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I had similar issues ..... Do you suspect petrol guage reeding is out too? If so it could be voltage stabaliser on back of printed circuit board.... Dont pay rediculous VW price for this part its available from RS electronics for less than £1 Andy

Yes indeed....Unfortunatly 'Dotty' is my only transport right now! Which realy dose'nt help. I was wondering about using the old mounting to have an Alluminium one machined......Is the rubber realy nesecery? I only ever run on liquid gold when I run out of gas. At the moment things are being held to...

Hi There folks Please can anyone help.....My van has the DF engine...Yes the weedy one with a single barrell solex carb. The rubber mount between Carb and manifold has split terminaly and guess what.....no one makes one or has NOS I have tried all the usual suspects Vw heritage, Just Kampers etc. I ...

Your not wrong Martin I remember seeing marks on water heated auto chokes and was surprised not to find any on my DF. The old beetle carb I have has none also cos I immediatly had a look in case I was missing them. However I remember fitting a man choke coversion to a ford V6 i owned and the choke b...

I could'nt find marks on mine either.

The pin from the flap sits inside the rectangular silver spring. With cold engine just put the cover back on with the choke flap fully closed (hold it closed with your finger if you need to) dont put tension on either way and tighten the three screws where it naturaly sits. Reconect the wire and it ...

I guess you've checked to see if there is any oil in the box. If not I personaly would'nt drive it again until you have. Mine was leeking from gearbox front seal and when I took the plug out only about 500ml came out ! There should be 3litres in there! I consider myself lucky to have got away with t...

Hi There is an elecrtric shut off solanoid/valve on Left side of carb (looking at it from behind van) with a single wire. If this wire is not live with ignition on or there is no earth between carb and engine it wont idle. You can tell if it's working by switching ignition on and removing/replacing ...

Hi Mark If you do this job yourself you are gona need a big trolly jack and a pair af axle stands or car ramps ( I used ramps) and dont forget to support the gearbox end of the engine when you remove the gearbox mounting. I used a length of stout rope, passing it through a hole in the body above the...

Gearbox oil would have been nice! there was only about 500ml in there. suprisingly the box seams fine no noises and just a bit stiff into 1st when hot. I guess I was lucky to tackle the clutch when I did.

Hi That tiny hole in header tank sounds familiar mine did it. Unfortunatly the tank is much lower than the radiator and part of the engine. this alowing your engine to run with insufficient water and overheat. If it was already knocking personaly I would'nt waste any money trying to fix it and would...

Hi You may have seen my old clutch thread. I've removed the box and find clutch slip is due to oil contamination from gearbox input shaft seal. My question is how much play/wobble should there be in the mainshaft? Mine appears to have about 5mm when measured at the tip of the shaft. This equates to ...

Ho HUm Gearbox is out without to much trauma. Cluth slipping because of gearbox oil contamination from leeking seal in front of gearbox. So my next question is ... How much play should there be in 1st motion shaft, mine has about 5mm of play when measured at end of shaft. Cheers Andy

Hi there This warning light is probably for tow bar electrics and if you are towing should flash with the indicators to show you trailer indicators ars working. Maybe you have a tow bar maybe someone took it off before your ownership. Mine has similar it flashes once each time you indicate. I think ...

Dam..... I've just shelled out £100 on a kit 215mm. Oh well thats the way things go. I've decided to do the gearbox out underneath thing, gona change gearbox oil while its out, any recomendations for the best oil? mine is a bit stiff into 1st when hot (even though I,ve changed the gearleaver bushes)...