the ecu turn the mil light on if there is no oil pressure? Cheers Shane

Hi all, over the past few months i have been wanting to upgrade my adsl speed. I am currently on 1500/256(kbps?). I am currently with people telecom. Yesterday i found out that telstra have some new plans. I am looking at the 50 gig adsl2 plan here BigPond Broadband internet - Compare...

Hi all, i am doing the above conversion. i have most of it done. I am assuming the motor came from a vr as it has vr written on it in texta an the loom has the electronic box in it. The body i am putting it in is a 11/89 model vn(i think series 1). I have wired the two plugs in the pic...

Hi all, i havent come across this problem before. I have an old forklift that has a mitsubishi engine. It has a points type dizzy. A couple of months ago it started running rough and when i went to check for spark i had none on number 3 and 4 plugs. There was spark at the lead but both those...

Hi all, A mate of mine has asked me to help him get his vs ss wreck going to use the motor and box in another car. I havent got the remote so the security is on. Have left the reds on until the flashing light goes out. There isnt any spark, can hear the fuel pump, didnt bother checking the...

Hi all, i have done a search but found conflicting answers. A mate just wrote off his vs and has found a vr that has a stuffed auto. Will the vs auto go into the vr? In one thread it says that i will only need to change the rear extension housing and in another thread it says i will need...

Hi all, when i see a car i like on ebay i usually save the pics of it. I havent done it for a while, when i went to do it today i couldnt. Usually i right click and save image as. But i dont get that option. It only seems to be on ebay that it happens. I only use ff and dont have ie so i...

Hi all, my phone fell out of my pocket and i ran over it with a mower earlier today. I found one of the sims intact. Its my optus sim that i have had the same number for years. I have a samsung star s5233s thats locked to virgin(had its sim in my other phone but didnt find it). Does anyone...

Hi all, Just wondering if someone has the dimensions of a car rotisserie. Am sick of buring myself while welding the floor in my ek project so i want to build a rotisserie. Would need to know the size of the steel and the thicknesses of it to. I will do a how to or project thread...

Hi all, Have just bought my first laptop(ebay cheapy). It has a wireless card installed in it. What modem do i need to go with it and still be able to run my current set-up? My current set up is a billion bipac 7300 four port modem. It is adsl. I dont think we will get adsl+2 or whatever...