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Thanks for this - it was a Pioneer amp, and I'll update on models etc shortly (no pun intended) - pretty sure it was the 12V / earth which shorted, the speakers were ok.

Cheers again,

Paddy

No worries though - I'm guilty as charged on this and more than fair game for a ribbing!

Thanks all, and yes - I'm an idiot... I didn't think to disconnect the battery first. It's an amp for some speakers in the rear of the van. I'll try all this, the fuse near the battery etc. What a muppet!

Thanks folks! Brilliant as always!

Hiya, Having just got the electrics sorted in my van at last, I tried to change my amplifier in the back last night. However, as I was undoing the earth wire, it managed to just out of my grasp and ended up touching the still connected live wire, causing sparks to fly - presumably a short circuit, a...

I've been having this trouble too - it's in the garage being fixed though along with everything else, which is little use - sorry.

Thanks Rob - that's a bugger, I'm in north London. Nay matter, I'll order it online and try and find a quiet spot to fix it. I was gonna go to my girlfriend's parents to do it this weekend otherwise...

Brilliant, thanks folks! That's really encouraging anyway, hopefully reducing the welding to just the patch at the back then. Mine's a 1984 1.9 w/c (I must update my sig!)

Where are Brickwerks based? I could try to do this at the weekend if I could get the parts in time...

Hi there, So my MOT didn't go so well. I reckon I can sort out most of it, bar any welding etc (rear jacking point needs a patch). Two of the things it has failed on are: - Nearside front suspension has excessive play in lower suspension ball joint - Offside front (rear bush) suspension arm has exce...

Just kampers seems to have come good for 60p...

I've just failed on account of one of these not working - any more going anywhere?!

Blimey - how rude of me, apologies! Thanks for all the replies - I've been away on holiday / at festivals so missed the inital responses. It's a Devon conversion, and the amp doesn't have it's own fuse. It seems like the wiring has just been done weirdly - the 2nd battery isn't even hooked up! Anywa...

Hmmm, this sounds like something I'm going through at the moment. It's a recent 1.9l WC recon from Elite, but it's terribly underpowered, sometimes judders too and the fuel economy is appalling. Taking it back to them in a couple of weeks...

Ha ha, no worries - I work days in marketing (for my sins) and nights as a DJ (where I sin!) so I know the odd times feeling!

Hi there,

Pretty sure the SGS site sells individual struts. Hopefully that'll sort you out too mark?

Cheers,

Paddy

Hi there, I've a 1984 1.9 WC on which I seem to be having some trouble with the internal electrics and was hoping for some tips, please! The van already had a decent stereo in it when I bought it, with an amp in the back but the amp stopped working recently - the head unit is still fine and I've tri...