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Yeah got the exact same wheels on mine, you will need a minimum of 6mm spacers on the front, longer studs on the back, change the front from bolts to studs, oh and you will have to drill out the stud holes to 14.2 mm. If you need any more info let me know S.B.

Salut Pockets, so now there where two crapauds here, get the "mary anne's" in mauvi.

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I am interested also but, would like to see photos of the new ones to see how they fit.

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Hi Coloured Funk, i suggest changing the thermostat (fellow 2.1i owner) it totally changed the way my van drove, it's cheap even though it means you have to re-bleed the cooling sytem. Just to add a note my symptoms were pretty bad, give it a go, you might be very surprised. Strangely Brown.

Hi, whilst i did'nt use Mr. Baxter's wiring up-grade my mate did it, i would suggest buying one of Mr. Baxter's because the the bottom line is, it makes a bloody huge differance to your lights. You can actually blind other road users for a change.

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Mine has Sport on the back and, it deffinately is not a cut-down or rip-off, i know this because there are only two holes even when you look inside but, then it is also a Dehler/Westfalia.

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Can anyone help, a friend of mine has a 1988 right-hand drive Autohomes conversion that he is working on, the power steering has thrown the towel in. Something that connects onto the rack-arm at one end and to the power steering unit at the other end. I know that at this stage this is a bit vague, b...

Hi Old One, ive got green dash lights and a red time clock, got them from a German company called Aulich 24, but you can do it yourself, i think there is a step by step post on the Brickyard. S.B. ps. if you cant be bothered the german site is www.aulich24.de i think and you are going to be looking ...

just undo the cable at both ends, and then with electricians tape, tape the bottom end of old cable to top end of new cable and gently pull out the old cable, new cable will have to follow.

Yes John the big plastic panel under the dash is the shroud, you can also pull off the plastic heater control handels and fan control knob, then gently prise off the control facia. If you get hold of C.J. at Syncrospares im sure he would have a set of cables and levers if not Russell or Ian at Syncr...

Hi John, just done mine, what i did is removed the plastic heater shroud, and found that someone else with heavy hands had forced it back on for what ever reason. This had resulted in the plastic ducting which house the heater control flaps were jamming the flaps, resulting in same person forcing th...

Hi Obi1, if your interested i have got a 251-906-083A brand new unit (still in the box) numbers differ slightly from yours, i dont know if this is a superceded unit, somebody might know. If it is a superceded unit and your interested make me an offer. S.B.

Sitting at home bored this morning, so i decided to try and tweak the fuel injection system. The van was surging / bucking whilst in slow moving traffic, decided to try and adjust the idle control switch, right in the middle of the proceedings it started to rain, dissconeted the ohm-meter in a panic...

Hi vwsurftrip, if you are after some tips/hints/advise on the trip you are talking about you can pm me, i have done this trip three times all with various vw's. Last one ended up staying for a year working and surfing around the Cassablanca/Rabat area. Strangely Brown. :wink:

Thanks Cumbriankieth, looks like the fridge is going to have to come out then.

"Rollocks"