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MY van just died (head gasket), its an auto and the box is good, doesn't jump or anything. Offer me something sensible and you can have it for the right price.

Hey ya'll, My van has been running beautifuly for sometime, BUT yesterday on our way back with London with the full band and full of gear it started making a horible tapping noise, it overheated overheated then the oil buzzer came on and stopped. Bugger! RAC dude came ran a few tests and told me my ...

i love my auto!

Its easier to smoke And its more relaxed.

This whole MPG debate does my head in, mines sh it 15-18 max, everybodys is different. Wish i could get 25 but i can't gonna get gassed asap.

I've got a leisure battery that i've left outside for a very long time and when i move it water swishes around in it. I know batterys have distilled water in but is this rain water and if so is it ruined :? There is no voltage coming from it and dont have a charger to try it with. Should it go to th...

Think you can get a rigth angled adaptor on the brickwerks site too.

Thank you everyone and thank you Mike, :mrgreen: It's fixed now, the problem seemed to be the ignition switch. When i checked there was a live feed from terminal 30 and i was able to hot wire it, so to me it seemed it was the ignition switch as it was the only thing between terminal 30 and terminal ...

Have you got 12 volts (battery voltage) at pin 50 of the ignition switch (Red/Black wire) when the key is held in the start position? Thanks Mike, I've got hold of a multimeter, the battery is showing 12.87 so thats very healthy. The ignition switch wire is showing nothing when held in the start po...

I've been out today and checked out this brass contact switch, i've cleaned it all and double checked that everything is contacting. There is still nothing when i turn the engine. Dont really know where to start? Possibly the battery? I'm gonna get a multimeter and check the battery I guess its some...

Rob helped me with a similar problem last week, you need the grease cap with the speedo hole: grease cap. part no 251407691A vag cat only shows the one.so dont know if this is the one with the hole for the speedo.you will also need the small circlip that stops the speedo cable from slipping through ...

Thanks fritz :wink: I'll be sure to be the perfect forum user from now on and never ask a stupid question or a comment ever ever again. Supprisingly the first thing i'm gonna do when i get home from work will be to follow Tonytech's advice, funny that, to me that seems the reason why i asked the que...

Thanks T, I'll have a look, i'll be very supprised if its due to a dirty contact plate :? Does anyone have an idea of what else it may be. What would be causeing the power problem. Although its a new battery it does get disconected often. But i had been driving it for a few hours prior to this happe...

Cheers bigredbus,

The battery is a good quality bosch battery that is only 1 year old. Hopefull someone will be able to tell where to get a new switch if that is the problem.

Thanks for the reply.

Hello my helpful friends, My beautifully crafted german van broke down again today. :( Very annoying as It's been running sweet for months :D Well i got in and tried to start it and NOTHING happened. I thought AH i know the problem, it's the starter motor. Checked the wires, gave em a clean. went to...

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ah brilliant,

so its another job for the hammer