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Thanks Lloydy and Jayjaysee - am now seeing if I can track down that breaker; and although I'm not particularly near Leicester, it's still worth a try for repair if all else fails.

Joining this thread late. Nice to see quite a few good solar installs happening. :) Mine is essential kit - I have to park up for two weeks every year, no hook up, and live a daily routine of lights, charging laptops, gadgets etc, for professional use. The panel isn't a frippery - without it I'd nee...

Oh and thanks for the help so far. If it looks like I'm being impatient and stamping feet, it's because it's the one thing I though would be easy to sort. My ignorance shows. :roll: :oops: Oh and maybe it's also because I fell in love my van again a few weeks ago, ambling around France. :D https://f...

Fair dos, did that and they replied in under 15 mins, good work. Sadly no stock. I've read vague talk about golf alternators dropping straight in, but nothing specific enough to feel confident splashing the cash. Might have to limp along for the rest of June then see what's what next month. Or pay £...

Its worth taking the regulator of the alternator and cleaning up the contacts before changing the alternator, doing that sorted charging problems on mine. Hi Marlin. Think I might have seen your previous post about this, and it did spur me on to get a new regulator unit. Sadly that didn't sort it :...

Just googled "Brickwerks Phone Number".

That was an eye opener

I've got a gas one that works ok. I also carry a bunch of 'old school' connectors, the type you can crimp on with pliers. Between the two, most jobs can be done, barring crimping battery cables which needs some serious leverage

Now the next challenge... where to find an alternator :shock: JK & VW Heritage out of stock. Brickwerks have a series of web pages about not phoning them, how it's wasting their time, which leads to a page with no phone number - chortle. So, the hunt for an alternator is on! All tips welcome :D

Fault showed up because I have an ammeter and voltmeter fitted. Ammeter is configured to show neg when drawing from battery, pos when charging. The neg indication corresponds with steady decline in voltage. There'll be occasions when it does get charge; anything from a few seconds to five minutes, b...

An hour tops if you stop for a fag and a brew, expensive bit is the alternator. Cheers Bob and bigherb. Sounds like 3 hours is an inflated quote then - dare I name and shame? Given that it doesn't look like a specialist job, might try the local independent place round the corner, who have a good re...

Had a search on this but drew a blank. How long for a mechanic experienced with these vans? I've been quoted 3 hours. Sounds a lot to me... Am sure I saw a YouTube video of someone getting one out in 10 minutes (knew what they were doing). I feel like I should be doing this myself, but on a simple j...

Paul....we have done 3 clutches on the side of the road.....with 2 people its not impossible. My spigot was done on the roadside too....as you, we don't have the luxury of any off road repair space! can't help with garages unless the outskirts of Kent are not tooo far to travel. regards Em xx There...

Re-machined as in, add new metal and lathe to original size? or re-dress with a file which will mean it's too small and will slop about. Martin No new metal. The only other thing I know is that emery paper was involved. The change into first is now very lumpy. 2nd is okay-ish. 3rd and 4th are fine....

Well, here's the outcome: Spigot bearing replaced. The spindle coming out of the gearbox had apparently been damaged by the failed bearing, and need remachining (he said that spares aren't available any more). He did show me the failed bearing, but couldn't show me the spindle as it was all reassamb...

billy739 wrote:gearbox out - 1 hour , spigot bearing change - 20mins if difficult - box refit -1hour

all generous times unless there are probs - but usually simple.

so no probs and should not be a big bill.

That's encouraging - thanks billy