RE: THE FAN RESISTOR.

Mine packed it in a few weeks ago during 35 degrees afternoon sun....yes we can get heat in Adelaide during early October. Only had speeds 3 and 4.

Youll have to take off the wiper arms, unpick the clips at the top of the firewall that hold the full length plastic leaf guard on.

Then unscrew 2 screws on the black dome thing and pull out resistor and unplug connector.

As they say in the classics..... installation is a reversal of the removal procedure.

It takes a total of about 15 to 20 mins to do the whole job.

A new resistor will cost about $50, or you can go to the wreckers and buy a s/hand one. Make sure you can exchange it if it doesnt work, cos I went through 3 second hand ones before I got a good one. At $5 for the part, I was happy though.

HQ - Jet Smooth

I have a VN Sedan I was driving down the road doing 100km than all of a sudeen the spedo went to 0 Now it doesnt even work What can I do to fix it I have pulled it all out even put a diffrent one in no diffrent. Please someone tell me what to do email kri

hey guys,i was wondering if this is good...i am buying my first car and a good friend has his old VN commodore it has 290,000kms but the clock stoped so it would have about 300,000 plus kms it is a manual S pac and it has been tuned abit like it has been chiped,full exaust system,and heaps more it apartently beat a SS,anyway its a nice lookin car sound system the lot,it also comes with anotehr VN for parts in allright condition just needs the auto fixed all for $2,500 i want to buy this but..i think it has to many kms he said nothing has gone wrong with it never missed a beat...i just dont wanna buy it and it will break down alot

thanks
Dave

its worth about a $1000-1500 and the wreck about $300-400 tops, my mate has a VN s pack with similar k`s and is very good on the inside and excellent on the out side , no caryard in Adelaide is willing to give more than a $1000 as a trade in.

Ive got a series 1.5 v6 vn and its got 175000on the clock.in the morning when starting its a bit rattley.im running penright 15/50 at the moment.will a 20/50 oil quieten it down?is the oil still too thin?

I`m running 20/50 valvoline xld in my vr v6, no rattles, shes done 305,000 still going strong.

thanks for replying cloudy.how long you been running 20/50 xld for?did you lose any power using 20/50?in my gregory,s manual it specifies 15/40,but because the v6 is based on the buick v6 which has been around since the 70s,shouldve holden specified a mineral oil instead?

i bought a vn for $600 it was defected for a tail light and tyres al i had to do is fix that and get a new windscreen and a couple little things, chainge oil and it runs fine and it has almost 405000 km

*BullMark*
Its probably safe to assume that in 1989 Holden figured everyone was using mineral oils.
Kays arent really a fair indication of engine wear. Your car could have 100K on it but be rattly as thanks to some nice fool who cooked it one day and wrecked the bores... You just dont know unless youve had the car since new.
You could run a thicker oil, wouldnt hurt, or rebuild the whole engine to stop the rattles.
But who could be assed?

<<<just me>>>

a bit thicker oil is often recomended for high milage motors, I also run my VS v6 statesman on the same oil which has done 257000 I have never tried synthetic oils, the XLD has a good detergent level ,I ran a rebuilt 253 from rebuild until 280,000 when th