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Hi there,  I am struggling to find somebody that will service my LPG Propex heater - it needs maintenance and probably new exhaust pipes as they were laid in a very weird way by the previous owners. I had a bad experience trying to take it directly to Propex themselves, and now looking for an altern...

Thanks everyone for their help. Northern italy and france were much less hot than I thought and everything went well, now I can take the time to go through the suggestions and be ready for next spring  

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Thanks everyone. I will check the oil again and try to make everything air tight. I have noticed the engine bay seal is partly broken in some places so that might be a big issue? @Funkychops. When you say cold side on the top, what are you referring to? Mine is definitely not cold at the moment, so ...

Hi again,  I am still getting to know my van a little bit and after more than 1000 miles done this August between France and Italy, I am starting to get scared about the van overheating. It's a 1981 2.0 CU engine with the two carbs. How does it cool itself? The previous owners had a temperature gaug...

Thanks, that's much better! 

What about ground? Kind of long to daisy chain all those too. Is the ground from the leisure battery shared with the main battery? In other words can I use the ground from the chassis to complete the circuits shown here?

 

I am installing an extra fuse box for my leisure battery and have made a diagram to make sure I know what I am doing. Could you please take a look a let me know what you think..   https://i.ibb.co/tqrpcGg/Screenshot-2020-07-11-at-13-08-15.png Questions: - Is it ok to short the ignition amplifier wir...

Hi all,  Thanks for the great feedback. I disconnected all the fusebox wires again and put them back once more... and, the van  started !  So yeah definitely some dodgy connection or me making some mistakes. I have now lost the horn and indicators (which were working fine before) but again it might ...

I guess the next question is: does anyone know where the starter solenoid is and how I can check why is not working? That's the main thing I need to get it back up and running. In the past it was a very loud sound when starting the van, so it would be very easy thing to know whether it's working or ...

Yeah the battery is fine, but I am keeping it on charge now anyways - thanks for the heads up. Went back in there and checked the engine compartment. I could only see one 8A fuse near the and it was ok, I changed it anyways as it wasn't looking very fresh! I also realised one of the wires at the fus...

Thanks so much for the advise so far. Interesting about the battery, what should a good voltage be? I need to check later but I think I was reading 12.3v so should be ok? Do you guys have early air cooled versions as well? I am not sure if that's standard or not, but in mine there is a starter solen...

Hi all,  As part of an ongoing effort in trying to understand the 40 years of history of my T25 Petrol early 1981, today I undid all the wires from the fusebox and relays and labelled them one by one. The idea is to then try and figure out where they go and maybe get rid of some old hacks (e.g. ther...

Thanks so much for your replies. I am not sure what you mean about the two pipes being the wrong way around, is there a diagram I could compare them to? What I meant was the big black pipe.. that one comes from the heather (inside the van) and goes all the way to the front, which is kind of weird. S...

Hello, I am having issues with the Propex heater which was installed on my recently purchased T25 1981 petrol hightop van. It worked fine for a while, but now it makes a weird gas/burnt smell and a ticking noise. I tried to reset it a few times, and let it in cold fan mode.. but it didn't help. I ph...