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pulled the engine, was a doddle to do, no faffing about with driveshafts and clutch slave cylinders didn't take long either:) How long did it take you to change the clutch via the 'engine out' method then? How easy was it to drop the engine? I usually go down the 'gearbox out' route. Tex Ritter thi...

pulled the engine, was a doddle to do, no faffing about with driveshafts and clutch slave cylinders
didn't take long either
cheers for the suggestions though

gearbox out or engine out ?
haynes says box, but I'm used to bays splits and bugs where you always take the engine out

whats the quickest ?

ahh
done them now, just pushed them out in the vice

Got the wishbone off the bus, ground the tackwelds off, but the bushes seem stuck fast.
Any hints and tips on how to remove them ?
Whack with a big hammer ?
Is it really that easy or do they need pressing out ?

changed the ignition switch and ICU still no-go then traced the wires from the coil and found a black wire going through the westy warddrobe and behind the ZIG unit, which I had ripped out and disconnected the wires behind it. Touched it to the battery terminal while jaz turned the engine over and i...

will try bypassing the ignition tomorrow
just tried the indicators and they don't work either, although the hazard warning lights do ?

also tried fuses 11 and 12, both ok , but no feed to them with ignition switched on, reverse engaged and indicators on

Tried a few things, and there doesn't seem to be any life at the coil feed. Reversing lights are not working either, which seems to point to the ignition switch ? I replaced the starter over the weekend, maybe I've missed a wire off that? Does the feed for the coil connect with the starter in any wa...

2 litre CU air cooled, electronic ignition Did some welding the other day and forogot to disconnect the battery :oops: Bus has been standing for a over a month and won't start now, we've checked the the coil and it checks out ok with an ohmeter , but get no spark when you short it to the engine bloc...

lhd wrote:Hope it's not this bad.......

http://www.rustbuster.nl/Bus_zijpaneel/index1.htm

I own an 83 westy and Idont want to look behind there.....
good luck,lhd.........

it's worse
look behind there before the rust really takes hold

cheers. finally got it all out, only to reveal my greatest fears, it's rusty everywhere behind

where's it all fixed to ? got the bracket on the door pillar, the big bolt through the floor in the cupboard, anywhere else ? It's reluctant to get loose

how hard to replace ?
Haynes manual says VW garage only
Is it not just a case of grinding off old weld and spot welding new ones in ?

cheers I lost the link to that page a while back
I'm going to see how hard it is to remove the tank, otherwise I must just leave it in place

Got my nice shiny outer sill from JK today, so rushed out to driveway to prep the bus. It's a LHD westy with LPG tank underneath. Do I need to remove the tank to weld the new sill on ? Also should I need to remove all the ZIG unit and associated cupboards ? Thought it might all go up if I just left ...