Stripping a Perfectly good Holden VF Ute For The Engine!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This 2013 Holden VF Commodore Ute was recently Written off by an insurance company due to being involved in a flood. Usually a flood-damaged car can be quite expensive and troublesome to repair but in this case, the flood water didn't enter the engine or damage any electronics making it a perfect donor vehicle for an engine conversion.
I'm very excited for this project and keen to get stuck into the conversion next week! comment below what vehicle you think this engine is going in!
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Hey Woody, you forgot to pin this comment!
I'll drink it if i want!
@@someyoungguy6990pinned! Thanks man
Is it out in nz or just Australia
@@theskidfactory @theskidfactory “LEMONY FRESH” - Taz (Tasmanian Devil) 👌👌
Hey Woody, you're knocking it out of the park.
Thanks brother.
Thanks Stan!!
The new shop is now "The Skid Factory", don't be afraid to say it Woody! No need to call it the Wood Factory or anything! Home is where the heart is, and The Skid Factory is wherever The Skid Factory is filmed and cars that Skid are made!!!
The only thing you need to know about afm or displaced on demand is deletion of it
Agreed!
If you’re lucky, it will just burn oil for the rest of its life.
Rule number 1 with an LS, never look at the cam bearings, ever.
Loving the content Woody, as somone who's watched from day 1 you are carrying the torch so well in your own space!
Hey Woody, couple of things it would be a good idea to check. 1.The ring gaps, boosted engines have hotter combustion temps, if the ends but together the ring lands will crack off the pistons. 2. Check the rubber seals on the plates at the front and rear of the cam. Also change the bar bell in the rear of the oil gallery, both of these can cause low oil pressure if they leak. 3. Check inside any of the electrical connections that have been under water for signs of water/corrosion, if they look OK spray the insides with electrical cleaner/corrosion inhibitor. This will usually prevent electrical faults/codes down the track.
It would be great to see it go into a group C style commodore with big flairs an tyres.
You got it back to front Woody. Statutory write off CANNOT be re registered ever in Aust, it’s parts only. Repairable write-offs CAN be re registered, after the items listed are cleared by a special inspection, then it must pass a regular roadworthy/safety certificate. Love your show mate 👍
Love the videos since you took over Woody, I love hearing all the special colloquialisms that you use in your speech and it makes me feel like I'm learning Australian culture as well as about cars. Keep up the good work, the vids are schmicko
Thanks mate! Appreciate the response! So long as people like yourself keep watching I’ll keep making Shmiko videos!
Legends! 🤘😎
So many Parts!
That Ute is so clean that your mate will make his money back on parts.
Was thinking the same thing!
No he won't.
Killing it. I've always found it easier dropping them out the bottom on the subframe, struts and all
Will give that a shot next time!!
I prefer to pull the V8s out the bottom v6s out the top bottom is a lot less to undo I take strut tops off brake lines abs plugs K frame bolts gearbox cross member exhaust at the cats and any wiring connecting engine or gearbox to the car undo the 13mm that joins the column to the rack undo ac compressor to save gas if no way to correctly drain the gas missed a few things but that's most of it
@trevevns3242 damn right dude, even the v6's I drop put on the subframe. We've got a large 1 tonne dolly we just roll under, lower the hoist down, block it all up and raise the hoist.
What an idea..!! I've always needed the exterior of my windscreen to be lemon scented.....😆
🤔 Most windscreen fluids are scented here in UK. Where are you from ?
@@ro63rto Really? Interesting! Today I learned... Here in Canada I'm not sure I've EVER seen a scented windshield washer fluid (that's what we North Americans call it :P).
The first thing you did wrong was check the cam bearings lol. Once you have a look and see wear your bound to have issues lol. If you dont look they will be fine. Good work Woody. Loving the channel
Haha! Is that the same as reusing the lucky wrecker engine oil?
Schrodingers cam bearings ;)
Did he check the oil didn't have flood water in it before he tried to start it. Lol
someone has been to Matt's LS rebuild school
The engine is going into a Suzuki jimny and the bolt is to ensure the torque when it comes off the line really does bend the chassis……yeah I think I got that right 😂 mint epp mate enjoy 🤙🏻
Great videos, but was disappointed not to see the 8 ball in the sump.
