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Discrete components are easy to repair though. I don't trust Artificial Idiocy to return meaningful results on this sort of thing, much prefer to use human experience and wisdom.

A on left,.C on right

Yes thats the early suffix A, there's a cap on the other board that has also had a blurt. Strangely the suff C I had been using shows no signs of component distress or dry joints but it won't drive the idle valve either. Might be that the transistors have failed. Suff A and C have quite different bo...

I have received a promising response, so I'll box up a DJ engine harness, a couple of idle valves and the two duff controllers and see what they make of it all.

251 907 393 A or C The one that lives behind your RH rear lamp and is so often forgotten! I am making enquiries about getting these repaired as I have two dead ones and no spares seem to be forthcoming. There must be lads of duffers out there being hoarded, they all need to get back in circulation. ...

Gmail received. Yes thats your starter motor. The engine/transaxle joint looks quite oily so it may be that the crankshaft/flywheel seal is leaking.
It is flinging oil out, off the back of the flywheel.
Quite common but also a big job for the inexperienced.

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A "black cylinder under the engine" sounds odd. Pushrod tube? There are four each side and you shouldn't be able to see them as they should be covered by tin guards.
The oil pump is central, below and behind the crankshaft pulley.

Its all in the Haynes Book of Lies and the current flow diagrams are lifted from VW own manuals, they cover all the essentials.

This unpleasant job is on my shortlist, I know that other people are looking for anyone willing to tackle it.
So many trimmers seem to say "never again"
Anyone?

Preparation is everything! Water carriers washed and scrubbed, nobody likes a gippy tummy, especially in hot weather. For anyone who hasn't been there before, a reminder that its a green filed site. No water supply but there is a tap at the farm iirc. That means carry everything in, carry it all out...

Thats cylinder #2

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Strange to be buying a battery described in English dimensions in these modern v times?

Those dimensions translate to approx 260L x 168W x 210H which is very tall. I would be concerned about it shorting out on the seat base.

I'll bring some firewood, presume that's a given? Got some assorted stuff: some difficult to split poplar, willow, ash thats no good for the stove. All cut and well seasoned

A note on AGM charging: they require a higher chaging voltage for maximum working life, so you need a dedicated charger or a "smart" one with a winter setting which will push it to 14.4v iirc I have an AGM for our caravan and charge it this way at home, green field top-up by a 100w solar p...