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It would be handy to know what engine you have--assuming its a 1.9 petrol-dont start anything until you have new copper washer for your sump plug-then warm up engine, undo bolt on bottom of sump with 13mm socket. drain oil, then remove oil filter-you may need a removal strap thingy, spread new oil o...

Are they standard van alloys? tyre size is 185x14C, ie commercial van tyres also fitted were 215/70x14C but I dont think you can get these now(I could be wrong!). If you are using non standard alloys you will have to use car tyres, many do without probs.

Its actually quite easy, going from memory when I done mine a few yrs ago, GSF do 'em for about £100 odd. Run van up ramps, remove spare wheel tray & the metal rods that go above spare wheel, disconnect hoses, pull plug from fan, remove grills, unplug thermostat wire & remove themostat now s...

New coolant has a 'searching' effect, any weak point & it will find it. Dont put any Radweld in tho, you may get away with a small leak for a while or you may not.

I have heard last resort is to hammer a 12mm socket onto the bolt head. Make sure you tighten the new ones to 33lbs/ft or they will come loose.

A garage should charge you no more than an hours labour + materials--iirc its 6mm bore pipe you want--correct stuff is rubber & marked fuel hose with a bs kite mark-dont use anything else--certainly not the cloth braided sort--you can buy 1 mtre of fuel hose from Halfords & also get a fuel f...

Before you start spending money, remove top half of carb-can be done in situ--clean out float bowl & blast out all jets with aerolsol carb cleaner--you could replace gasket between the 2 halves but base gasket should be ok if you leave bottom half in place--

Tommy D wrote:its not a syncro btw

--they mean the syncromesh rings in the gearbox-- not a Syncro 4x4--

contact this place http://www.gasure.co.uk/index.htm

Have you checked the oil level & is it the correct oil-ep80 gl4?

Contact a caravan repairers--with a corgi reg. lpg gas appliance fitter-if it needs a new igniter they are about £60 iirc--it gives the fridge a new lease of life coldwise also if you remove & turn it upside down for a while--it should be looked at by a competant person if it aint been touched f...

If you get a Haynes manual it describes gear linkage adjustment--its got to be done correctly-its not a trial & error thing--

Is the carb spluttering sometimes & then clearing itsself?--thats dirt in the float bowl intermmitantly blocking jets, if thats all thats wrong you only need to remove top half of carb, so you will only need the big gasket. leave rest of carb on manifold to avoid disturbing base gasket which ain...

Check the rubber collar behind fuel cap that connects to tank pipe, these perish & leak--also check rubber pipes on expantion tanks in front wheel arches-they also perish.

Sounds like somebody has fitted a left hand drive gearstick--or the existing one broke(as they sometimes do) & it was welded together badly--I think you can still order new gearsticks from a VW main agent--