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have you got the ODB2 connector? Standard ECU?

Then the answer is probably yes

and while you're there you can do the waterpump, timing belt and tensioner.. win win..

it'll be the HG

It's not a huge job really, it just feels like it when you haven't done one before, and can feel quite overwhelming.. it's not..

Happy to give pointers/help if possible

Head gasket?

order a "sniff" test

Aidan wrote: ↑02 Oct 2024, 16:04

Is that one at mine chap?

Was lovely to see you all

he mentioned the PRC and immediately got hacked

cobblers wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 11:14 As above, fold the bed down, then it's not a seat anymore and doesn't need any seatbelts.

absolutely this...

I once MOT'd an old panel T3 with no windscreen installed because the wiper motor had failed and I didn't have time to fix it.

why not bond the ply down?

do you have the part numbers for the different tensioners? belt will be the same

tobydog wrote: ↑04 Nov 2023, 21:22
GavW splained his situation to start with...

 give it a rest chap, you're not helping with this kind of comment

have you measured the voltage drop when cranking??  a dropped cell in a battery can show 12v+ when no load but drop to under 9 when under cranking load

Mocki wrote: ↑20 Oct 2023, 18:43 I ended up dressing the water pump pulley on one of ours because it did exactly what you describe , the more it did it the more it polished the pulley , so ten mins with the angle grinder and a sheet of 800grit and a new belt, resolved

Ooooh I never thought of that. Good tip chap!!

do you know what spec the van was??  C, GL etc, and if it was a factory caravelle?

I had a panel once that was completely unmolested and still had the factory blanking plate where the radio hole was!

So basically the radio in your van originally would have been the one specc'd at purchase (or offered with the trim level)

sorry to be a pedant, but there were never any RHD Westies made, the roof pressing is different and only got fitted to LHD shells, which then went to Westy to get finished. There was "mosaic" kits made by westy in the 80's where you could retro fit an interior, but I don't think they were ...