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T'Onion wrote:Si have look on the westfalia forum on the brickyard

I don't think the charger does the main battery , so it could have been your lights and radio that have flatten you main battery , there is a quick and easy mod to get around that problem.

Will do thanks.

Hi, Just after some help to try and understand the charging system on my 1990 T3 California diesel. I've got under the back seat a black battery charger of some sort, wording is in German and I've translated what I can off it but not much help. Does anyone know if this is a genuine part or if as I s...

Right then it appears that my problems are more sinister than first imagined. Thought i'd give the van a damn good servicing changed the fuel filter, started draining the oil and while that was draining checked the water level when I looked inside the cap there was a little bit of oil so I stuck my...

Hi all bought a 1.6 diesel van a couple of weeks ago have now done about 300 miles but the engine has started cutting out intermitantly when I drop the clutch. Also have quite a bit of black smoke! :shock: Thought it might be sucking in air so changed the rubber pipes between the injectors but this...

Hi My fridge is working off 240v and gas ( thanks to you guys) but not 12v. I have pulled it out and it is getting around 13.5v into the terminal block on top. I don't know what is called, it's a small round thingy fixed to a fin at the top, which has a wire going to the fan. The fan gets power unt...

I've just had the engine out of my 1990 1.6TD and since the red light in the temp gauge flashes. The gauge level reading sits in the middle when its been running, there doesn't seem to be any air locks and all the pipes front to rear are getting warm. When I unplug the sensor in the water pipes betw...

Aidan wrote:have you fitted the plate holding the onion on the rear of the boss on the gearbox instead of the front of it ?

Your a life saver ! Just had a look and I had put it in the wrong place, got all five gears now. Can't believe I did that

Thanks.

I've had the gear linkage off my 5 speed 1990 T3 due to having had the engine and box out and to do the bushes at the bottom of the gear lever and along the linkage and I'm having great trouble getting 1st 3rd and 5th now. I have the workshop manual but the pictures look nowt like mine ! (Probably m...

Yeah thats what I thought and how I've done it just wanted to confirm it was right thats all. Thanks anyway.
Didn't want to call Brickwerks as from the web site sounds like he's a busy man and doesn't like phone calls.

Has anyone fitted a Westy lean kit from Brickwerks ?
Might be a stupid question but does the rubber spacer thing on the rear spring go between the body and the shim or between the shim and the spring ?
Thanks.

Couldn't agree more buy the right stuff in the first palce and do it just the once. I bought a cheap set of springs for mine when I got it and they were "pooh" ! Changed for some decent ones and a set of Bilsteins and the difference is amazing.

No not a garage, was a grade 1 technician/MOT tester on the shop floor for 14 years and now I teach motor vehicle at a college. Symptoms well..if loose then just tapperty but the danger is if they become tight, this can burn out valves, cause lack of power, black smoke irratic tick over and require...

Setting with a warm/hot engine.......0.20 - 0.30 inlet and 0.40 - 0.50 exhaust.....so for example on an inlet valve the 0.20mm feeler goes into the gap between the cam and follower but a 0.30mm feeler does not..if you get my drift (set the cam lobes 180 degrees, straight up, when checking) You need...

Anyone checked valve clearances on a 1.6 TD engine ?? Any advise would be welcome.
Ta.