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KELLY BRAY STEERING is the company I was meaning - did one for me back in 2022. The company I used before in the West Midlands ceased trading during covid I asked Baxter and he'd never found a long term repeatable reliable company hence not supplying them on exchange, apart from the problems of peep...

There's a thread on Syncro a few years ago, but I'd just send it to a little specialist in the South West and have them do the job, easy it is not.

DJs don't like unmetered air on the intake side, but blowing exhaust less of a problem. MVs can cope with small intake leaks but are unhappy with exhaust leaks as the lambda will read it as running lean and increase fuelling with noticeable effect on fuel economy

Sam just chatted with Neil - 'fraid I don't have a spare dls unit, I have a failed one that I'm hoping Dave cobblers will take a look at sometime, there's some signs of heat so maybe repairable. There are some electronics gurus in Holland looking at making a replacement unit for it which will probab...

by idle stabiliser do you mean shift mechanism 'dls' 251 906 083 A http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/uploads/104/dls.jpg if it isn't present between coil and the TCi module then its likely the plugs are just joined together - without it idle isn't optimally retarded so not quite as smooth as it coul...

TwinTurbo wrote: ↑29 Nov 2025, 12:21 I have not forgotten about mine, just every spare moment when I have energy i sspent on design and build of things for the theatre panto.. 

Good work

soon be behind you

I have a bunch of bod circuits both diesel and petrol
send me a picture of yours if you want to try a different one to see if it it buzzes
have you checked it works by running the engine then disconnecting the high pressure sender wiring (2 pin plug in engine bay) and revving the engine past 2000rpm ?

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...