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Hi , i have just received my side decals for my early westy from mosake partners, they seem the correct colour etc but when i compare the depth of the new side stripe portion to an old bit i found on the van it seems to be not as deep/wide. Spoke to mosake , they said had no complaints,the thing bei...

many thanks for the replies , i will give him a call, i knew some kind persons on the forum would be bale to help
John

Hi I have mate with a beetle , around 1970's i think, he has recently refitted some panels and refitted the bonnet and got it running prior to getting it MOT ed after standing for a while. Trouble being he can not now open the bonnet , the catch has some how come misaligned and he needs to open it t...

Many thanks for the replies, i have set the beasty up the best i can and printed out the results, one side running 3.22 co2 and 849 hydrocarbons and the other side running 2.98 co2 and 688 hydrocarbons on tick over around 900, much better than when i first put it on the machine,well over 7 Co2,on th...

Just came back from a very wet week in the new forest. Noticed while i was down there one side of the engine was running very rich, didn't mess with it till i got it home today. Set up is Weber 34's on a cu air-cooled with twin empi quiet pack exhaust Found what ever i did with the mixture screw mad...

nice one chaps thanks for the replies,
cheers
John

Hi Anybody know of the best and most economical place to get a set of air cooled westy joker 1 decals. Also any body know what the dark brown paint that runs along the top of the cooker section is called and where i can get it from as mine looks a little tired , the vans getting pimped on the outsid...

oh so the alternator trigger wire on terminal 86 on my split cahrge relay also acts as a trigger for the fridge relay ie, 12 v for fridge only works when the split charge relay is energised when your driving,
superb now i understand
cheers
john

Mnay thanks new relay ordered,
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Sorry to be vauge, but im sure its standard wiring and thought someone on the westy club might know, i will have a look at wiring diags, but whats german for white?
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Hi Fitted 2 x10 watt solar panels to the roof of the westy, then conected to a PWM contol unit, i have conected the output of the control unit directly to the leisure battery, is this ok or should i connect it to a terminal on the split charge relay?
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I think i have my split charge relay wired up ok as per the other posts and wiki i have seen. However i have a white colured wire that has a piggy back connection, what is this for and where should it go on the relay, suspect its for the fridge relay or the charge leds on the panel, would appreciate...

Hi Chaps, just wondered how easy it is to change the heater cables on my Aircooled, oh and the L/ h drive prices at Jk seem cheeper that R/H drive, surely there the same ?
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John

Got 2 new gaskets from the nice people at Retrodubs in Cornwall, fitted them today, basic adjustments of carbs took it to the test station , fine tunned on the machine, then ran test.
Bobs your uncle fanny's your aunt now got nice green MOT cert
Jobs a goodn