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Bah, was going to drive down but ended up sick on the weekend.

Would have been nice to meet you bennie but oh well....next time.

Hey Mate, At $185 each, you are well on ya way to a crossbred kit which gives you 4 wheel disk brakes and the option of wrx, liberty wheels. +1 thats what I would do. Just remember if you have an EA82 and you do put on say 16-17" rex or lib wheels they will drain virtually all the power out the alr...

Nice work on the lib alex.

Where did you score the STI grill?

lol..... im going to use the spare bonnet i got and mould a bit of ricer into it hahah btw down on the chassis rails there are two bolts each side on the inside if im not mistaken, one sides easy to undo the other difficult to get at but yeah thats the bumper Yep, when I pulled the old bullbar off ...

Until you know what it is you don't know what is happening and if its causing damage. Generally a knock means somethings loose or clearances are to big etc, its certainly not going to get better. Might just end up having your alternator fall off from a broken bolt or you may end up throwing a leg o...

Yeah.. I'd buy a secondhand oil pump from the wreckers, so you can rebuild it and still drive around in your car in the meantime. Yeah, I would get my mechanic to do the job anyway (they don't charge me labour) as its my only car and I don't have the time to do it myself so I will just leave it wit...

lol........... polite way to say p..s off i think, yeah ill see what i can find in the way of a 3.7 and/or 3.9 rear diff and throw it in, only one way to find out and if i spen 50 bucks doing it meh ill sell it for scrap when the price goes up going though the paper now, finding some cheap wrecked,...

It does sound like oil pressure especially it the EA82 is "ticking" when you use thinner oil. I'd see if you have a friend or know a mechanic with a oil pressure gauge and have it checked out. I'd look into rebuilding the oil pump first, if the pressure turns out to be low. Thanks, I might see if a...

that noise as I understand it is caused by the bearings on the main shaft being worn and causing float / chatter in the gearbox if the bearings are overhauled/ replaced the noise is lessened but not stopped as the gears are worn due to age / mileage on the box TOONGA Thanks toonga The engine has on...

Have you done gearbox oil change yet? Cheers AP When I first got it I got my mechanic to do a full service including diff and gearbox as I was doing a 3000km trip and wanted everything fresh. (now I do my own servicing) As far as I can remember thats it. (its always topped up though) Maybe time for...

Been driving L's for about ten years now and always had a whine in reverse but not in first :confused:. I have no idea about gear boxes so i can't help i'm afraid. Anybody else???? Thanks mate, now I know its not a normal noise. Now to find out what it is so I can get it fixed....any ideas? I have ...

Nobody has an EA 5 speed? :P

The oil light won't mean much if no oil is getting to the big end bearings. A knock on a cold start initially isn't anything to be worried about, but if it takes a 500m drive to get rid of it I'd be looking at putting an oil cleaner/flush through the motor. You might have to do it a couple of times...

drof351 wrote:Does your oil light go out straight away?

Yep it does

Gday, Have you got access to an oil pressure gauge? Check to see if your getting good oil pressure on start up? Unfortunately I don't I only have a tacho and vacuum gauge And most of the local parts stores want around $80 for an oil pressure gauge which I can't really afford at this moment as I jus...

The whine sound exactly identical to this blokes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3FTQsl9qY
The vid doesn't allow embedded viewing so you will have to click "watch on youtube"

Hi All. I have had my L just over 3 years now and ever since I got it I have always been concerned about the loud whine the gearbox makes in first and reverse. (because of this I have been too scared to ever go over 1700RPM due to the whine which makes taking off from a stand still quite slow becaus...

Hi all Over the past 4-5 months my ea82 has developed a bit of a knock on cold and warm starts. It seems to be coming from the rear of the engine. (maybe clutch/pressure plate?) but I could be wrong or maybe piston slap? Its not the lifters as they make a tick noise (this is more of a knock) It only...

Yep Someguy they are in fact the rim style. I thought they were made by Performance. A Momo Vega seems to be a Alfa replica style based on some googling. Nobody really knows who they were made by. most assume it was momo some think otherwise some also say they were made by the panther wheel company

Is it one of these vegas?

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If so I might know a bloke with a spare

I don't think he would let it go cheap though as they are rare as hens teeth