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It all comes down to cost, it's know someone that had a recon fitted and paid 5k for it all fitted Conversions arent far off that money I'd take it as a chance to extend the life and enjoyment of the van, so long as you aren't worried about originality Values are whatever people see and experience, ...

I converted from auto to manual and bought a used set up for the 5 spd

Bought all new linkage stuff from Brickwerks, also rebuilt the shifter and added a short shift kit

Its very precise and super tight

All worth doing

There's a lot of things you could do before swapping to a 2.1 air cooled! I'm sure there's someone, somewhere who could rebuild this fuel pump - there's still hundreds of thousands of vehicles around the world using that type of pump, surely there will be a company making knockoff parts, at least. ...

sorry i havent an answer for you, id look for something more modern

Took my lid off and as mine was off to one side took some grinder sparks from what i was working on, ignited and burned, didnt smoulder at all

so yeah id change it with a fireproof solution

Thanks Silverbullet, I’ve just popped into my local blacksmith with the gear lever. He put the bent spot in his two coil induction furnace heated it up in a few seconds to red heat then bent the lever back straight. He wouldn’t even charge me for the work. It’s great to have the support and knowled...

Just as risky buying a used manual gearbox as an auto, they're all 40 years old and made of chocolate and misery. Sure enough a few more people will rebuild the manual boxes, but the autos are not a "special" thing, really. Most of it is the same as fitted to most VW/Audi cars around the ...

R0B wrote: ↑27 May 2025, 13:18 You are wrong. I have had mine rebuilt here in the UK. And this fella has rebuild a fair few. And some parts were imported from his contact the USA.

Damn wish I'd thought to ask you who you used Rob

Have a look at my threads if you haven't already documenting my autobox journey Loved my auto but 3x gearboxes later I changed the van to a manual Original sounded like a jet turbine as the diff whined so badly, replacement box was £800 and it lasted a while then went Porsche 924 2.5, also didn't la...

I guess I'm double sorted after today Fixed 3 problems Took the Caravelle to Acorn Auto Electrics at Grimethorpe in Barnsley, proper old school service, great guys, nothing was too much trouble to explain and fix My DENSO alternator was recommended to me by the guy I got the engine off but was too n...

Sorted now

Had a bunch of wires that had melted



See my other threads in here for more detail on my fix

Thanks to all that posted and helped

Had a big day on the van today Started off sorting out the engine bay black box by removing Relay 1 and all it's wires, also cut out the BOD yellow wire too Checked my buld holders again and both indicators were blown, big clue there Problems persisted until the wife brought me a cuppa and I asked h...

There's no room bud, had to proper force it in gave it a good fitting

The lid is plastic, which is didnt know, so alls good

Cheers

Oil pressure in its simplest terms, comes from the gap between the main bearings and the crankshaft So as they age and wear the gap gets bigger hence lower oil pressure A leak down test would have helped identify where the low compression fault was, head or rings. I've a brand new Autolinea head tha...

Biggest battery i could find that fits for cranking

Changed the fusebox and it didnt fix the problem Checked the 7 pin plug again too, still nothing there either Never been good at later electrics, beetles I can figure out as years at it and very simple to trace Can anyone guide me on this please or share a link to another site to help Feeling desper...