hi, sedan came with lowered springs that i got not long ago, going to have the front springs change at the local work shop to standard plus a couple of other things done, going to try the back myself, any tips or proceedure to follow, thanks.

I hope someone can help me with this? I have a WB Ute 308 with 4 speed M20. Factory V8. When releasing clutch the pedal comes up very slow. Is there meant to be a clutch return spring or not. The problem only seems there after the vehicle has been driven for 15mins. Heat releated? It has always done it since i have owned it. I have just had a heavy duty clutch fitted, flywheel machined and cable replaced. The nose cone had no groves in it. Ps clutch was replaced due to clutch shudder. Any ideas would be great.

Thanks

Jamie

Chasing a front left hand panel for my HR. Smashed her this morning...... IDIOT!

Happy to buy a pair if required and a small amount of rust is ok??

Located Perth Western Australia.

Ph: 0427 427 571

Cheers,

Katie

An HZ 8WN69 Kingswood sedan with option A9K??

Cheers

Jesse

Imitation monaro

i like this bit " ordered new with monaro options but without nameplate to avoid high sports car insurance costs of the time."

http://cgi.ebay.com....

Complete 4 door 4 cyl sedan (Sunbird Deluxe) except 2x wheels (I have 2x EH rims with tyres to get it onto your trailer. It does have rust (guards, bootlid, bonnet are good), doors are repairable, motor runs, gearbox works as do all lights etc. It has the Rubber Overiders on the front Bumper only and SLR Hubcaps.

Will not separate. $250 (I Need the ROOM)

Located Northern NSW near Tweed Heads.

Phone Peter 0266777525 or Email rastas4@aapt.net.au

FOR SALE IN W.A. - Make an offer.

Rebuilt 308, big valve L34 style heads (ported & polished) mild crow cam, performer manifold, holley 650, accel dizzy, extractors, with turbo 400, manual valve body, can separate.
Excellent condition, less than 10 000km.
Can arrange transport locally, contact me here if your interested.

Rebuilt the drivetrain on my wagon then started the bodywork and found - cancer = death :(

G'day,

Am about to turn GREEN with the HJ, apparently it would be a big job to have the LPG fuel sender hooked up the the original dash guage. Anyone done this? I don't really want to have the led lights under my radio and a dash fuel guage not working.

Cheers,
Drew.

Hi all, Just looking for thoughts regarding club rego....

The HR is getting closer to completion and we've been thinking of joining a car club and putting the car on club rego to save a few bux.
Ive done little reserch on the subject other than what we have to do to join our club of choice (costs etc) and the fact I cant drive it for more than 15kms without a good reason. (in QLD anyway... are the other states the same??)

Anyhoo, whats the pro's and cons of this sort of action?? (one could be saving $500 on rego?? Another could be to get informed of/invited to club runs?? OR the FACT that I cant get to maccas from here on a friday night without doing more than 15k's?)

Whats your thoughts Australia??
Kev.

Hi all, I have recently bought a tonner with some serios mods, one of which is the fuel tank.
A surge well has been welded into it and it seems to be a professional looking job. It has the fuel pickup line (1/2in.) out the bottom of this.
I'm not sure if this is legal.
Does anyone have any ideas???. Thanks.

I got some 308 head gaskets for my 253 by mistake (same part number?). i did a bit of reading and found that some people have used 308 gaskets and it just lowers the compression a little bit. I'm not worried about loosing a little compression cos I'm gonna be running turbos anyways, what I'm worried about is the sharp edges this exposes where the block meets the heads. Could this course detonation problems? they are felpro style gaskets and i'm gonna be running around 6psi from the two gt17's.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Ok first. Over the weekend im going to look at a HJ-HZ GTS dash i might buy of someone i know at a fairly reasonable price ($300). Still expensive, but cheaper than ive seen alot go for. The good thing about buying this one over one of ebay is i can inspect it first to be sure of what im buying, and i know the person im buying from is very generous and will throw in all the wiring and bits no worries.
The thing is the clock doesn't work, are these easy to fix? ive seen on holdenpeadia how to fix kingswood electric clocks by replacing blown capacitors or whatever, which shouldn't be much of a drama for me, but are the GTS clocks electric (as in fixable in the same way as kingswood clocks).
how much would a clock expert charge to fix one if i cant?

Swap meet this sunday the 5 july at cranbourne race course cranbourne vic ... buyers at 9.00am ...

wombat...

