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a number of the earth wires are twinned, if the connection between the wires and the terminal is corroded then the earth will take path of least resistance and may flow back along the other wire that is crimped in the terminal if it can, so whist you may have got contact between crown and terminal y...

You need to service the engine and sort it first You need to check if the gearbox fitted is the correct one for the vehicle, if a previous owner has stuck in a cheap used box out of a n/a diesel then the gearing will be wrong and it will be more snail like than it should be. These engines make torqu...

why bother, chance of damaging something for very little gain, nobody really bothers about the etched reg. number or VIN on the glass - one of the windows in my SA 'velle is from another van, I've checked the others match the vehicle VIN on the M plate and the displayed VIN plate and the hidden unde...

colour me confused to clarify you have late set up with cast lower control arms, yes ? How did you fit the new lower ball joints, do you have the VW tool 351 for pressing them out and in which is designed to clear the steering knuckle/front upright whilst keep the forces perpendicular to the hole wh...

bod module does a self check procedure when it is powered up, it checks it has the expected connections to the oil pressure switches and power and earth - I'd be checking how well seated the 14 pin connector to the dash pod is fitted and secured and taking a look at my earths front and rear and gene...

the rubber bushes do look a bit short when not fitted but if you measure the centre steel tube and compare with the old ones you'll see that is right For the front LCA the reducing tube tool is 3053, Brickie sells a cheap copy for £6 which is a bargain, in Bentley 40.9 it shows use with a press, the...

10Nm according to back cover of Bentley

I know that very, very few people would ever try and refurbish a central locking motor assembly now, because you can buy cheap Chinese version of the later T4 motor from Ebay for like a tenner and Brickwerks sells the plug and wire and contacts to enable you to make up the wiring to use the T4 motor...

have you got a spare ignition switch ? Do you know how to hot wire the ignition ? If the ignition switch is failing (and they do) then you can be getting a current drop at the switch reducing the energising of the starter solenoid, and also the distribution of power to the ignition circuit and all t...

so I have just stripped a gearstick to check, yes the pin will be prevented from just coming out by the detent ball so you have to persuade it to, doesn't take much force, I just wrapped it all in a rag and supported the stick body on the jaws of an open vice and then impacted the pin with a blunt i...

it's pretty straight forward, you remove the boot or the remains of it, pop off the c clip that is the stop for the spring and the guide pin is free to move, remove the cap from the other end and remove the securing circlip then the guide pin will push out the open end of the tube releasing the ball...

if they ain't broke then don't

Pretty sure the late rods are straight, ask Brickwerks, they sell them

have you serviced it recently ?

it could be the DOPS board itself is faulty couldn't it ? That's the bit that does the self test - you haven't incorporated the DOPS board function into your new replacement board have you