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Really old-fashioned tip alert!
If all else fails, run your fingers along the outside of the tube while its switched on and that can drag the charge along it.

The rebuilt engine will be 'tight', so will need more battery to crank it over. If the battery has been off the van for a while without being charged it may well be past its best. In the past I have set up a grvity feed to the carb just to get the engine running, and then connected it up to the fuel...

Thanks everyone. I was alright up until the 'splintering'....the thought of that happening with the children in the back doesn't bear thinking about.
Looks like a scrapyard after all and give it a go.....

Ideally I'd like to fit four windows to the van, but I'm not sure that I am capable of fitting 'proper' windows, and I'm far too mean to pay anyone else to fit them for me.

I'm going to check some sheets of PVC to work out what thickness I'll need for it to be strong enough. (I'm too old to get my head 'round millimetres !) Never thought about the scratches...good point. I am very very scared of spiders, so if there's one in the van my wife will have to escort it out s...

Could anyone give some advice or comments on making and fitting PVC windows to my van please ? The theory is as follows: Cut hole in door panel using a nibbler. Bond PVC sheet to inside and outside of panel. Finish neatly with aluminium inside and outside, drilled and bolted. Does this seem feasible...