I know, they were very friendly and helpful. When they said they could get my heating working for £60 instead of £500 for a whole new install i thought brilliant. Ill have to leave the van till after christmas now. I got allot of overtime at work now to try and pay off some of huge overdraft (van bills) and two small children to buy presents for. Oh and MOT due on the van Nov... Hope the misses is not expecting anything for christmasghost123uk wrote:
And there was you extolling the virtues of Volkstop on your "Elite" engine thread.
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Its critical with these things that you get a full understand of what you will have done...and more importantly want wont be done for the money.
That way you can manage expectations.
That way you can manage expectations.
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Re: Heating the van, ideas needed!
He said he could get my heating permanently on and there would be constant hot air in the cab. Im not sure how you can get confused about that. Seems pretty clear to me. Only cold air, job has not been done properly!! I think thats a pretty reasonable summary of the situation.keith wrote:Its critical with these things that you get a full understand of what you will have done...and more importantly want wont be done for the money.
That way you can manage expectations.
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Re: Heating the van, ideas needed!
Tobyt25 wrote:I give up with this van, i think its beaten me and my bank balence.
It's not "this van". It's attempting to run _any_ older vehicle in a hands-clean way. There's really only two rational choices - get your hands dirty, or drive a modern dullbarge.
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Tobyt25 wrote:He said he could get my heating permanently on and there would be constant hot air in the cab. Im not sure how you can get confused about that. Seems pretty clear to me. Only cold air, job has not been done properly!! I think thats a pretty reasonable summary of the situation.keith wrote:Its critical with these things that you get a full understand of what you will have done...and more importantly want wont be done for the money.
That way you can manage expectations.
Agreed. Take it back and get it done to your satisfaction. Failing that....get the money you paid back.
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proof is there in Black and White. Ill try and take it back.
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I would.... My money is hard earned...i don't mind paying for anything but i absolutely cant stand wasting it or giving it to someone who doesn't do what they say.
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Excuse my air cooled ignorance.....how does a fuel pump leak oil.
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I'm not sure, but i think its bolted onto the engine via a gasket.keith wrote:Excuse my air cooled ignorance.....how does a fuel pump leak oil.
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yes... and on Aircooled engines a notorious one, it even leaks the other way and lets petrol into the oil
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Gotcha....so if they rebuilt the engine they must surely be responsible for the gasket to pump...why would you need a new pump rather than gasket .?
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Re: Heating the van, ideas needed!
If you're not wild camping, then just pay a couple of quid extra for a hookup and get yourself one of these:
http://www.dimplex.co.uk/products/domes ... /index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We were in Scotland at easter and this worked just fine for us with young kids - nothing quite like waking up in the morning to find that it'd snowed overnight.
http://www.dimplex.co.uk/products/domes ... /index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We were in Scotland at easter and this worked just fine for us with young kids - nothing quite like waking up in the morning to find that it'd snowed overnight.
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