Club 80-90 Forums

Hi all,
slight improvements made, selecting gears now but still quite notchty just received new gear guides from brickworks ( only had the cast ones in stock ) will fit Thursday and report back. Thanks you lot, all replies greatly appreciated …just want my van back 

Aidan wrote: ↑14 Jan 2023, 17:46 I did email op but probably in his spam folder

Sorry Aidan I thought that I’d replied to your email …DOH!! 
Other Half is working Away this weekend- back tomorrow so will see these replies then 

Many Thanks Tracy  

Thanks all for your replies - once the weather decides to play ball I’ll go & look at the pointers you’ve suggested - will keep you updated  

Hi all, after leaving my van standing for a while i had difficulty getting in to 1st gear once or twice but then drove normally until it gave up completely. Stuck at a junction in neutral unable to get any gear at all. After about half hour and much cursing managed to get 1st and 2nd to get me home....

Hi all,
can any one tell me the correct name or where I can get old of the hose that connects the air filter to the air scoop on near side of a 1.6 td (jx) and will it do any harm using the van with it removed as it has totally collapsed and doesn’t let any air through. Thanks Eugene 

Took fridge out today cleaned all round burner and flue and blew it through with an airline fridge was down to 5 degrees after 5 hours so hopefully done the trick. Bit worried now about how warm it is behind and there was quite a few drips and wet floor from the metal Electrolux vent. Also although ...

Ok, thanks for replies. yes , fridge Works fine on mains and 12 volt so does that mean that there is just a problem with the gas not heating the right pipes to cool the fridge. If the flue is blocked it would restrict the flame so maybe not reach where it needs to to cool. Yeah I understand about it...

Hi all  hope you’re all having a great bank holiday weekend  :ok we’ve just returned from camper calling, which was pretty damn good, apart from for the second time this year I had to throw the entire contents (minus the beers obvs ) of my fridge away . Got setup Thursday night after running fridge ...

Check out aj retrims in the midlands he’s on Facebook and insta . Think it’s him mentioned earlier on car s.o.s . Had our front seats ,door cards, bed and fridge panel done by him. Nice guy and great work

Thanks for the reply really useful diagram much appreciated - we now have intermittent wipers !,

Hi everyone and happy new year to all, I’ve just replaced the wiper stalk on our e reg 1.6td Norman and also bought the intermittent washer relay. It said it’s a straight swap if you have the new style blade fuses, which we have but it doesn’t tell you which one of the 3 in there to swap it with. Ca...

Ok cool. Think we arrive Wednesday of practice week and return Tuesday of race week. Usually take a ride over to peel for peel day for a few hours. Hopefully catch you around. Cheers Eugene

Thanks for reply, we’ve had our van for around 7 years and are happy with engine 1.6td Jx. Slow and under powered hates hills. Reliable enough 3 breakdowns in that time 1 in France 2 in north wales. Underneath and brakes all good. Had seats ,door cards and bed recovered by a.j retrims in Dudley ,gre...

Hi mshaw , just been through your restoration posts as we are about to embark on one ourselves. Congratulations on your van ,looked like you have been really thorough and got a great result. Van looking good. I wouldn’t have a clue where to start and don’t possess the skills anyway so it’s a body sh...

Ok thanks ,no it’s lined and insulated. Do you think you will have one which is suitable for our van any time soon or be be able to recommend an alternative source to purchase a 2 or 2.5kw unit. Roughly how much do these usually change hands for.