Looking good dude. Hey did you ever do the clutch in your old vl?? Have you had any luck getting it going? I have a spare afm if you want to try that?

Na never really had a problem with the clutch when I had it, so never worried about it. I was planning to have a play around with it today but since its raining I might have to wait till sometime during the week :-( Yea any parts we could try would be a help. lol im pretty sure the AFM on the car I sold you came off this vl as we swapped them once when my old vl was having a few problems.

Mike change your profile picture.....you dont own that car anymore.....fraud!!! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

try crank angle sensor

will idle with no afm could be a fuel problem or dirty plugs if you got spark im sure the cas is ok

Well finally looked at it last night and sure enough it wasn't getting any fuel. Found that the external pump isn't working. Gonna go see if i pick one up tonight :-)

Just as an update. It was the fuel pump, car runs sweet now. Drove to Dunedin and back no problem. I have booked it in to get all the rust in the boot cut out including under the rubber seals. Hope it doesn't cost too much. Have pulled out the centre console today to give it a clean as it looks like coke has been spilt and left for quite a few years :-(. Under the seats is also sticky so going pull them out at some stage to clean. very tempted to get all new carpet, need new carpet in the boot anyway. I also might Degrease the engine this weekend if I get around to it. Then I might put some pics up.

Well things have gone a little differently than i had originally planned. The Vl has gone on hold for a while longer as i did what Aaron did and got myself an VZ SV6. Awesome car for only being a V6. Pretty much got it as im sure my evo was about to die so instead of forking out cash for fixing it i traded it in and got the VZ :-). I have also moved into a flat last weekend so my finds will be a lot lower now, Got a pay rise but still doesn't cover the difference :-P. When I was moving to the flat my Dad drove my vl to the new place and was shocked at how crap it was :-). I always knew it handled bad, so i think i might be first on my list to figure it out. The steering is way to sensitive. going 100Km its hard to keep it in a straight line. Not sure if there is something wrong with the suspension or steering rack or what as i have never had to deal with something like this. Any suggestions? Im starting to think I might just sell this vl and later down the track find a nicer one. Although it seems that the price of the vls are going up. Use to be able to get mint vls for 2-3k.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZMike [View Post] Use to be able to get mint vls for 2-3k. You still can, you just have to know where to look Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Well i thought instead of starting a new thread ill just continue on with this one. So as some of you guys might know Aaron and I picked up my SL turbo on saturday. Was a pretty fun trip. around 10 hours of driving thanks to Aaron. When we first got to the car it was just sitting in some grass on the side of the road. So didn't have high hopes, had a look around the car and found that someone had resprayed the car with out any prep work and the paint was flaking on quite a bit of it, quite noticeable on the trim pieces. The owner came out and handed us... well Aaron :-P, the keys and we opened it up. Sure enough Factory VL Turbo. Turned the key and it fired up no problems. So we sorted out the paperwork loaded it onto the trailer and away we went. Once i got home i started sussing out things. Random wires all over the show. Then called it a night. The next morning I had a nice game plan sorted as I wanted to get the car wof'ed so i could start enjoying it. Which at the time was fix the front bumper as some of the mounts were snapped and change the wheels from my other vl. I headed to the garage to find the whole place reeked of petrol. After abit of searching found that the hoses that are on the injectors were swelled and cut up from the clamps. So added another thing to the fix list... Without any help i thought i would just leave this problem for the time being and move onto my original list. I began to remove the front bumper when i found that my horn was pretty well smashed, then tried to locate the cables for the horn which were cut near the radiator. Once the bumper was removed I decided to grab these air horns i have had for ages measured up and mounted them around where the original horn was. I then grabbed a new Bumper center that i got awhile back for my old vl and put that on. At this point i decided to try to get the red paint off the bumper ends. was alot harder than i thought it would be so only got around to doing 1 side, didn't matter as the other sides mount was broken so need to get a new one anyway. I had to get my parents from the airport at 4 so left it at that tidied the garage. once we got back i decided to take it out to get some petrol, parents tagged along. Ran pretty sweet came on boost pretty quick but the BOV sounds pretty crap. Got home opened the bonnet to find the bov had spat oil all over the underside of the bonnet and where the air box usually sits, Which im hoping is only cause of the light oil that the previous owner put into the car. So that's it so far. one step forward two steps back at the moment but it will come together. So if anyone has got any parts lying around that could help let me know :-) By mageslain (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/mageslain) at 2012-02-25 By mageslain (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/mageslain) at 2012-02-25 By mageslain (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/mageslain) at 2012-02-26

nice to hear your putting the much needed TLC into this car! good on yah for saving it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Time grasshoppa and all will be good.Start with a plan and stick to it.It deserves to be done right!! Cheers Marty

haha..130 is a nice cruise speed there and back with that car trailor....that trailor tows awesome... ....1062km trip...didnt want to be all day lol....was funny how the guy handed me the keys and said here you go....thought I was you for some reason...must have been the BT1 tshirt .....wooohooo I had first drive ....even if I only drove it on and off the car trailor driveline seems to be in really good nick to be fair...clutch is good as well... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

This would have still been an awesome car if the previous owners wern't a bunch of douche bags lol And now the resto begins Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

What parts do you need ?

Umm. To begin with I'd just like to tidy the front up. Need the bumper trim, bumper ends and factory grill. Also want to get a drivers side sl tail light. Might settle for a passengers side berlina light instead. Might be easier just listing the rest: Door trim Boot lid Drivers seat Center console Parcel tray Boot carpet Fuse box Factory airbox Water bottle, what ever its called Injector hoses Adjustable pan hard. This is all just off the top of my head.

Just went for a WOF, Wasn't too much damage. Needs rear stop light,L/Front bumper end, new wiper blades, Rego Light, and the fuel leak.

Woah thats awesome...Just a couple of things then you have a road legal genuine VLT Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeap then ill enjoy it for a few months afterwards it will be parked up for some serious work :-), as long as my funds don't dry up too much.

Nice score man. Enjoyed my VLT's when I owned them. But after owning 3 thought I should try a V8. Still VL though. Lol.