It could be Alan's 8-ball.
Woody your doing a great job doing this on your own good to see a group of young guys having a crack at something you haven't done before cant wait to see what you put that motor and box into hopefully an early holden👍
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Tazzie devil is who you were thinking of woody
I laughed out loud at that…what was that guy again….named after a state in some country in the southern hemisphere..
@@Heretic306the state woody was born in too
Nah it's a little monkey guy that's spins around in space jam... 😂
Can't believe Woody can't remember Taz' name. And he didn't say lemony fresh he just said lemon fresh when they finished the spit shine in space jam. There's a throwback, haven't seen that in a while
Was hoping u were upgrading the Forklift 😂😂, always looking forward to a Lemon Squash catchup at the Factory ❤❤
I do need to give it a service and fix the exhaust leak! I think my neighbours are sick of hearing the 4K 😂
Baylis ya legend! 🤘😎
Na mate just needs a turbo like the one at Al's
@@theskidfactory A turbo should work as a gasket between the manifold and exhaust pipe :D
Woody, it is the flux capacitor ground strap mount.
And great job on the new format, I love it. I loved the old one to.
In the US, cars like the Ute were what we'd call a 'coupe utility', or most folks would say "Like an El Camino". Pickup trucks here are just smaller versions of larger trucks more or less, and anything that looks like a coupe or sedan with a bed would be considered something else. Technically, we had these all the way back in the 30's with several cars having truck-style beds or a trunk space that could be converted to a bed, but back then truck cabs and car cabs weren't really all that different looking. For something really comparable to a Ute, we had the Ford Ranchero first in 57, followed later by the El Camino/GMC Sprint/Caballero and the Dodge Rampage/Plymouth Scamp, and they also sold the Toyota Corona Mark II pickup here (that one looked much more like what we'd consider a pickup truck, but it definitely had roots in the Mark II passenger car) here. Later on we got the Subaru Baja, and I feel like I might be missing a couple other ones.
"Lemony fresh" - Tasmanian Devil 😂
You got me to like the video at the end Woody, fixing it because you messed it up is how it should be done 👍
6:17 the L77 engine is a 6.0 litre V8 not a 6.2 litre.
The LS3 in the series 2 is a 6.2 litre.
I say this Ute had aftermarket wheels on it which were taken off before you got it - the wheels that are on it now are SV6 wheels.
I reckon that old Holden Kingswood sitting off to the side there Woody is where the engine conversion is going to be .
Too late now but pulling it out the bottom with the kframe and trans attached is the way to do it. Pulled heaps out working at holden and you could have the entire assembly out by morning smoko
The VF Sedan/Monaro were sold in the USA as the Chevrolet SS, a Guy in Tennessee imports VF Utes and Wagons, and uses new parts for the Chevrolet SS including the Firewall and Dash to make them Lefthand Drive, and sells them Road Legal & Regoed..google Left Hand Utes USA.
there prices are pretty good you couldn't get a maloo here in Australia for that price
Yeah watching this video I wish I could get that bare chassis and swap all my caprice stuff over to it to have a US Ute
@@robotafflicition You might be able to, drop them a email.
@@davidevans6045 Indeed, he does a good job as well, i think there's video on CZcams.
Old WB statesman would be awesome. My dad had one back in the day and an LS into one of these would be sweet
For the conversion you will need everything! mate of mine did this conversion into a SV6. He ditched the car before the project was finished and he was cursing like a veteran trucker. Needed the full Loom- Engine and Dash, BCM and ECU (They are Linked), Heater Hoses. List goes on. That parts car will basically be nothing but a shell once your done.
Hate to be a donkey, but the L77 is a 6.0L like the L76, L98 and LS2 motors, unlike the 6.2L ls3 mentioned in the vid. Sorry to be annoying, great vid, keen to follow along 😎
I was looking forward to seeing in the comments all the different cars that people guessed, pity the bulk of the audience didn't watch to the end or can't act on an idea. LC Torana, 240z
That Holden VF Commodore V8 LS Engine it will be amazing
It's going in a VB commy 👌
The red one at the start
I hope so, that'd be mean!
