CommodoresPlus

Perhaps I disguised my desire for a new project too well…

Apart from the everything on my VS, I reserve a special level of hatred for some of the dumber engine design details. I had to change the tensioner assembly (again) on Saturday, and you have to drain the coolant from the top half of the engine to do this because GM in their infinite wisdom decided to run a coolant bypass pipe through the back of…[Read more]

Build thread now dragged over from SC. Have your tissues and lube handy, it’s going to get erotic.

The Equipe of Doom

Yeah that was as of March 2013, it’s still sitting out there in the driveway, mocking me. I haven’t updated the SC thread in about a year.

Current state of play:

– No more race tape! Bumper was repaired and resprayed. Then my mother-in-law backed it into a wall. Now there’s a nice crack in it. I also dropped the trailer draw bar on the bumper as…[Read more]

Folks, yesterday was a momentous day. For the first time in 7 and a half years, and nigh on 100,000km, I changed the oil and filter on the beast. Took about half an hour for the oil to drain from the sump. One does not simply kill an Ecotec. Also discovered that when everyone I know is saying “don’t waste your money on an oil filter wrench,…[Read more]

Hi there Steelrod, and thanks for your feedback. Like failures deep within the bowels of the Equipe of Doom, this thread is not dead, it’s merely waiting for the least convenient time to make itself known.

But I do have an update. The car now has 1.5 working electric windows. The cable on the right rear window frayed so it wouldn’t go all the way…[Read more]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c

Time of life: 8:27pm. Monday 08/07/2013.

One does not simply kill a Commodore.

Never mind, just unclipped it. Somehow. Technique involved anger and a pair of pliers. No idea how it’ll go back on but meh. Short sentences. Wiicked.

Ok this thing is taking up space so I figured I’ve have a crack at it. Bought a multimeter and I have a touch under 10v at the fuel pump connector. I’m now trying to get the pump/sender assembly out to change the pump but I’m being held up by the clip on wht I believe is the return line that connects to the swirl pot.Searches are telling me to…[Read more]

Ok this thing is taking up space so I figured I’ve have a crack at it. Bought a multimeter and I have a touch under 10v at the fuel pump connector. I’m now trying to get the pump/sender assembly out to change the pump but I’m being held up by the clip on wht I believe is the return line that connects to the swirl pot.

Searches are telling me to…[Read more]

Well she’s completely dead now. Gave her a kick over on the weekend and the starter motor barely turned before the lights faded. Sigh. Now I have to decide whether to buy a battery that costs roughly half what the car is worth just so I can spend more money to find out why I should quit while I’m way behind.

It’s kinda sad really, she’s given us…[Read more]

Well, it’s dead.In a freak occurrence, despite the ongoing drought here water started falling from the sky last Tuesday in large quantities, and I suspect it’s shorted something out – we got 18.6mm of rain in an hour, or roughly the same amount we had over the previous 6 months. This also happened 3 years ago after a heavy downpour and it took 4…[Read more]

Well, it’s dead.

In a freak occurrence, despite the ongoing drought here water started falling from the sky last Tuesday in large quantities, and I suspect it’s shorted something out – we got 18.6mm of rain in an hour, or roughly the same amount we had over the previous 6 months. This also happened 3 years ago after a heavy downpour and it took 4…[Read more]

ohai.

I fixed the “everything dies!” issue in a very technical manner. I took off each lead, stuck my finger in it and wiggled it around a bit, and now it starts fine every time. I fixed an ex-girlfriend like this too many years ago. Sadly I couldn’t work out how to fix the “batsh!t insane” issue she also had.

Current discussions with “She Who…[Read more]

As a matter of fact I did take it to Powercruise in Taupo last year but I was turned away at the gate for running too much awesome.But yes it is indeed an animal on the street. Slugs are animals too.

As a matter of fact I did take it to Powercruise in Taupo last year but I was turned away at the gate for running too much awesome.

But yes it is indeed an animal on the street. Slugs are animals too.
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Oh and nearly forgot, the car is also now proudly marking its territory by leaking through the rear main seal. I’m taking the car for a 600km round-trip this week, hopefully the car will die along the way and I will survive.

I guess I should update this with the latest few fixes/mods. Note that the next major mod will involve the application of approximately 150 tons of pressure to the roof, but that will have to wait until after Winter. Revenge will be sweet.The PS leaks are finally sorted. All it took was a rounded nut and an enraged hurl of a ratchet handle,…[Read more]