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"Lucas" lamps are a standard 7" headlamp fitted to all sorts of cars from the 1950s onwards, EG Mini, Morris minors, Defender, and millions of others. T25 round lamps are the same size, but the mounting holes are different. Just search for 7" headlamp and try and get one from a h...

He's technically allowed, but his insurance probably won't cover it. There's no legal requirement for any kind of gas/electrical certificates in a vehicle, other than what is covered by the MOT. It's definitely advisable, and there are a lot of old wives tales going around the motorhome/caravan bunc...

If you put it in neutral the lever will point vertically, no need to mark anything up really, the splines are fairly coarse so it'll be obvious if it's on wrong

It's a low stress area, even fairly mediocre welds would hold perfectly well.
Bolting could work, but the issue is the quality of the welding rather than the method. No need to reinvent the wheel.

Yep, you're right - Just folded tight over with a smear of sealer on the outside and a quick spunk of cavity wax on the inside, sometimes.
That's why the rust like they do.

The switches do fail, but they don't usually completely fail straight away, you'll have dim/grim lights intermittently for a while. 

Easy enough to pop the switch apart and look inside, it's usually obvious if the switch is knackered because the contacts will be burned. 

can of beans in a cupboard? Ha, that brings to mind an incident from many years ago, when a long term experienced owner had a random knocking noise he couldn’t track down, driving him nuts it was….. well after many people had given advice , non of which led to the solving of the issue , we were on ...

can of beans in a cupboard?

Yeah, it only appears on bluetooth when plugged in to the mains - as you say, to reduce parasitic power draw.

They're good chargers.
The "Night mode" is a good idea - reducing the current to allow it to run cooler and without turning the fan on and creating noise, however I've never actually heard the fan kick in on mine in normal mode!

That tyre looks incredibly perished and cracked - if the rest are the same age I would make it a top priority to replace them!

Lavaner make good heaters. They're chinese, but they are absolutely worlds above the usual £80 tat. A 2Kw "Pro" is about £180 posted. Properly waterproof too, so OK to fit outside the van. I have one under the drivers step on my T6 4-motion and it has been totally submerged in water while ...

Be very wary ordering from CAK tanks, their attitude to customer service is by far the worst I have ever encountered by any company. I ordered £500 worth of tanks and parts for my Boxer camper. A month later, nothing had arrived. I called and got told to email. Emailed them about a dozen times and w...

Been a while since I did mine, so I may be a bit rusty. You need basically everything from a diesel T25 engine bay (bar the AAZ itself), plus the bellhousing and flywheel. All the engine bay coolant system is different, but will join to your front to back hoses. The engine wiring loom plugs in. your...

It's not a bad batch. Not faulty, just fake! Your reputable source has been buying from less reputable sources. Make sure you give them some grief about it, they've saved a few quid and your van could very well have gone on fire. Making fuel hose that doesn't fall apart after a few months is a tried...