A mate is looking for a crossmember to suit a hg subframe.
The original has been cut and bent on the drivers side, and he would rather source a replacement then to bother spending the time repairing.
Im shure its required to suit a trimatic, his going to use a hq floor shifter.
His located in marybough vic, but works in stawell., so pickup needs to be reasonable, unless seller is willing to post

Also his questions,...car was original coloum auto, and his wondering on how to change the safty switch to suit the floor change?

Some crossmenbers his showed me photos of,. have extra slots where the gearbox rubber mounts go, Is there a special reason for the slots?

I know there is a swap meet for coffs harbour comming up some time this month but im having trouble finding when this is. None of the normal swap meet lists are listing it. So im also thinking how many othere are there that arnt typically listed that im also missing. So my question is when is the Coffs Harbour meet and where are the best places/lists of swap meets. Is there anywhere that actually has all of them ?

ok got the battery in the boot now and the car is all up and running again thanks to those that helped and happy motoring to all

G'Day,
I have a 1970 HG Prem 308 which I am restoring and was in two minds about the front seats. At the moment it has the factory blue bench seat with the fold down centre. Could do with a full retrim or otherwise just the top part needs repair.
I am thinking about hunting down a pair of buckets to replace them with.
Is anybody interested in swapping or do you think that the bench seat is a more desirable option.
Pls let me know what you think.
Mark

I have a hq ss in need of restoration but in good running order.i have been told they are sought after. If i would decide to sell where would be the best place to advertise?

I heard a really good saying the other day....

"You don't often shiit yourself, but i am almost dead certain you will remember the last time you did"

gday all, just thought i ask roundh here, im lookin for a vx gts rim, genuine or not, dosnt matter, i know its not old holden but u guys are always ale to help out

Cheers

i have a lumpy 186 and have just replaced my 5 speed with a trimatic. it changes down to first gear quite hard i have been told its because of the vacuum from the lumpy cam is there anything i can do besides put in a mild cam thanks j

I'm looking at replacing the shock absorbers on my mint, original EH Standard 179M Wagon, but am concerned about losing her authentic feel.

The shocks on her would be 20+ years old and have always given a waterbed-esque ride.

Can anyone recommend a replacement shock unit that will not compromise her originality?

I'm not worried at all about colours etc, as I can easily repaint them matte black.

What have the concourse restorers used?

Ive just had the displeasure(I wish I could say pleasure) of having to make a couple of insurance clames with Shannons recently and was wondering if anyone else has had any dealings with them when the time comes to make a clame and what they thought of there service and any other thoughts? Any one know of any other simmilar types of insurance companys that are any good when dealing with old cars ect?

Steve

I have a burning question.....

I am wishing to covert my 1979 HZ Kingswood SL Wagon, 202 automatic, LSD, Drum brake rear to a disc brake rear, preferably with a taller ratio (currently 3.36.... i'd like to go either 3.08 or 2.78 as i do 98% highway driving).

How would i go about doing this? Do any work guides exists for such a modification?

I would also be keen to hear from anyone who has upgraded drums to discs on the rear of a EH special sedan and/or changed to a taller diff ratio. (a future mod for my weekender.... but will be second priority to the HZ)

Simon
Hunter Valley NSW

A friend of mine is moving house and getting rid of a few projects.

89 VN wagon V6 $600
92 (I think) VP sedan $800
78 HZ van rolling shell $350

Drop me an email for contact details.

I'm toying with the idea of doing a Sandy replica on my HZ ute for my daughter's 21st birthday present.

She has mentioned a few times that if she had an oldholden it would have to be pink.

So, the question for you lot is to come up with a Sandman stripe combination to suit a pink base. Any ideas?

Well, it looks like I have fixed the "Ping" issues with the 3.3 EFI motor. It was horrible with next to no power and when you took off it would "Rattle" like crazy. I was getting around 19lt/100 km fuel consumption (Thats right 19 litres consumed to 100 Km travelled)

I replaced the spark plugs, just standard champion plugs from Repco, and now the "Pinging" and "Rattling" has completely gone. I have full power back and my fuel consumption has dropped to a more conservative 13 Lt/100 Km.

This problem had nothing to do with oldholden. I have a depressive illness and I completly over reacted. The matter is being sorted by a third party. I hope I havan't made a nong out of myself. sorry, regards Dave.

Does anyone have any instructions or information for changing the Analogue Instrument cluster to a Digital Instrument cluster for the VK Commodore?

Do I need to change the wiring loom to match the connectors for the Digital Instrument cluster and do I need to change or add any other system sensors?

Cheers,

Rob