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on massive budget as usual and GSF part retailed at £7.50!!

So big differance between that and £21

Can anybody point me in the direction of where to get a front hand brake cable from, the one from the hand brake lever back to the balance bar? Tried GSF and they've no stock and can't get any more. The only other alternative is a genuine VW part but at £20 is a bit steep.

Any ideas peeps?

Cheers for that link keith, new most of that and all i can gather hp that i have to mask the opposite side of the head lamps to allow the left hand drive lamps to work in the uk, not the other way round

Hey all, on a left hand drive vanagon do you fit uk beam benders to the opposite side of the headlights, to get left hand drive headlights to operate like right hand drive lights? Last bit's before mot!!

Cheers for all the info chaps, will be sending another 2 hours hack sawing the mounting bolts today! Lovely job in this heat

cheers for the info Ian,

So would any M12 bolt do the job or am i looking at a specialist nut & bolt from VW?

Thought i could just go up to the local fixtures company and pick a few up

thanks for that Grun, I'll have to wait before getting nuts etc as i can't get the fecking thing out :x Engine rebuild, no problem. new plastic water pipes, no worries. Fecking swing arm change, no chance!!! This has to be the worst job to do on a van, specially if your wokring on a granit gravel dr...

Hey all, had to fit a recon swingarm for the mot on the van, and as usual the body mounting bolts are siezed onto the metal inserts in the rubber mounts. Will be cutting it out later today but i'll need new bolts, question: will any 19mm part threaded bolt and nut do or are they high tensile special...

hey andy,

how do you mean a modified alternator pully?

what needs doing to it?

ringo, would love to hear how you get on with the new engine, crusing speeds and mpg. Not sure about my setup as i don't trust it over 60 mph, maybe i should as it runs really well, but unsure of giving her a bit of a rev. Yes, the oil leaks will come and go, i'm still sorting out a few and i've had...

ringo, cheers for that. That makes perfect sense that the outer ring was for power steering or air con. Don't no why a didn't think of it before dohh

Off to the motor factors for a bigger belt then

suppose so.

The setup look the same as the 1.6D setup but the crank pully has the 2 slots for 2 belts to go round, thats why i thought of sticking one belt on it like the spec says for the 1Y.

All the other pullys all line up well with the inside groove on the crank pully.

Hey all, Right, water pump belt broke on my 1Y the other day and when i went to get another one the guys at the motorfactors said that that engine only uses one belt, not two. Now, i'm assuming that my engine is running the same belt setup as the 1.6D engines, one belt for the water pump, one for th...

cheers for the info windysurferuk, just need to find one now

hi ya,

my van runs a 1.91Y engine from a vw vento/passat/golf etc etc etc. Has pretty good mpg and is a doddle to fix.

Great wee engine and spares are plentiful.

I'm sure somebody else will give you there thoughts on their engines