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Hi I have a new issue, the temp gauge led flashes and the needle goes all the way to the right when I put the ignition on. I have been installing a reversing camera so I had the dash pod out, and carefully feeding wires through the rats nest to the place I need them. On reassembly, I have this new i...

davidoft1 wrote: ↑06 Nov 2025, 19:36 Earth are all on the left pillar inside the van

I was worried that was the case, Ive taken them all off and cleaned there so I hope that isnt the issue. Tried earthing direct from the earth terminal of the indicator and that didnt cure it. Unless the fault is at the headlight...
 

A continuity test will show good at quite a high resistance, but the wire will struggle to carry much current and show a large voltage drop. Try to meter the voltage from the ground side of the bulb holder to a good ground when the indicator is active. It should read virtually 0 volts, I suspect yo...

My right indicator is behaving like a bulb is burned out, with rear and internal warning light going double speed, and the right headlight is flashing dimly instead of the indicator. The front indicator assembly andbulb is good, lights up on a battery. I have voltage at the indicator and the earth a...

Thanks for the ideas but that's not the answer. I've checked and the bearing is seated properly and as far back as it can go. I now assume that there is a misalignment between the friction plate and the internals on the engine. Ill dismantle it again and check it out.

I have had the engine out for a rebuild. While it was out I think the clutch pedal was pressed several times and now it is solid, so I assume it has self adjusted to the max. I noticed this because I cannot get the engine to sit inside the housing, it refuses to go in the last few centimetres. I was...

Im replacing the valve springs on my 1.9dg, is it ok to swap inner and outer springs on my head to a single heavy duty set? What's the difference? And why two sets? Is the engine less responsive with a single heavy duty set of springs?

I sent my pierburg to Bromsgrove to be refurbed, it was not cheap but the carb is 100 times better than before, more responsive and more fuel efficient. I would recommend them.

Morning all I have black wet soot coming out of my exhaust pipe, coupled with a coolant loss. I don't have milky oil, so I have so far diagnosed a head gasket between water jacket and cylinder. Does that sound reasonable? The water stops spouting after a few minutes, which I take to be the cylinder ...

There's a guy in Haxby outside York, excellent welder and works on my van often.
Look for 'Just Welding' on facebook

so behind the top bulkhead part?
THanks

Bugger: Just had the lower front windscreen welded and the RHS windscreen squirter (on a LHD van) no longer works, took the jets off and NO HOSE. it was a bit short anyway, I think it has just come away during work. So now I have the dash pod off, under dash shelves out and legs up in the air trying...

Is this possible? I have an option on a DG block and a set of DJ heads, I was thinking of marrying them up? ALL the part numbers seem to tally, is it a different cylinder barrel length that gives the extra CC?
 

I have a brown 12v live wire hanging in the forward sliding door post that connects to a light. Does anyone know where the other end connects to? I can track it to the top of the.pilllar but I don't want to drop the headlining unless I have to. There is no courtesy light on the sliding door side, do...

Thanks for the reply, couldn't find it but it turns out it was pipes not tank. This turned out to be a small flap had formed in a rubber hoses when the PO had pushed in the hard line, it eventually got weak enough that it closed the fuel off at full flow. New lines all round and problem solved