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You don't have the power to pull taller gearing, the stock gearbox is matched to the engine, 1.7s were delivery vehicles, good acceleration up through the gears round town, great up to 50, not ideal as a mile munching motorway cruiser, so slow and steady holiday mode, hold up the traffic on a hill o...

bearing housings are same for 2wd and 14" Syncro, the 16" ones are different, bearing housing is a 211 part, so actually late bay, not T3 specific

16vmini wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 05:36 and what SACHS number if i just wanted to stay with my SMF flywheel ( ie what clutch do i need again lol ) as that old ebay link long gone lol 

going to remove the clutch over weekend and inspect first

old clutch will have the numbers on it

Bremi is a cheap coil, like £20 new, original Bosch was £150+, there will be a reason why its so cheap, and the fact it is rusty but not that old is suspicious, so that would be my first thing to check Original Bosch coil is nla, they don't make them like that any more, there are alternatives and go...

I'd start with checking you have good earths, to the shell and to the engine, then the service items, rotor arm, disi cap, spark plugs, even just visual check can be diagnostic, is the sprung centre contact good, are the four plug contacts intact, rotor arm tip not excessively eroded etc.. for examp...

Sachs 2289 000 041, depending on source from £200 to £460.
On Monday I could get 62% off on Autodoc they were £222, today £278 on the app
Various listings on Ebay from UK sources

afaik TCA 700Y is the original voltage regulator made by ITT in France, certainly that's what is in the dash I have for spares, and if you look for that specific electronic component you'll find them for £60+ but there's a listing on German Ebay for them for £13 plus shipping, but the listing is vis...

DJ is higher compression 2.1, originally designed for 4 star fuel, running a map based ignition system with only 4 input signals, air mass, air temp, water temp, timing from hall sender, using vacuum advance and retard for almost all the timing adjustment, ecu controls fuelling - nominally 112bhp on...

TCA 700Y regulators are available from Germany on Ebay for not too much money

I have a pre loved one available

did you use proper bearing fit (loctite 638 or similar) to secure the inner bearing into bearing carriers, did it just slip in or did it need proper pressing in ? There should be some play in the 6 and 12 position when cold, the rear bearings are plain bearings with a C3 clearance designed to be tru...

253 GC3 is a LHD Kombi with either an MV or SS engine, so Digifant originally, ECU should be in the van under the rear seat though some odd vehicles had them behind the rear lights. Check the part number on the ECU to confirm its the correct one, wiring is different between Digifant and Digijet (DJ ...

post up a pic of the disi
and take a look at the plate under the left side seat for the type number, 6 digits/letters starting 25
'cos the more I see the more I think that is/was a MV - just because it has DJ stamped on the block doesn't mean that its running Digijet ignition/fi

have you changed the darlek cap, they often don't last well nowadays, you should be carrying a spare anyway - I'd buy a Gates if possible, could be as simple as cap is struggling to hold pressure at 1bar

so it looks like ecu is behind the left side lights which is correct for a DJ some DJs had the TCi unit mounted to the right of the black junction box but in your case I am wondering is it inside the junction box that cable on the top with the green wire looks wrong to me follow the thick green or g...

does your distributor have a vacuum unit on the side of it ?
and where is your ECU ?