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Thanks kevtherev, Before I saw your reply I changed the timing from the 4degrees I had, which when I checked was more like 3, to 5 degrees, and it ran much better. 50mph and pulling up the same hill I am usually down to 40. I will try aligning the notch to the casting and see what that does. It coul...

Not dislodged the dizzy cap, or cracked it. It is possibly the weakest thing in the area when wielding spanners around the pulley.

Hi Guys, thanks for the good advice. Sorry about not being clear of front and rear with the diaphrams. The expalnation was good thank you. The van and engine has only done 49k miles. I don't know where the fuel pipe came from, my dad had the van from new and must have changed it somewhere along the ...

Hi Guys, I am still having a few problems with my 1.9DG Story so far, I have replaced the coil, leads, cap, rotor, vac advance,and the fuel filter, filter in the spiggot is clean. Carb has been cleaned out. I didn't know what to set the timing to but found 12 degrees before (set with the advance dis...

Yes it is a Bosch alternator, and that is physically the right regulator. I'll do that as well. Thank you.

Thanks Ian, Thats a great help.
I'll swap the filter anyway, its been there years, and I'll check the carb filter, I guess the bush in the bell housing can be accessed and removed with the engine and box in situ. If its cheap I'll just do it anyway.

Hi guys, I am new to the forum, but not new to VW's I have a mk4 golf and bought my son and daughter mk4 golfs as well My dad has had VW vans for 40 yrs and wouldnt have anything else. I have now inheritted his van, a 1984 1.9 DG panel van with 48k miles only. He only used it for camping in. Since h...