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There are loads of us in Glasgow with rusty (and some with not so rusty) vans...there are a few local and a wee bit further afield businesses, and also some other owners/club members who can help with small and big jobs on your van. Click on the link in my sig and ask on there/check the recommended ...

Rather than risk it, take a normal household charger and a bedside lamp.

Sussing anything else to give surefire advice will be too hard without seeing (and checking) your set up. Pics of your batteries at least may help some?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1pcs-2-52mm-Blue-LED-Car-Tacho-Rev-Counter-Gauge-Tachometer-W-0-8000-RPM-New-/272494545934?hash=item3f71f0cc0e:g:g1wAAOSw44BYSnSH This is what I've got. Works fine. as its popped up, and kind keep on subject...i have this one, and while it works, it shows me as idling at 3...

Update, the pump has been checked (pressure tested?) and it's working fine. The mechanic thought maybe the tank somehow was creating a vacuum, but all vents etc checked and all appear to be doing as they are designed to. All pipes checked too, and nothing appears to be amiss (most replaced when new ...

Couple of weeks ago, had an issue where the van wouldn't start. New fuel tank fitted a few weeks before, and van had been running fine, used most days and was ok the previous day to failing...until the day I was taking to get its MOT!!! had a mate/mechanic/t25 owner come round and looked like the di...

Cant find any pics, but the petrol stations at Sainsburys are selling "light up lightwsitch" things @ £5. Hard to describe but its basically a battery operated switch that lights up...keep meaning to buy one, maybe today os the day

like these...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01IOS6LPM

The Qashqai we have has auto everything including brakes...But the lights catch me out if they get put on manual. It has permanent LED running lights on that are nearly as bright as my campervans headlight as I can testify driving to Tesco with just the running lights :roll: Have exact same issue o...

What i notice more is cars with no lights at all (especially in buit up/well lit areas) due to the fact that all modern cars have permanently lit dashes...

Thanks everyone! Some 2 part epoxy on the header tank crack got us to Norfolk (for a stunning weekend) and back without any leakage, and I'm now taking some deep breaths before changing, flushing and refilling. I did exact same first time a couple of years ago (cracked header and having never done ...

I have one for my tintop...its huge! easily fit on a hightop, and im sure the measurement is roof to floor rather than roof to ground... Van is used regularly during winter so only used cover occasionally if i know its gonna sit for any length of time and i take off as much as possible (every sunny/...

Have a look in Wiki (up top)...

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/St ... on_springs

and there's a few vids on Youtube, and a good one on the CampervanCulture website

R0B wrote:Yeh.try posting in the correct section.

Blunt...had to double check I hadn't logged into the Brickyard there...

I have one of the Maypole "water resistant" ones...keeps about 80-90%+ of water off, but more importantly it can breathe to let any moisture underneath dry out. I put a couple of old tyres on roof first to keep a gap between cover and roof which also helps a airflow. Used to use a tarpauli...

without pics its a guessing game...can you pull switch out/see behind? try to trace wires, or if they look untidy/uneven/scotch blocks its somebodies mod and may well be left from anything over the vans last 30 years of life...try checking for power running to them?

Cheers for the reply Oh bugger.... I will have to see if I can get underneath this weekend and change the broken one for a replacement one... :( Without a garage I think I may be getting wet lying underneath the van looking at the weather forecast... Why are you going under? They bolt through from ...