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Once you’ve got the gear selector and gearbox ‘ends’ cleaned up and working freely then everything comes down to getting that connector/ joint in the middle of the van set up correctly.

If you haven’t done it already, get yourself a copy of the Bentley manual - you can find it on the vwt25 website.

Section 34 contains all the info you’ll need to correctly set up your gear shifter.

Silly question perhaps, but presumably you have the housing ‘box’ that sits around the bottom of the gearstick which contains all the gear shift guides … ?

Brickwerks list high strength ones (grade 10.9) for the waterpump pulley so it would probably be advisable to use similar.

https://brickwerks.co.uk/product/socket ... 10-geomet/

Feeler gauges are used at each of the cam locking plate (VAG 2065A) to ensure that it and the timing slot are properly aligned to the cylinder head. Given the discrepancies you are finding between the various timing marks it might be better to get everything located independently using the 2046 loca...

Okay. I’m not convinced they’d be so great. You’d need to have additional secondary pads / stands at each end of the lifting platforms to pick up the van at the recommended lifting points, and although you’d get good access to the wheel wells you’d be faced with severely constrained access to the wh...

The viable lifting points for a T25 are far from straightforward, and you certainly wouldn’t be advised to lift them by the sills like most of the generic images associated with this product seem to show. I’d be interested to see how Samba Vanagon owners have been using these. Most of the jack posts...

That’s the one for the engine - there’s also an injection system manual which I can give you a link for, or which you can find on the Syncrosport website. The Russek manual is the only published manual that I’m aware of which was available for the JX engine, and this has been reprinted more recently...

We had a similar switch in our van which turned on the low beam headlights when the ignition was off - similar to the parking lights on the indicator arm but both at the same time.

My recollection is that it was around £250-£300, but that was a couple of years back. No harm in giving them a call. They obviously require a unit to rebuild, and they’ll assess it thoroughly for suitability before they start.

I’d suggest you look on eBay for something secondhand by someone reputable like Norbar. If you get something with an accurately defined advantage ratio then you can also use it with a normal torque wrench to get the right tightening torque for the rear hubs. Whatever you get, make sure it comes with...

We had our rack refurbished at Kiley & Clinton in Birmingham on the basis of multiple recommendations. I can’t comment on how it’s performed yet as we’re finally having it fitted to our van next week, but they were very professional to deal with.

Bentley can be found at https://vwt25.blog/files/

I've also PM'ed you download links for the JX engine manuals - Bentley was compiled for the US market and so it doesn't have any information on the 1.6TD engine as it wasn't sold there.

This thread might help: 1.6d to 1y the definitive guide

You need to check that you’ve got the right kind of split charge relay fitted for your wiring setup - if you have a wiring diagram of your setup that would help. For example, Westfalia campers tend to have a different relay to many standard setups as it connects the vehicle battery to the mains char...