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Dear all, I've replied to Jon in mechanical as he had same symptoms only his was a broken wire between alt and starter that was affecting charge. My symptoms are exactly same i.e. battery not charging BUT there is 14V coming out of back of alternator when running. However, I've continuity checked th...

Hi Jon, When I read your post I thought 'brilliant' as I have exact same symptoms, i.e. battery not charging BUT there is 14V coming out of back of alternator when running. However, I've continuity checked the positive coming out of alternator directly with the positive lead connect to battery. Ther...

Dear all, Needed to bleed clutch slave cylinder as gears were slowly but surely becoming harder to select. Further inspection of hydraulic line to slave cylinder showed a tiny leak on an inline joint. I knew due to time having van that the leak took weeks to affect gear change so wanted to quickly b...

Hi Mark,

Thanks it's good to know its not just me!

Really looking forward to learning and contributing where possible.

James

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Dear all, I'm a newbie and finally bought my first VW camper. Well day van actually rock and roll bed converted from mini bus. Checked it out, has a couple of body work issues nothing major I do not think, engine sounded nice and drove all way back up M1 home (about 70 miles) no problem. Tried to st...