Prefered Parts Suppliers

[No van man]

Thanks for the input, i'll check Kingswood Country out.

[tidyvan]

I got a full rubber kit from Harrisons Door Rubbers. They are based in Queensland. harrisonsearlyspares@hotmail.com or 07 55490351. I liked the way they used a 4 sided prong on the rubber holder instead of the 2 sided ones that Rare Spares or Kingswood Country used. It's hard to describe but you'll know it when you see it. I haven't used the kit yet but it looks beaut.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HJ-HX-HZ-...-/271724207440

I've also used Kingswood Country for a few other parts. They do a great little kit with all sorts of clips and what not in it.
http://www.kingswoodcountry.com.au/b...estorati/10485

[Big Rob]

All my Toranas have Betta rubber kits and I'm very happy with them. I have a set for my van for when I (eventually) paint it. Kingswood country have been good to deal with too for bits and pieces.

[SLR_dave]

You could have a look at Scotts Old Auto Rubber parts in Melbourne.
(Actually many members might like to have a look on there, I've never purchased from them but they have some amazing parts listed, including grill and body badges, consoles, and other whatnots a little cheaper than rares, mostly).

For your ball joints and tie rod ends (you want castellated original style I presume for the tie rod ends) you could try Memorylane Classic Spare parts (Darryl is great and went out of his way for me to get castellated tie rod ends for HX when everyone including specialist suspension outlets were telling me I'd never be able to obtain them anymore and to just use nylock - (which I dont like, not original, and cant re-use) He's listed on facebook, not ebay now, but his mobile and home phone are on this page; https://www.facebook.com/memorylanespareparts‎ You will need to specify that you want castelated.

In terms of control arm bushes, you probably will need to get a shop to press them in for you, Pedders do it at an ok price, but in my experience they dont like to use the old school rubber bushes, when I gave my local Pedders a couple to press in they convinced me to buy thier own stock instead saying the rubber ones would perish.... Hmmmn, a little pricey, not too much, but, they also explained not to tourque them up untill the cars on the ground under it's own weight, as otherwise the bush is always beyond its intended strain for its entire life and will likely crack quickly, very good advice. Overall I think Pedders did me well at the price (just pushing in the bushes and giving me more info) I took the control arms to them, they didnt have to remove them from the car.

In terms of the windscreen/washer motor urm, welcome back to H series Holden. Its hard to flaw, but the wiper/washer is one of the few issues. I have rebuilt one wiper washer motor, (used the bearings from one on the armeture of another) and the wipers still work fine 5 years on, however the washer (which I did get working) failed after about three weeks. Damn! (Big Grin) I think the problem in the design was trying to get the same motor to run both the wipers and the washer pump, I think this was addressed around series 2 HX by adding an independent washer motor off the bottom of the reservoir (I absolutely welcome corrections here) but you can fit any aftermarket pump to run straight off the washer reservoir, as long as the wiper motor works to drive the wipers, it's a fairly modest upgrade. The actual wiper motor itself is pretty good, nearly 40 years on the original motor is still going in my Kingy.

Afternote! ; I have realised after reading the thread "Best Ball Joint Brands" and then checking my notes, that I purchased castellated ball joints, but not tie rods ends from Memory Lane. I reckon he would be able to investigate the availabilty of a variety of castellated tie rod ends though, he may also be a useful resource for various other parts.

[wbute]

Try Greg at Classic Oz Wreck in Toronto NSW for second hand stuff and some NOS.

[Valencia]

Dont trust a word Pedders say all the items they stock is junk stay with rubber it was good enuf for 30 years so another 30 wont hurt with rubber and much better ride than nolathane

[HK1837]

Try Greg at Classic Oz Wreck in Toronto NSW for second hand stuff and some NOS.

You beat me to it.

[No van man]

Great info guy's, thanks.

I've been looking around for trims kits, there seems to be a few different suppliers out there.
Some of the seat covers you can buy on-line just don't look right. There used to be a guy around Ipswich Q that was a Holden trim specialist.
Are there any good places to get the correct 19V seats and door trims done?

Gaz

[Valencia]

There is Cools auto trim they seem to do a good job

[Valencia]

There is Cools auto trim they seem to do a good job

Just make sure whoever you choose for trim make sure they have welded inserts in the seat covers