Landcruiser 80 series.
Here in the US we had the El Camino and the Ford Ranchero which are both technically utes although we never really called them that. We also had the Subaru Bramby which was called the Brat here. Utes are cool.
If your keeping the 6l80e make sure you keep the bcm for tap shift , there is ways around it without the bcm but a lot easier with it
I'd love to see a transverse mounted 3800V6 GM front wheel drive put in that ute
Straight up neglecting the Starfire 4 cylinder Commos used in VC to Vk. Funnily enough the Starfire was a cut down 173ci 6 cylinder.
My mum had 4cyl VH wagon, trimatic and 3.9 mini salsbury. When the engine died I dropped in a new one for her but it had the euro carby and emissions on it, what a PITA that was to figure out.
I had a VC sedan, it had lived it's whole life on the Moreton Bay islands off Brisbane. Had under 100k on the clock but was completely rusted out. We mad plywood patch panels for the boot and passenger foot wells. Was gutless but she never gave up.
Appreciate the shout out to the USA viewers. Here in the USA we would see this Holden as a modern day Chevy El Camino. Then there is the whole debate here on what is really a "truck". You have half the folks saying body on frame is a "real" truck vs unibody is a car pretending to be a "truck" haha. This car/truck would have sold well here in the USA but the "truck" market is flooded and competition would be tough probably why it never came here. Personally? My favorite hot rod truck of all time is the 1991 GMC Syclone. Man I would love to have one of those...Cheers from California USA to all my Australian car loving Brothers and Sisters!!👍
Looks like the water got quite up there looking a rust level on torque converter and flex plate
Hell yeah!
Hi there, going to do a conversion with a 6ltr+ 6l80e into a defender. the gear lever[shifter] plus wiring and BCM for the gbox weren't supplied, but still trying to get the stuff from the wrecker, if you don't want yours, let me know... much appreciated!! looking forward to the rest of this build... cheers guys.
Yeah mate you're right about keeping it, never chuck anything out til the build is done and cruising
I would love you to say it's going into my FJ62 land cruiser
Great to see Whincup working on a commodore again….😅
I don't know why but for some reason I feel like at some stage Al's gonna get a SoS call to come in and save the day on this build lol idk why but it's 1 thing taking something apart but putting it all back together whole other story.. good luck broski
They did come to the US and Canada. It was not badged a Holden though; it was called a Pontiac GTO.
Loving the videos Woody, absolutely killing it.
It doesnt matter as you are stripping it but you could of jump started it from under the bonnet on the passenger side there is the red post and the negative is there also
If you could get it going, you can put it on a boat to NZ and if it drives off the boat, it can be registered in NZ and a few other countries.
That’s a nice Ute, I wish we got them in the States, I hope it’s going into a Corolla, that would be sick!
Good job Woody. Looks like a fun project. Love your channel. Hopefully, an old Holden as they get faster.
Its the Tazzy Devil that says lemony fresh
As a viewer from the states that vehicle would be absolutely amazing to have here. There are also ways to get them registered legally which which would make it a great cars and coffee vehicle.
Love the little giggle for you wife to be at the end mate! Super cute!!
I love the engineering of the LS onwards GM stuff. Just two gonzo bolts holding a crossmember or bracket on instead of 12 small ones like Mercedes or Beemer in inconvenient places, so good from a mechanics standpoint
Stat write-off means it can never be registered again Australia wide. Flood cars are usually written off as the repairs can't be guaranteed
Now you also have a perfectly good ute for a Barra swap
Oh man, I have the Chevy badged version they brought over to the states. So cool seeing you guys work on one!
That bolt is for the upper bellhousing modulation sensor. 😮🤪😀🤣
In a Ej Holden 😁
Keep up the great work you’re doing 🤙
It the Tassie devil from Space Jam
glad to see the spanners turning again in the factory
Keep the ute. Put a big blown combo in it and do a few burnout events. Won't be hard to sell on if wanted to move it on afterwards
Al sitting at home wondering why the flex plate was left on 😅
I was wondering also
You can see the rust line on the converter where the flood water level reached...
