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This post on the Samba is very good on how to change the ATF in an auto…   http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7674877#7674877     I have an auto and have changed the ATF several times, I struggled to find much info on how to do it but over the pond they have more Autos than Manuals, h...

...managed to get it apart, more brute force was needed!!

IMG_2233.jpg I’m trying to dismantle my distributor, but struggling at the moment! I can’t get the hall sender drum off the shaft, I can see a little pin in the shaft. Is this supposed to be taken out first before removing the drum? It also looks like it has some sort of metal cap on top of the dru...

I haven’t done many miles in it yet and had a few teething problems with getting the coolant system bleed and up to pressure, I had a slight leak from the crossover pipe from the water pump to the RH cylinder head, which I have now sorted. I’ve also got an oil leak which is covering my fan belts wit...

Nice work, very clean. Did you nip the heads up again now it’s been running for a bit? Jeez!! ...my heart missed a beat when I read that. Don’t think my heart could take the stress of torquing up the cylinder head nuts again. I must confess I bottled out on the last one i did when installing the he...

Fingers crossed i put everything back together as it should be!

New heads on

Back in October 2018 whilst driving to work one morning, my Caravelle GL (2.1 DJ Wbx Auto), coolant temp red light starting flashing, I knew that my coolant level had dropped in the header tank. I pulled over immediately to check and top it up, but as soon as I got out I could see I had left a water...

IMG_1700 low.jpg Hopefully in the next couple of days I will be ready to fire up my 2.1 DJ for the first time since it’s top end rebuild of new pistons, piston rings and new cylinder heads. I read somewhere that on initial start up, that it is good practise to disconnect the HT lead from the coil a...

Here’s mine, she’s a 1988 Caravelle GL with a WBX 2.1 Dj auto with the original 7 seat interior. I bought her back at the beginning of the summer to be my daily to and from work, my Bay is my camper so I will be keeping her as a 7 seater. https://i.imgur.com/C3U6fqx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LAKHNYD.j...

Thanks for the replies, Bought 4x new CV joint kits from Brickwerks (they were GKN) and fitted them the weekend and the clonking has gone, in fact it is so much quieter driving now I can now hear other squeaks and rattles! (which I can live with) Also whilst i was underneath I took the pan of the au...

A couple of questions please if anybody could help? I have just recently (a couple of weeks ago) lowered my Caravelle with -40mm springs and spax adjustable shocks and fitted 16 x7j alloys on 215 x 60 x R16 tyres. And I don’t know if its just bad luck and coincidence but I have just started getting ...

Thanks, but they are rusted through and blowing on the manifold pipes coming out of cylinders 1 & 3 at the bends at the lowest point of the system, where I suppose they are most exposed to the elements. I have now just re-bodged what the previous owner did and slapped a load of Gum Gum on them, ...

I haven’t had my 1988 Caravelle GL very long and now that I have fixed my cutting out on idle problem. It desperately needs a new exhaust, it has been patched up by the previous owner with Gum Gum in several places and is now blowing really badly. I have bought a VW Speed Shop Stainless Exhaust whic...

I have the same issue with mine, it’s also a 2.1 DJ Auto and its so stiff that it like I’m trying to race everybody away from traffic lights with the amount of pressure needed on the pedal. I have read on here to clean and lube the cable linkage on the side of the gearbox, I did have a look under mi...