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As i said to you before mark that one ^^^^^^ is massively different in quality to the one on my engine. The 6 bolt flange is good but the 4 bolt one is a third of that thickness and definately on the wonk. It does seal but i cant say i am overly impressed. BTW i do have an early TD exhaust system ( ...

I thought the bar types were the other way round ???. I have two sets of solid ones here, one set i removed myself from an early 82/83 van and the 90 caravelle i just sold had a rubber bushed set. Would this have not been an upgrade to try and stop vibration ?. Anyhow my agg bolted very easily in on...

Yes, i would concurr . The heads leaked on my van when bought it and k-seal did the job for a couple of years. Obviously the gaskets are not getting any better with time and will eventually fail normally because they are rotten. The k-seal 'magic potion' works whilst being held in suspension in the ...

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I have i 1.9DG with injection i have just pulled out for a gti conversion. Would have been a gw originally but all the injection stuff is factory fit. Ran well but had a gasket weep so will be available cheap when i get my bottom into gear and do some pictures.

Pull the air intake off, spin it over and give a SMALL squirt of easystart up the intake. If its going to go it'll go This is what the breakdown services do, just be gentle on the easystart otherwise it will blow the engine apart

Well done ian on a great install and yes i can breath now as obviously the engine didnt exactly have a warranty with it !!. Looks like i will have to find another if i'm going to keep the TD caravelle lurking on the drive

i'm sure Ian will be along later with some good news but i can tell you the engine came from early (for aaz's) J plate golf so didnt have any of the electric gubbins on the pump the later ones seemed to be blessed with

Thats looking 'sweet' pete , you'll have to come round and show it off sometime soon :D Dont park it next to mine though as i mine is due for a well overdue tart up. That'll look great cruising round the ring........... Huntingdon 'Ring ' road :rollin Hope you have a good run upto Dubfreeze

I think 'bad grip performance' just about sums it all up :roll: I am usually one to cut costs at any opportunity but even i read and took notes on this subject. I bought -50mm avo's and a westy 'anti lean' kit from brickwerks and it was money well spent. I bought the springs only as the van already ...

Have to say my experiences are much the same as Bert2's as i replaced my screenrubber due to water getting into the footwells as it had perished quite badly. There was also a very small repair needed to lip on the bodywork which obviously wasnt helping. My wife is now an experienced windscreen fitte...

Have wheels and tyres although they are not currently connected :roll: If you stick with commercial tyres rather than underated carlos vandango wide ones because of the stiffer sidewall the steering wont really be affected. The tyres i use are a standard fitment on a T5 :idea: i'll pm you my details...

I fitted a pair of Brickwerks spring assisters when i did the lowering job and it definately cured my 'leaning' . They go between the body and the rubber insulator and fitted very well

My Merc Carats are ET35 with a 10mm spacers all round . My tyre size is 205/65/16 which gives a slight oversize against the original 185/14. On a AVO 50mm drop they look like the below. Drop up and have a look. I've also got some 15" mercs ( again i think ET35 ) which you could try against you ...

You beat me to it :roll: :roll: I think andy maybe right with the injection tank though as i thought i had read it had a bigger outlet and combining it with the 2.1inj pump it should be man enough for the job. If and when i do mine this is what i'll use as i have the 1.9wbx inj engine in mine alread...