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Sold mefros a couple of years ago sorry

no drain plug on T25 auto box remove sump to drain and replace filter then fill through dipstick tube. both very easy Gasket and filter available from Brickwerks (you can clean the filter with spray brake cleaner but rubber sump gasket needs replacing every time. also make sure sump is not distorted...

i would think the spring in the AFM is probably lost most of its tension by now.

which i think will mean the flap is far too easily moved by airflow which will mess up the idle mixture.

Hi Joseph mine has the large steel suroof. the leaking is usually because drain tubes are blocked front drain tubes exit at bottom of "B" posts rear drain tubes are inside the top of the rear vents. DON't use an airline to clear the tubes (don't ask me how i know)  :( use an old speedo cab...

you might find the data if you can find the wheel part number and search the TUV data.

Thats what i did with my Merc wheels

PS youll never get the front grease cap short enough on those without using at least 18mm spacers

Hi Rich

no power steering as its only heavier at 0 mph

not noticed any tramlining either

im at about syncro height using springs from Westfalia equipped 2wd

drives lovely

only issue is it gets very dirty as tyres are so wide
Rick

looks like a crimped casing which means the only way in is to destroy it. 

oh dear, probably a dying lifter then :( might be worth looking at the end of the rocker screws but you probably already did that. on my wbx i had a pushrod that wasn't letting the oil go through it but not sure if Aircooled have oil flowing through the pushrods like the wbx. i might be wrong but it...

low oil level.
due an oil change.
wrong grade of oil.
not been run out on road for a while.

could be the above or possibly just that follower is damaged
Rick

I have a set of 4 Michelin Agilis Green X 195/70 R15 C 104/102 load rated A wet Grip. 1.4% taller than the 185/14 stockers so no huge increase in diameter and made speedo less optimistic than standard. did just over 1000 miles when i changed to A/T tyres. Make me a sensible offer but collection from...

have a weighbridge at work

might have a go and see what mine weighs.

trouble is its for weighing axles so do i add one to the other to get total ?
or does it not work like that 
Rick

My g13 was so expensive i drain into half a 20 litre container chopped vertically i then pass the mixture through a coffee filter when i have finished whatever work i needed to drain it for. before refilling the system. coolant is still shocking pink so i think its ok and only about a year old. too ...

yep that is a good point 

Ok i thought it was the pink only.

thats what the VW manual and the Bentley manual state.

Sorry im not a JK fan.
Rick

ok mate just just be aware JK are not using what VW say is the correct Antifreeze.

Feel free to follow their advice.

Im out of this thread now.
Rick