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Hi, I think you may be right the little black box had two fuses and a couple of other things in it. Anyhow with or without it the stereo still only pulses on and off never seeming to have enough power to run the stereo. I don t think it can be a blown inline fuse, mainly because there is power but i...

I've just spent up and bought an new fancy stereo, when I was fitting the stereo I blew a fuse in a little black box bridging the live wires. I replaced the fuse fitted everything back together and low and behold it didnt work :evil: So I tried fitting the old stereo and that one didn't work either,...

Ok fellas thanks for your replies. I will book it in at the local vee dub shop.

Jim

I was getting some complaints from my better half, saying there were fumes getting into the back of the cab. The complaint was greeted with the usual "Uh". A few weeks later after the exhaust was sounding like it was blowing a little, I thought I had better have a look. The problem looked ...

Hi, something really simple but you may not have tried - check the fuse! I forget which one it is but someone had put a too small fuse in my bus and it was blown - didn't notice for a year of owning it till a hot day on the peripherique round Paris - very bad news. Cheers. I will try that asap. Lik...

For a while my windscreen wipers have been waving at passers by on windy days. So ive decided to fix it today, I removed the right one (offside) put some stickey tape on the spindle and tightened it up and its worked. Now here's the problem I trided the same on the other and when tightening the bolt...

Got straight to it this morning at ten sharp, first thing was to jack her up even higher to the top setting on my axle stands found a halogen light and shone it in through the wheel arch. I photographed the cables so as to remind myself of the order, I always do this and it often helps my aging brai...

Thats great folks thanks for all the replys, I'm writing them all down and going for it tomorrow hoping that it will be straight forward, but not expect it to be.

Will get back to you with how it went and of any probs I faced.

Cheers Jim

Hi Folks, I am removing my starter motor and I've put my van up on axle stands and I've looked at the starter and not gone any further. I have asked for help before and was really pleased that i did so. Here is the question. Are there any things which you all have learnt when changing your starter m...

That makes me feel better, I will try to get it to work. Think that I will have to wait till the summer mmmmm the summer......

Ok great, that might explain why I've never heard the fan. I have had car after car which loves to overheat, so whenever the temp has gone over halfway on the gauge I've turned on the heaters. I will brave it on a warm day.

Cheers
Jim

Hi Folks, just another little query.

I have never heard my fan come on and believe it might be faulty.

Where on the temp gauge should the needle be when the fan is supposed to operate? this is on a 1.9 petrol.

Jim

Thanks for all your help kev. I've spent the day tinkering and she now runs much better, I think the vacuum pipe was very perished and part of the problem. Once the engine was capable of running until it was hot, I was able to adjust the mixture so that she is now running better than before there w...

The Choke pull down unit has a diaphragm in it and is prone to failure, simple check is to pull the hose to it off the carb and suck...if you can keep sucking without stopping then the diaphram has failed The brake servo hose again although braided is made from rubber and will leak air into the mani...

I will get busy in the morning, my vacuum pipes are thin plastic with a bradded rubber bit on the end, should they have jubilee clips on the fittings. Also some of the large pipes from the heat exchanger are broken could this affect it.

I will do the checks and the get back to you.