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Cold start lever shaft o-ring leaking is a favourite - if you have one on your pump. This looks like coming from underneath without close inspection. Can be done in situ with difficulty on some pumps.

I seem to remember posts about this years ago - general consensus was that early vans didn't have the handbrake switch at all IIRC.

No problem! Nothing to worry about - it isn't a highly tuned racing machine
Any diesel bug should be caught by the filter - highly unlikely to get it in a small tank anyway. I have used 10 year old diesel in heaters!

AIDAN!

Rob's got it!  https://vwpartsinternational.com/shop/e ... s-oem-part
Around £35 on ebay.

Looks like a water pump to me - not a sensor!

Possibly tree sap?

My engines had them here - but yours doesn't have any there! This is the trouble with non-standard engines.
Should have https://brickwerks.co.uk/product/coolan ... mall-metal or a 3 hole one. Like this:

You are in the wrong place - you should be at the rear of the head not the side of the block. The metal coolant flange here should have 2 or 3 positions for sensors/switches. What do you have here? :

If your starter has been down to 9.4v you have almost certainly fooked it!

Why remove it when you didn't know its function? As above sounds like a PWM controller - a well known modification that by-passes the ancient resistor system that is prone to failure.
Just put it back!

When fitting heaters I quite often had the same and could fit the heater fuel line without having to block the spigot.

Hi yes I'm doing them in reverse 1234, screwdriver in each plug to get tdc, I've done them hot /cold and every thing in between,I've gone one turn, 11/2 turns ,2 turns, think I'll try screw them in untill no lash then back them off 1/2 a turn, carnt be any worse, as I say some YouTube videos say a ...

Flat bar (red) same width as the lug around the lug, bolted (purple) into the meat of the lug away from the hole. That's how I would tackle it.