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VW, GSF and numerous motor spares outfits. When returniong them they all say that they are a common unit, but why are mine different? when my garage guy spoke to VW commercials they seem to remember that the 2.1's might of had bigger units as they had the bigger lump and had to stop upto 8 people, b...

I've been trying to track down a rear brake cyclinder for a 1988 2.1 inj caravelle and the 4 that have been sent are too small. the ones which have been sent have a length of 46mm yet the old one is 56mm. They say that there is only one part listed for 1988 model, so could anyone shed any light on w...

My 2.1 mpi van has been stood for a number of months(slightly nose down with a small amount of fuel in the tank), i tried to fire up the van but it wouldn't fire up. It did turn over like it was trying too but no final kick in. Filled her up wwith 20litres or so of fuel, changed the dizzy, plugs and...

my rear wiper was really slow and on the last occasion that i attempted to use it, it failed to move at all. then a few days later on the next trip i took in the van, after about 10 miles the back of the van filled with a foul smelling smoke, so i jumped out popped the tailgate to check if it was in...

i had the exact same problem and it turned out to be the earth connector under the drivers seat next to the battery.

I removed the spade connector that attached to the body, cleaned the area underneath the spade, the spade itself and hey presto, good as new...

good luck

bradders

i don't know what engines in what your driving but if it's injected check out my old post @ https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30000 i failed my test on emissions and every man and his dog helped me out with how to tweek things, the only thing i would say is if your not too sure or happy a...

i struggled for ages trying to find a set of wheels that weren't kerbed or didn't have old tired tyres on them. It's not so much the PCD you'll struggle finding, it's getting the centres big enough that they'll go over the spigot in the centre of the wheel(this is what your wheels locate on for alig...

i had a similar problem with it cutting out after running just fine. turned out i had a bad positive terminal from the battery, as well as bad earth straps. Turns out after i'd replaced the positive terminal(before the earth straps) it never cut out again (touch wood). hope this helps Bradders :D

if you have a copy of Volksworld have a look for Cogbox's phone number. When mine was stuck in gear, the guy who answered the phone was really helpful and talked me through exactly what to look at and told me to ring him back after i'd looked at the gearbox to report back my findings. he didn't just...

first and foremost i replaced the clamps to both battery terminals as these were past their best and the live terminal was in two pieces(still clamped pretty well actually), replaced the terminal lug on the live wire that runs towards the back of the bus as this was being held by 6-7strands. Then to...

sorry bout the CAPS before, lesson learnt...

it was a live wire that was the problem and the earths weren't too great either. Wire's replaced and earths cleaned up, starting first time and seems to run alot better too..

thanks

Bradders

if your gear box is the same as mine there is a brk't with three holes, one for the linkage and 2 to connect to the gearbox, I sheared one of the bolts, which allowed the brk't and linkage to rotate around which eventually lead to me not being able to get it out of 1st (well not without the help of ...

my temp gauge stopped working and it turned out that the wires from the back sensor(there's two temp sensors near thermostat housing) had been bodged together with masking tape and the wires had corroded from the inside out and left a green powder where there used to be copper. Have a look at this a...

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TOPICS OUT THERE ALREADY REGARDING THE CLICKING NOISE, BUT I HAVE RECENTLY REPLACED THE STARTER AS IT WASN'T DISENGAGING AND WAS THE ORIGINAL ANYHOW, SO PROBABLY NEEDED DITCHING ANYHOW. THING IS, NOW WHEN TRYING TO START UP I'M GETTING THIS LOUD CLICKING NOISE AND IF IT DOES FI...

Thanks alot for all your help. After spending a few hours under the van last night, swapping things, checking things and cracking a few knuckles, i found that a previous owner had spliced in 2 new wires and only covered the twisted wires with masking tape(the cream paper style tape), one of the wir...