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    How To Service A Car

    Tuesday, April 10, 2012

    Servicing of your car is one area where you can save a considerable amount of money by going the DIY route. Over the life of the car you stand to save some serious cash by servicing it yourself but if you want to keep your vehicle in tip-top shape you do need to know what to look [...]

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    XD Falcon Engine Conversion

    Wednesday, December 14, 2011

    A little project I have been working on lately is my XD Fairmont Ghia. The car was ‘handed down’ I suppose you would say after my grandfather passed away, well actually nobody else in the family wanted it. Anyway, the old 4.1 crossflow and 3-speed auto just wasn’t doing it for me so I got [...]

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    Pajero ECU Fault Code Check

    Friday, April 1, 2011

    In this article we are taking a look at how to extract ecu fault codes for the Mitsubishi Pajero V6. This information covers the NF, NG, NH and NJ models. To extract the codes on the Pajero you will need either a analogue volt meter or LED test light. The volt meter or test light needs [...]

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    Pajero V6 Timing Check And Adjust

    Friday, April 1, 2011

    This article covers checking and adjusting the ignition timing on NF, NG, NH and NJ model Pajero’s fitted with the 3.0 V6 engine. Before checking or making any adjustments to the timing the Timing Check Connector must be earthed. A length of electrical wire with small alligator clips on each end is handy for this, [...]

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    How To Replace Falcon Front Brake Pads

    Thursday, March 31, 2011

    Today we are looking at how to replace the front brake pads on a Ford Falcon. The vehicle that we are using for this article is a 1999 model AU, however if my memory serves me correctly the same front brake setup is used from the EA up to the last of AU’s, as well as [...]

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    How To Replace Welch Plugs

    Tuesday, March 15, 2011

    In this article we are going to take a look at what is involved in replacing welch plugs, otherwise known as freeze plugs, expansion plugs or welsh plugs with an ‘s’. What we are doing with this article is covering only the actual removal and replacement of a welch plug itself on a scrap engine, [...]

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    EFI Ignition Timing Check And Adjust

    Tuesday, March 15, 2011

    Today we are looking at how to check and adjust the ignition timing on an engine equipped with efi (naturally this does not include distributor-less (coil pack) type ignitions). Engines that are controlled by an ecu require the computer to be put in a ‘diagnostic’ or similar mode before the ignition timing can be checked and adjusted. The [...]

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    Chev Tuned Port Injection Conversion – The Finish

    Friday, March 11, 2011

    A quick update for those of you interested in the Tuned Port Injection conversion that we have been doing on a 350 fitted to an 80 series Landcruiser. After deciding that we wanted the ecu inside the car and up under the dash out of harms way we spent quite a bit of time extending the [...]

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    Toyota 5S-FE (2.2) Timing Belt – Part Two

    Thursday, March 10, 2011

    In Part One we got as far as having everything apart and ready to replace the oil seals and the oil pump gasket. I prefer to replace the oil pump gasket and then clean everything down before replacing the three oil seals. The reason for this is that there will be some oil spillage from the oil [...]

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    Toyota 5S-FE (2.2) Timing Belt – Part One

    Tuesday, March 8, 2011

    Today we are going to take a look at what is involved in replacing the timing belt on a Toyota 5S-FE engine. This is the 2.2 litre engine commonly found in the wide-body Camry models. This article is going to be a long one, not because the job is a particularly difficult one but because [...]

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Automotive News and Views

Feb
15

Tata Nano Export Plans

Europe looks set to be the next country to receive the Tata Nano. Tata’s head of Small Car Projects stated that they won’t be exporting the current model, however in five years the second-generation Nano will have been developed and will be good enough for the European market. The second generation Nano will be in [...]

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Feb
11

Check out the latest Ikea catalogue

Finally it’s here, the flat-pack car! Load it up, take it home and spend the next four hours deciphering the instructions, just like everything else from Ikea. I got this is my inbox today and thought it too good not to share. As a mechanic and car enthusiast the picture itself was quite interesting, obviously [...]

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Feb
5

Mitsubishi to close Adelaide plant

Mitsubishi Motors announced today at 2:30pm that the Tonsley Park factory will close this year, on March 31st. The announcement confirmed speculation of the closure after the sales of the 380 model failed to reach expectations. Almost 1000 people will be directly affected by the closure and the follow-on effect will no doubt increase this [...]

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Feb
1

Basic versus Bells and Whistles

I have a question for you, if you could buy a car that came with all of the safety features that we expect of modern motor cars but did without all the unnecessary ‘bells and whistles’ and was 10 grand cheaper than it’s equivalent with all of the extra features, would you buy it? Are [...]

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