Dont put redline oil in it if you want it to last more than a week!

Quote: Originally Posted by xAsh- [View Post] Dont put redline oil in it if you want it to last more than a week! I'm guessing you're speaking from personal experience?? Nah I'm going all out castrol

hey mate, I put in some castrol vmx80 and some nulon manual transmission treatment, and Im loving it. No more cold crunching shifts, no noise and the gears feel tighter. You should put that in, and only cost me $35 all up. You'll need 1.9 liters of fluid just incase you didn't know. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by bck2basic [View Post] hey mate, I put in some castrol vmx80 and some nulon manual transmission treatment, and Im loving it. No more cold crunching shifts, no noise and the gears feel tighter. You should put that in, and only cost me $35 all up. You'll need 1.9 liters of fluid just incase you didn't know. Yup, that's what I got And the box feels tight anyway, even without oil, my guess is it's been recoed at some point. Haha I got a Gregory's, best investment ever! So got the box in today (way easier than I thought), tailshaft on, clutch pedal in (by far the hardest part of the job, damn thing, I'll chop it later). Fitting the clutch master cylinder and filling up with oil tomorrow and taking it for a test drive, unless I can think of a reason not to So here's some pictures: whoop whoop three pedal commodore Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Good job. You going to cut the brake pedal down? (100 times easier than swapping the pedal lol)

What part of getting the pedal in did you find the worst? And nah luckily not speaking from experience, but when i put my R33 5 speed in i plan on putting in royal purple stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by SYKO3L [View Post] Good job. You going to cut the brake pedal down? (100 times easier than swapping the pedal lol) yes, and yes I noticed Quote: Originally Posted by xAsh- [View Post] What part of getting the pedal in did you find the worst? And nah luckily not speaking from experience, but when i put my R33 5 speed in i plan on putting in royal purple stuff. being able to get the thing in that the clutch pedal pivots on, I dropped the steering column to get more access, but the damn thing is so hard to get to. Also, the person who installed my gas system decided to run some lines through the grommet meant for the clutch pushrod. I guess he was just doing his job well, but man is it frustrating! Sweet, when's the box going in? Royal purple carpet or what?? I want to change the carpet and soundproof at the same time, and possibly paint my dash Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

haha i laughed so hard at that http://www.royalpurple.com/products/max-gear/ I havent bought it yet, not in a huge rush, ive got an MX7 in there at the moment

Quote: Originally Posted by xAsh- [View Post] haha i laughed so hard at that http://www.royalpurple.com/products/max-gear/ I havent bought it yet, not in a huge rush, ive got an MX7 in there at the moment wow ignorant me :S Makes a hellava lot more sense looking back now, I couldn't imagine what you were trying to say haha. Benefits of staying up late let me know when you take the mx7 out, I'll be interested most likely if you want to sell it ---------- Post added 21-02-12 at 18:26 ---------- So it's all done, took it for a drive today, started first turn of the key I'm pretty proud of myself haha. The only thing is that the clutch pedal is very (I mean VERY) low, so that I have to put the clutch to the floor to get into first. It's bled properly, and the pushrod is adjusted, any idea what I could to to change that?? Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Been getting more and more in love with my car, it's totally different as a manual, VL's were never meant to be auto! I put the console back in and everything today, the only thing I'm missing is a gear boot, meh, I can live without one for the time being until I find one. So next on the list, I got some monroe gt sports shockers and some sl king springs, they'll be going in sometime, in the meantime I have to fix the missus' AU, the steering column is about to fall out. And just a general question, does the series 2 calais dash plug in just like the tacho dash, or do you need to mod anything? I like the look of them a lot more, might put one in if it's fairly simple

you can buy the gear boot from rare spares on another note, you dont wanna sell me the nudge bar and the bonnet protector? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Two things about having to push the clutch all the way to the floor... Did you bolt the pedal box back in properly? (Otherwise it moves under braking etc) You should be able to adjust it so that the pedal makes contact with the master cylinder push rod earlier....

Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] you can buy the gear boot from rare spares on another note, you dont wanna sell me the nudge bar and the bonnet protector? I'll get one eventually. You can have the nudge bar if you come get it I don't have the bonnet protector any more, chucked it out a week ago. Make me an offer and it's yours. Message me: [phone removed] Nah it's all screwed in fine, still not sure what it is, I may just weld a piece on the pushrod, I like my clutches high On another note, the people who did my gas install did a really sh*t job of it, there's wiring everywhere, some that doesn't even go anywhere, and today my car cut out randomly while driving. Turns out, one of the leads was fouled on the steering column and eventually wore through after many hours of rubbing from turning the wheel, resulting in the fuel pump/gas system not working. Gay as aids. I'll sort it all out tomorrow hopefully, wish me luck. But overall, I'm in love with my car all over again, it's nice to drive ---------- Post added 23-02-12 at 14:36 ---------- Sorted all the wiring out, turned out the gas people had put a fuse on the firewall right behind the rocker cover, and that had blown. Had me a little worried there, because I was looking at all the wiring going nowhere, with loose ends everywhere. Ended up trimming it all up, and rewiring most of it, also got my reverse lights working by simply cutting the auto loom plug off and wiring the reverse lights in by slicing wires. 1 minute job. So yeah, hopefully it doesn't develop any more problems Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Anyone know of a good tailshaft balancing place in the eastern suburbs of melbourne?? Mine starts vibrating either at low rpm on high throttle, or when I'm between 70-90 km/h, and it's a little unpleasant, besides that it's all good besides some throw bearing noise, but that's easily fixed. Oh and here's a pic of the rocker cover and new water lines fitted, hasn't been cleaned up nicely yet, the engine bay is due for a degreasing any time I can be bothered soon. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

From memory, the NA auto and manual tailshaft are the same? You could use your old auto tail shaft. EDIT: Had a quick search and still not 100%. At worst you would need to change the yoke.

Quote: Originally Posted by SYKO3L [View Post] From memory, the NA auto and manual tailshaft are the same? You could use your old auto tail shaft. EDIT: Had a quick search and still not 100%. At worst you would need to change the yoke. They're the same length, but the ends are different, I posted a pic of them. Now whether or not I can swap the ends is another question, I'll have a look sometime soon. Not that my auto one was perfectly balanced either :S

My car runs really rough from a cold start after it's been raining, and it runs really bad, even backfires until the engine warms. Makes me think that water is getting in somewhere, maybe the ecu? Any suggestions? It scared the hell out of me this morning :S

Lowering it this weekend hopefully onto sl kings and monroe gt sports, also got a strut brace that'll be going on as soon as it arrives. Bought a gear boot from rare spares, damn thing doesn't fit well, it rips off if I shift into second or 4th, although I have a sneaking suspicion that my manual surround is from a VK, not a VL :/ It's also broken a little. Anyone wanna sell me a manual surround?? Took a little while for everything to wear in, but it's going really smoothly right now, sometimes I wonder whether I've lost traction because it's so smooth haha. More mods in the future, I'll be putting the XF TB on sometime if I have time, I still need to finish cutting out the plenum flange to fit

Bought a strut brace over the weekend, fitted it today, and found at the same time that I'm running positive camber somehow! Fix that up soon, but yeah, I didn't think I would feel much difference with the strut brace, but it makes a noticeable difference.

Yeah ive heard 30mm swaybar on the front really makes a difference as well!