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hey guys i have a problem, me and my 16yo brother have decided to build a car 350sbc blah blah brother bonding and all that i happened to have a vl wagon thats been sitting in the yard at work much to the bosses delight :-). anyway turns its developed a bit of rust under the windscreen and started to leak im all for reparing it if its do able/affordable has anybody here had any experience with this? any help would be much appreciated cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by sizer [View Post] hey guys i have a problem, me and my 16yo brother have decided to build a car 350sbc blah blah brother bonding and all that i happened to have a vl wagon thats been sitting in the yard at work much to the bosses delight :-). anyway turns its developed a bit of rust under the windscreen and started to leak im all for reparing it if its do able/affordable has anybody here had any experience with this? any help would be much appreciated cheers Every1 that has had a VL has had to do this exact repair at some stage!! LOL All depends how well you want to do it? Quick cheap band-aid fix is just to pull up the trims & get newtech in there... The best way is to remove the screen & patch it properly & put it back together with a VT style trim. If it's an original screen they break fairly easily... Good luck! ---------- Post added 01-02-13 at 05:24 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by ss nut [View Post] I would be interested in the compressor,I wounder the cost to send the whole lot to me in Nelson?? At the moment I am away for work for the next month and can only get the net evry now and again, also no cell coverage. Cheers Marty Give me a yell when you get back & we can arange something then if its still there... Cheers Richard

cheers i would like to do it the proper way and patch it is it a hard job to tackle myself? if not how much would i be looking at roughly minimum to maximum. and i need a new windscreen cause it has 1 million stonechips smith and smith i suppose.

Quote: Originally Posted by sizer [View Post] cheers i would like to do it the proper way and patch it is it a hard job to tackle myself? if not how much would i be looking at roughly minimum to maximum. and i need a new windscreen cause it has 1 million stonechips smith and smith i suppose. Hmmmm... sounds like a can... that could have worms in... If you want me to take a look & give you an idea of cost to fix it & supply a new screen etc, you might have to bring it over or I can take a look? If so PM me. Richard

depending on how bad the rust is...just jump on Rarespares web site, buy new valance panel (goes from bonnet around wipers and screen gutter) they are $220+ cut old one out, weld new one in. For a panel beater to patch it your in for a world of pain, expect well over $500 mark. new screen is around $300 mark. Like Richard said every early commodore owner has been there done that, welcome to the VL family ha

i got a rare spares panel and had it installed and painted locally it was about 400 all up from memory. Like Kelvin mentioned, to have it patched was going to be more than that, it didnt make sence to patch!

not just that, if you get it patched, the cancer is still there and it will eat it up under there with in a year. New panel in there, start fresh, get rid of steel clips, install VT rubber, she will last for years to come.

pm sent ---------- Post added 01-02-13 at 15:14 ---------- at risk of sounding like a complete newb what is the part that im looking for on the rarespares website

Quote: Originally Posted by sizer [View Post] at risk of sounding like a complete newb what is the part that im looking for on the rarespares website http://www.rarespares.net.au/rsnz/Pr...product=RP2007 (http://www.rarespares.net.au/rsnz/ProductPage.aspx?product=RP2007)

thankyou sikvlt i was looking at that item but wasnt 100% sure

Just gave the old girl a oil change and filter rung brother asked what he used so got some Penrite full synthetic 10W-40 and oil filter, $90 for oil ouch but I got discount

Happy NY, how was everyone's break? I finally got round to installing some King Springs in my wagon. It didn't' go down much, which is what I was after, but the handling is quite a bit better than factory. It's still not that great though so looking at some coilovers H&R do for VE with Bilstein inserts which look pretty good for a reasonable price How's the grass down on the Coromandel!

You need some 20" Momo Star's Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

What do you guys recommend for a turbo clutch? Pulled it off yesterday and its pretty warn down. Exedy? Xtreme Clutch?

Any cruises planned soon boys????

Hmmmmmm, these should make a difference in handling Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZMike [View Post] What do you guys recommend for a turbo clutch? Pulled it off yesterday and its pretty warn down. Exedy? Xtreme Clutch? Im running Xtreme with HD pressure plate and had no dramas, its real smooth, apart from getting the wrong bearing in the box.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gainsborg [View Post] Finally took some pictures of my new car, picked it up a few months ago now, VP Senator 5000i, pretty tidy original condition. Plans are to just tidy a few little things up, might lower it a bit more and would love some slightly bigger mags. I love these to be honest awesome car Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Well off on holiday tomorrow to Akaroa decided to take vl so had to fill her up with 98 octane, oh the joys of 90liter long range tank. Never thought I would see the day: OUCH: Slightly lower lol: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.