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https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Brakes_Rear_brake_servicing can be awkward if your drums are lipped and dont want to come off, getting all the bits back on the right way, damaging brake line if it's coroded and needs replacing can be a show stopper if you dont have the right tools. That said it's do-ab...

Hello, We've ferried to Livorno from beautiful Barcelona, and did some miles to get to Venice. Now heading out of the Schengen Zone after Trieste, we'll be in Croatia for awhile on the coast. HarryMann, our choice was based primarily on the previous owners' repeatedly assuring us, in reply to our ma...

Hello to All, No longer Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again… It's nice to finally have internet access and be able to update. Internet access has been much more difficult than I imagined on this trip. Our breakdown in a remote rural village where summer storms wreaked havoc on commun...

As I was assured by Pistachio, Sarran will definitely, fix you up.
We have just left the lovely village of Sarran, and all its lovely denizens. Now heading south to a ferry east, after a marvelous time.
More on all of our 4 month saga a bit later.
Ciao,
Red Oktober and crew

Thanks for that ,I pm'd you, hoping that can happen.
Any more advice about a checklist - post cylinder head replacement surgery, most welcome.
We really want to nurse her back to health.
Thanks all,
Douglas

Thanks so much for spending the time on those really valuable posts. Please keep it coming, you are really helping me out here. It is so appreciated. I wish I had the sense to tap into this forum when I was buying the bus, I might practically have left the rarefied air of the 1.7 diesel alone. Now I...

Thanks for that, all advice appreciated, I know there is a wealth of knowledge out there. I'll value it all.
Sincerely,
Douglas

Hello, Thanks to Clive and Paul, and all assistance I've received on this forum.My mechanics expensive head should arrive Monday With that on the horizon, I would like to know what to check for, post-surgery. Before we launch,away from this small French town toward Eastern Europe I've got to get it ...

Hello all, Paul in the 'wanted' section of this forum has measured the inlet and outlet manifolds on an old 1600 he's shelved, He thinks the 1600 head and my block are compatible, by phone and text Shaun at JustKampers has major doubts about the 1600 they sell, and it being a match. They no longer s...

Does anyone know if a 1600cc from JustKampers will fit on this block without a make over?

I've a possible replacement for the 1700 diesel head I so sorely lack ,here in the muddle of no where France. The previous refit might have been a 1600cc, according to repair papers from ano 2000. I am befuddled. Can you help me ascertain what the ---- I have under the lid? The cylinder head number ...

No alternate transport but a possibility is looming large I may get one but must be sure of type I've looked, and it seems the previous refit might have been a 1600cc,I am befuddled. Can you help me ascertain what the ---- I have under the lid? The cylinder head number is 248510AMC the block below i...

I can't wait until crack of dawn, business Monday morning, all you members coming forward are warming my heart,
my vocal cords as well, any more directions are very welcome,
Douglas

To all or any who may assist,
my voice isn't too bad,
and if someone finds that much needed cylinder head,I will take requests.
thanks,
Douglas

Thanks so much gentlemen,
It's Dimanche/Sunday and the entire country is on vacation or in the graveyard , so tomorrow morning I'm following up, and will post results.
Any more more ideas, would be most appreciated, any old heads on the bookshelf as well.
All the best,
Douglas