That’s the high tide mark
Love those Utes. I wish they brought some to the states!
The Wood Factory. Fnr fnr. Nice one Woody can't guess the receiver. Mick London
Woody, ya looking sweet mate. Getting it done bro. Cheers
The V8 Holden Ute is one of my dream cars. I've only seen one real one in the flesh, had to go to the UK to see it. And I drove an Opel Omega based replica once, but that was not quite right: wheelbase too short.
I have a 14 Chevy Caprice, I’d love to see some more late model Holden stuff. I have that same driveline and I love love love it 🎉
A bloke i know had a Landcruiser repaired because it got hit in the rear i think. Put the good cabin and motor on another chassis he bought, had it resprayed at the same time. Went to get the rego sorted out, turns out the chassis donor was a statutory writeoff because it was flooded. Had all kinds of drama getting it sorted out, but got it done in the end
When is the official The Skid Factory Squeaky hammer going to be announced?
RX8 would be sick
That engine with a TH400 would be fun in a Chevy S-10. (a small GM USDM ute, the size of a Tacoma)
Cheers from Texas
Wish we had them in the UK looks great bit of kit
Can't wait to see the L77 Pajero take shape! 🤣
Genuinely surprised to see a GMC tool product still in working order
Saw you the other day in my kit car. Tell Dave he needs to get a frame like mine.
Was that past Clayton’s! Man that thing looked crazy!
@@theskidfactory yeah that’s the one. Running a LS in it too. I’ll be at Doonan Sunday
In true LS form, that rear main will leak now the engine has come out, I'd bang a new one in for sure. I've had to pull a few engines out again and put a new rear main in as they leaked just from disturbing the engine 😂
For the sake of $50, I'd recommend it
Aww yes holden content.
This is the kind of thing my father and uncle did, they bought gt falcons to pull the motor out for ski boats
I was waiting to see the 8 ball when the sump came off 😂
I like it when the red water comes out
Hi Woody, loving the videos mate, I reckon the LS is going into an old one tonner Ute, should put a Barra turbo in the VF and do a drift Ute build 😂
Bugger, commenting too late...It's going in a Mini Moke!
Gal bots are only suited to gal nuts.
The thread class tolerances are huge to allow for the coating.
Gal bolt in an uncoated or zinc plated clearanced hole = no good...as you've found.
Yep found out the hard way 😂
@@theskidfactory Always learning mate, keep up the good work 👍
Good thing about the L77 it came from factory able to run E85 but bad thing about them is single row timming chain upgrade to double row if can might save engine if the single row fails
Wild the VF is so old now, even the last ones are 7 years old now. You're right about a stat write off, especially a flood damaged one, it's a whole lot of work since you can't trust any electrics, any wiring, and all that.
Good source for a nice drivetrain though.
Also, fun fact, the utes are actually slightly heavier than the wagon versions since they added more bracing for strength at the back
I’m excited to see you do this on your own woody :)
I bought some of the windscreen cleaner the other day, couldn't stop myself lol, as always the videos are great
Poor Bruce 2, rest in piece
I'm amased that was written off if the water didn't get into the car, 300mm is just a big puddle to us in the UK! It's quite a shame it's ended up scrap as there won't be anymore Holden Utes to come so this is another one gone never to be replaced.
Killing it on your own Woody! Keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍
Yo Yo Yo Woody ! ✌🏻
when the heads were removed , who else was 1/2 expecting the old 8-ball-in-the-bore gag ?? lol
but at least the squeaky hammer gag made an appearance
Al kept the 8-ball!! I need to buy another one
Datsun 120y ! I know its not but it should !!!
Must be a Mazda MX5 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Keep up the stellar work Woody 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great episode Woody. No clue what its going in. Don't skip the adds...
Going into a 150 Prado
Tazzie devil, spit shine reference ftw! Haha great movie, the original anyway
Kingswood for sure
Awesome video! Texan here and I dream about cutting up nice wagons to make the Ute like the infamous Subar-Ute.
You opened it up and let the magic out, then you looked at the cam bearings, Matt will not approve😂😂😂