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davidoft1 wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 23:08 Sounds like your brakes got hot with use

There's hot and there's HOT. Mine are the latter. 

Or they're dragging a bit, let them cool down then see if they spin easily or still binding. Piston could be stuck in which case a strip down could be in order, easier to replace with a new caliper sometimes. Thanks. That's what I thought too.  What would you recommend I replace to bring the front ...

Hi I went for a 150km run yesterday up narrow, winding roads. When I got back home, I noticed that both front wheel hubs were hot enough to fry eggs on. The rear two were cool to the touch.  I used the brakes a fair bit and they seemed to work OK. Athough, near the end of the trip, I noticed that th...

Thanks fot this. I'll get onto Paul

Hi all I'm having a lot of hassle with my insurance company who refused to countenance any upgrade or conversion to my 1989 1.6TD JX T25 Westy. They insist on a replacement JX engine. I don't want this. I want an AGG replacement one or something very similar. Following a flurry of email exchanges th...

silverbullet wrote: ↑03 Apr 2023, 12:32 If you have a JX then the easiest route would be to put an AGG 2.0 petrol from a Golf Mk3, its a direct swap and is now a very popular conversion.

Thanks for this. 

Would the existing gearbox work? It's the 1989 5 speed one. 

Aidan wrote: ↑03 Apr 2023, 08:44 Contact Paul at Vantopia in Ireland, he may be able to help, either directly or indirectly, vantopia.ie he is on here but is busy so might not see your post for a while

Thanks, I'll do that. He's on an Irish Facebook vw group too. 

I haven't been on here for several months since my beloved 1989 VW 1.6TD JX T25 Westfalia mistook in T in T25 for Tea, boiled and cracked the cylinder box and head. Not the craic I was hoping to have.  This leaves me with an expensive tin box. I was originally going to sell but would lose a lot of m...

Yeah - i'll need to do some calculations etc. i think before deciding what to keep/lose. We've also just got a crx50 hence rethinking electrics. Few quick thoughts whilst i'm mid-reading around the subject. whats the consensus on getting rid of the VW switching relay and using a VMS or DC to DC cha...

Hi all Wondering what's the max current for the alternator on my 1989 1.6TD JX Westfalia California poptop van with 5 speed gearbox.  I'm installing Renogy DC-DC 50A MPPT Charger. It will charge 120ah LiFePO4 battery supplying power to diesel heater, fridge and lights for prolonged off-grid use. I a...

Hi all Welcome to summer!  I was out in Saoirse, my bus, yesterday, going up and down a lot of hills. She could charge up steep hills at a good rate of knots, once the turbo had kicked in at 2200rpm or so. If I had to slow down and went under 2000 revs, it took a long time to build up a head of stea...

Saoirse, my 1989 van, has, I suspect, taken up smoking in her old age. She's very crafty about it though and I never actually see her at it. Even when I start her from cold, there's nary a puff of smoke. I have tried revving the engine, both cold and warmed up, but no sign of any smoke. I can smell ...

Rascal wrote: ↑07 Dec 2021, 09:53
As promised

Many thanks Rascal. That gives me a good idea of what to do

Rascal wrote: ↑05 Dec 2021, 11:42 Yes used a tee with a short length of fuel line on one end and nothing on the other.. Just pulled the fuel line off the tank pipe, fitted the short end to the tank and then the main fuel line to the other end of the tee.....

Thanks Rascal. Useful info

I did as Rascal and also how VW did. Just cut the rubber hose coming out of the tank and put the T in. The pump can be mounted on the crossmember or the beam. Thanks for this ZsZ. This makes sense, especially if VW do it too. One of the reasons I'm keen to have the pump and filter in the engine bay...