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The temperature gauge and the clock on my 89 caravelle do not work. They haven't worked for some time now. (bit stupid of me to be running around with no temp gauge, I know)

Any ideas what it might be?

Cheers Tony. I'll have to bits tomorrow and let you know.

The CL works from the passenger door and always has. Think it may have been added at some point before I bought it. (its guenuine vw)

I have disconected the wires and it make no difference.

Think i'll take it out and have a look.

The lock on my drivers door (Caravelle) is stuck down. You can lift the knob and open the door under some pressure but it pulls straight back down.

The van has central locking and all other locks are fine.

Any ideas?

Could be worse it could be stuck open.

I'm find it difficult to change gears. It seems as you need to push the clutch pedal down further to engage the gear. I had the same problem with my beetle as the clutch cable had got slack. Just a few turns of the wing nut on the end of the cable sorted the problem. As my 89 caravelle clutch works ...

Engine starts fine. Radio and cig lighter work fine until ignition is turned then the fuse blows. Its like the ignition is blowing the fuse. Everything else works fine.

No not had battery terminals off for a long, long time. Had some work done for MOT. They got my window squirts working.

how do I check for bad earths and shorts? or is this a job for the friendly men at LUCAS.

I have a problem with the electrics in my 89 caravelle. When you turn the ignition the indicator flasher relay clicks like crazy then stops. I replaced the relay and it still happens. Also as soon as turn the ignition the fuse for the radio and cig lighter blows. Also the green indicator light on th...

I'm trying to install a swivel base in my 89 caravelle. Whats the best way to remove the original runners. They seem to be spot welded in.

Its back in next week i'll let you know how it goes.

They are both shot. Having them taken off as we speak. Hopefully he won't fail me for not having them.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers for all your help.

Cheers for that. Are they relatively easy to take off?

offside front brake back plate securing device excessively deteriorated.
He marked the back plate with his dreaded yellow chalk.

My T25 caravelle has failed its MOT on a few small things. One being the back plates on the front discs have rotted. If I take these off would it still fail MOT. The reason I ask is that most cars don't have them and its not a problem.