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I had this problem when I left the handbreak on while driving in France this year :oops: Cooked the cylinder & fused the drum onto to the hub somehow I had to undo the hub nut to draw the drum & hub off together, Then deal with the carnage within I have since fitted a hand break indicator li...

This Video may help

He does manage with arm on the vehicle & remove with threaded bar method

But does replace with poly bushes


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuWXm5VN8mI

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Which i'm pleased about

It would be a shame to see build threads disappear after all the effort of making them

So now we can not see a single picture

The Internet is truly dead

My Brake lights were not working

Turned out the spade contacts on the brake reservoir were real loose

No idea how long they were like that , Just done 1500 miles through France

Note to self. Get wife to check before setting off

Thanks for the replies gents I can confirm that there is no switch on the hand break lever or any wires The cap on the brake fluid reservoir is just a cap, no sensor or float There is a bit of red plastic where the light should be. I've been shopping this morning & have a warning light & han...

My 83/84 Westy has no parking break warning light. Is this normal for early vans? I had a look through the bentley PDF on here and it shows a parking warning light present on earlier air cooled vans its no 73 on the schedule Am I missing something obvious? No switch, or cables present, but oddly doe...

As an update for anyone else who is interested

MK 1 Heated window switch VW part number 321 959 621 DOES fit in the VW t25 dash

Thanks Aidan for the pointer to Stevens VW spares

Thanks Aiden

Never heard of Stevens before, Looks like an interesting one to bookmark

Also as an aside, my gearbox is still in fine fettle

Afternoon all I would like to make use of the spare switch location (above the hazard warning light switch) I am after a standard on/off switch ideally without an icon but can only find fog & hazard ones available) Does anyone know what would have gone in the 3rd position I also wonder if a swit...

Many Thanks Silverbullet for the Torque range, was real worried about over doing it.


Got some grey Dirko so I'll do as you suggest

Have just done Oil change & was hoping to have sorted this pesky leak!

All the best

Hi All I have a Tdi sump on my gti conversion The sump has a blank plate where the oil drain from the turbo would have gone I have just replaced with new gasket and is still leaking. & worried about over tightening with it being an alloy sump. What is the correct torque for these bolts? having t...

Just got back from 2 weeks of trouble free driving in France and approaching Calais ferry terminal I had a skid mark enducing food to the floor, where the F have the brakes gone moment. This happend twice but not on the drive back from Dover. The master cylinder was replaced last year. No loss of fl...

Hi, Just in the process of process of refurbing the gear linkage & have cleaned up the caked shifter box which had a mixture of solid white gunk and thick grey gunk fouling it. What is the recommended grease for this area and the various bushes. I used standard grease a couple of years ago when ...

Do you have a 5 speed gear lever and 5 speed linkage bars ? Not sure on the actual gear lever just know the gubbins in the greasy box are 5 speed type mated to a 4 speed box. The van is an 84 and has the main linkages without any bellows/gaitors over the bushes the 2nd gear is a bit of a dog leg ac...