Club 80-90 Forums

does anyone know someone in Brighton area who could replace front panel on my van (from box section by bumper - which is sound) up to upper grille, and not cost me an arm and leg. Don't need perfection, just durability and presentable appearance ( I can do final filling, painting etc., and obtain th...

Hi Matty - mine had similar prob for a long time and slowly got worse till it stayed at zero all the time! Cable seemed fine, but I noticed the back panel of the speeedo itself had cracked a little around the edge (it's a clip-on type) so that when the cable was connected, it was pulling the back pa...

Would like to see Covkids method but can't find it ! Any help appreciated. love from Dobbin

For those who like their van to look loved but not cossetted like a competition specimen, you might like to try my highly successful and v. cheap solution which took about 10 minutes. (tThis after many attempts at dismantling, cleaning, greasing/not greasing, abrading etc. as given by other club chu...

Mine sailed through last year,despite expecting it to fail on lack of tailpipe and some other odds and ends, I was so gobsmacked I actually asked the tester if the tailpipe was necessary for MOT; he said it was not, provided noise and emissions were satisfactory and there was no danger of fumes ente...

hiya does anyone know whwere i can get a couple of rear number plate lights for my 87 van? Cover has been missing off one for ten years but this year it means mot failure for some reason. Though strangely they werent bothered by the missing bumper end cap this time. Its a funny old world ent it? Any...

Charlie's no. is 01273 696669. Good Luck mate.

Recently had mine done by the marvellous Charlie of Campbell Road nr. Preston Circus in Brighton. It's never ready when he says its going to be, but all his regular clients with vans and beetles have got used to that and make allowance for it. he knows T25s and type 2's inside out and right way roun...

I was frequently stressed and made cross by my bloody buzzer. All was well with engine and oil levels etc. So I asked the marvellous Charlie of Brighton who suggested I check the cabling from the two sensors (Temp. and Level), that run randomly across the engine on the NS before entering the wiring ...

don't know about the pepper, but the man certainly knows his onions.! oh . . boom boom!

very bad rust at base of front panel below grille where it meets flat section behind bumper i.e. lots of holes. Want to sort it before major/expensive damage ensues. I used to do body repair jobs on various motors I had 20-30 years ago but I guess there are newer and better products available now. A...

the tappets on my 1987 1900 van were noisy like this in around 1998 so I asked Peter Pfeiffer (Vw - trained engineer and famed in Brighton area but unfortunately now retired) what he thought. He gave them a listen and told me in his native german accent that I shouldn't worry about this - it is not ...