VY Commodore Wagon Gets Some Love. Repairs, Maintenance, & Mods

In todays video, we give the VY Commodore Wagon work a truck a much needed going over. We install some new suspension components, brakes, repair the Hester controls, replace engine mounts, and do a major service

[@amandac9488]

Good wagon

[@wubman535meme7]

nice lookin wagon mate, great video as always.

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

Thanks heaps matey means so much to me

[@jamesbrooker5286]

🤘🏻

[@hansverbruggen643]

Great vids! I have the same VY wagon and need to replace the water pump. Can you recommend an after market pump brand please? Cheers

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

Thanks for watching mate, really appreciate it.
Motorgear premium pump are pretty good. They have a cast impeller on the back which stops the blades rusting away and gives a bit more flow.
I’d recommend doing a big flow thermostat at the same time.

[@hansverbruggen643]

Thanks 👍🏽

[@markstrain9429]

my son's vz commodore underneath is caked in dirt from roadworks. what's the best way to clean it without a hoist or a pit so I don't get covered in muck when we're do the repairs? Any areas to be careful of and what type of cleaning fluids best work?/ thx Mark

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

I just go to car washes that have the drive through under car jet blast.
But you can go nuts mate nothing to be careful of under there everything can get wet

[@AB7F9]

mint. What series those wheels off! Did they need machining or fit straight up??

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

They are just copies of the VE wheel so they are made for this stud pattern and hub. No machining needed.
Thanks for watching mate, appreciate the support

[@MitchellQuick]

Hi brother love the videos, what uni joints would you recommend for vys?

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

Thanks for watching mate.
On Vx and VY commodore they only run 1 universal joint at the venue bearing. These generally don’t fail. I’ve only seen one fail a car that had over 500rwkw. Front and rear of the tailgate they run a rubber coupling (like a donut. See my manual conversion video as I talk about them in there).
As for these couplings, they do wear out over time. There are slight wider ones you can run, but that requires you do shorten your Tailshaft slightly. Alternatively, there are aluminium ones with spherical joints in them that you can buy off eBay, however they do give some vibration and driveline noise. I tend to just stick with the stock style ones and replace them when needed

[@MitchellQuick]

@@cassarindustries_wheelwerk legend thankyou!

[@markstrain9429]

Can the actuator been dismantled and repaired? on ebay they're around $200. thx Mark

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

I don’t think so. You can still get them from Holden for around $80

[@markstrain9429]

@@cassarindustries_wheelwerk thx for your reply.

[@aaronklein5317]

Hey mate what exhaust are you running on your wagon?

[@cassarindustries_wheelwerk]

It has the cheapest extractors that I could find on eBay, going into a high flow cat. From there, it’s just a stock standard exhaust