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by Rick82
Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:14 pm
Forum: AU & NZ - WTB: Piazza's, Parts, Others wanted section
Topic: Nero headlights??
Replies: 2
Views: 4138

Nero headlights??

does anybody in here have nero headlights?? that they would part with??

i know Fafled had a set but he dont come in here anymore!! did anybody buy his car or do you know what he done with it??
by Rick82
Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:02 pm
Forum: Audio and Electronics
Topic: onboard computer
Replies: 5
Views: 8254

conversion is 99% complete and if you have read my last couple of posts i am having some high idleing issues, could this be due to the Auto computer that is still running my car?? could it also be the reason why my cruise control will not work anymore?? i also noticed there was a switch on my clutch...
by Rick82
Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:48 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: Gear box troubles!
Replies: 29
Views: 23001

while this is in discusion i know most engines should idle just under a thousand revs but ever since i done the conversion mine idles very high eg: 1150 to 1300 and sometimes at the lights while he aircon is on she will jump up tp 1800 RPMS thats not right hey??
by Rick82
Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:40 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: Gear box troubles!
Replies: 29
Views: 23001

yeh i didnt see no spring when i removed it from the other car?? i will look for a gap in the fork and slave cylynder and retry to bleed the line a third time and as for the O ring on the sump, i noticed it wasnt a perfectly round O ring it had a sort of flat side to the O ring. is that right or is ...
by Rick82
Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:21 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: Gear box troubles!
Replies: 29
Views: 23001

sorry Bob that thanks was for you, im half asleep and reading too many posts at once.

what grade engine oil do you suggest in the gearbox??
by Rick82
Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:17 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: Gear box troubles!
Replies: 29
Views: 23001

thanks Rodavo but i actually didnt know about the engine oil thing so that will be the first step and then replace the O ring while i got it off.

To tell you the truth i cant remember a spring on the fork but i actually didnt put it in so i will check with my uncle but thanks heaps for the tips.
by Rick82
Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:29 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: Gear box troubles!
Replies: 29
Views: 23001

Gear box troubles!

have installed the gear box to the car and have been driving it around but ive noticed that it is hard to get into gears and no matter what i do it allways crunches rvers gear, have i done something wrong or have i forgotten something?? it also leaks like a bastard from what looks like the sump plug...
by Rick82
Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:02 pm
Forum: Show room
Topic: My piazza conversion
Replies: 3
Views: 4307

sorry i took so long!! but yes it did, there was a plate bolted from the inside. 2 nuts and a push with my finger and it was out. Master cylender bolted straight in and the bolt hole for the bracket where the rubber hose starts was there 2. I was suprised to find in the electrical loom the plug for ...
by Rick82
Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:57 pm
Forum: Show room
Topic: My piazza conversion
Replies: 3
Views: 4307

will post more pics soon of the rest of the conversion and the final product if i ever get there
by Rick82
Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:55 pm
Forum: Show room
Topic: My piazza conversion
Replies: 3
Views: 4307

My piazza conversion

finally the gearbox conversion is over!!! well nearly heres how i went. firstly i had to get her off the ground. Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/55315941.jpg removal of the Automatic gear was pretty easy until i reached the peddal box. i never realised how much of the car i had to pull apa...
by Rick82
Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:59 pm
Forum: Audio and Electronics
Topic: What have we all got?
Replies: 17
Views: 21049

Went to summernats this year and picked a pioneer head unit for the piazzahalf price and am in the process of fitting it on the car, probably replace the rear speakers with something with a little more grunt and connect them to my Boss amp wich will also be running my 12" Kenwood sub
by Rick82
Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:59 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: gearbox conversion
Replies: 7
Views: 6942

thanks guy's i got it off!! finally a home made slide hammer did the trick built buy my uncle, it was made with a solid bar of metal with a welded lip to catch inside the bearing and the head of a sledge hammer over the bar and a metal pin in the other end of the metal bar to slam the sledge hammer ...
by Rick82
Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:04 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: gearbox conversion
Replies: 7
Views: 6942

help

i have installed all the pedal box and gear that i need for the conversion and have removed all the automatic gear from my car. Small problem that has brought my conversion to a complete stop is the automatic's pilot bearing connected to the back of the engine behind the fly wheel, The damn thing is...
by Rick82
Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:01 am
Forum: Small Talk
Topic: piazza in the west
Replies: 2
Views: 3393

piazza in the west

Happy new year to all!! driving to a friends on new years day for a swim as it was bloody hot and i see a Red piazza parked and the side of the road! Just wondering if anybody in here owns it?? the car was in bossley park. i jotted down the rego just in case its not on the list of registerd piazzas ...
by Rick82
Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:56 pm
Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
Topic: gearbox conversion
Replies: 7
Views: 6942

gearbox conversion

having heaps of fun ripping all there gear needed to do the conversion out of my parts car. :vom: i thought that taking the gearbox off would be the hardest part but boy was i wrong, i met my match trying to take the paddels out. Ended up removing the entire dash to remove the steering coloumn to ge...