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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...

I am having difficulty selecting 2nd gear especially since replacing the 2 nylon bushes & the uj in the linkage. I have also renewed the onion. What's odd with my van is that the selector controls are the 5 speed type but the box is a 4 speed that has recently been renovated by Aidan The selecto...

Depends on what torques range you need, but Halfords professional are made by Norbar in the UK who make some of the best torque wrenches. I have just had a quick look through the haynes and with the exception of the rear hubs, it would seem as though up to 200nm would do pretty much all the jobs. F...

Evening peeps,

I could do with getting a torque wrench, but not knowing anything about them has anyone got any recommendations for one that has a is suitable range for use on our vans.

If you're going to do one you should really do the other if you can. I was surprised how easy the whole thing was Yup, I plan to. I will do the side that was binding last year first ,as I have bought a repair kit with 2 pistons. Will wait to order the rebuild kit for the other side until both sides...