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1.9 dg petrol, starter motor suddenly died a couple of weeks ago. Removed it earlier to get it reconned to find the end of the armature missing, found it held in the bush with about 1mm proud, anybody got any bright ideas how to extract it without dropping the gearbox and if i do manage to extract i...

Watercooled 1915 late 86
Bus wouldn't start this evening, starter motor wouldn't engage properly, no symptons before, tried rocking in gear and gently hammer taps, just whurs pathetically or clicks. Guess new starter needed, any other ideas?

Hello gang, Acquired an early factory rock n roll bed which i have fitted in a late bus, the bottom mountings line up fine, but the locking pins(if i had any) are out by about a couple of inches, ie. the mounting holes are set to far back and at a slightly different height. Iintend to fabricate a br...

howdo, had same issue on our bus, fitted nexus van 205 tyre on standard rim and wouldn't go in cage. excellent tyres but ended up deflating spare to shoehorn it in. stuck a good pump dehind drivers seat which doesn't leave vechile, bit annoying if you get a flat but would keep you warm on a cold win...

Simon thanks for your swift response, expansion tank is fine checked allready, the leak was coming from top of overflow(top up) tank which had filled up past fill up hole and i guess there is a hole at top to allow for problems rather than tank exploding! what puzzles me is why there was that much c...

Parked bus on steep hill, with engine at lowest point, couple of hours later noticed coolant leaking which hadn't occured in first hour and a half. Appeared to be coming from top of overflow tank, which was almost full ie. completely covering top up cap. Turned bus round and leaked stopped and after...