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I take it the engine would be screaming louder with a 4 speed or are the ratios altered to suit?

Yes they are so it wont be screaming.
I have 5 speed 3H with 1Y and its very good but then Aiden did the full works on it for me
You just want a box [4 or 5 speed]with suitable ratios to match your engine that dont jump outa gear!

Ian Hulley wrote:Much thicker and to the stud in the bottom of the battery tray.

looking a bit more closely its looks like 2 brown wires have been cut

scar wrote:

Ian Hulley wrote:Much thicker and to the stud in the bottom of the battery tray.

looking a bit more closely its looks like 2 brown wires have been cut

Two now. Was, and should be, one.

That's the only connection between the leisure battery -ve and the van body. There might still be a tenuous electrical connection, but it's certainly not going to carry any current worthy of the name. Mind you, looking at it, it wasn't exactly a big fat cable anyway! It could carry full alternator current - 90A. That wouldn't, even before it met the sidecutters.

sooo did you buy it??

jason k wrote:sooo did you buy it??

nooooo
flying out mon 7th jan,stopping over in copenhagen for the night,then onto where it is on the tuesday morning
could have gone last weekend but it was too much of a mad dash,as i was working monday
I have also inquired about 2 others slightly dearer but trying to get a reply off the germans is another thing,maybe when you tell them you want to bring it here they don't take you seriously

just going back to the missing power steering
where would i find the pas pump? I know the bracket is still there for the reservoir pot and the cut out through the bodywork is there for the pipes, do the pipes connect up to the rack?

scar wrote:just going back to the missing power steering
where would i find the pas pump? I know the bracket is still there for the reservoir pot and the cut out through the bodywork is there for the pipes, do the pipes connect up to the rack?

The pump is mounted to the engine (obviously) and the rack has to be a power steering rack (again obviously with the pipes from the pump) ... I believe the front uprights are also different BUT I'm not 100% certain on that.

Ian

Power steering models had different hubs.Well the same hubs.But the holes where the track rod ends attach are placed differently.

I think s/h pas set ups rhd go for about £600
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If he's lucky he would have just had the front to back pipes and pump removed. If so, a set of baxters ps pipes are just over £100 from memory? The pump should be pretty cheap, if the rack has been removed (doubt it) then LHD ps racks are a fair bit cheaper than the RHD ones, see them for £300 on eBay

I bought....and then sold a Lhd rack for 150

with the leisure battery missing I asked the seller for a photo of under the bed seat,I was looking for the battery charging unit
I can see the heater is gone
can others please tell me what I have got and what is missing (yes I can see the seat belts) lol

IMG_3144 by scar390, on Flickr

crikey this is looking more like a rolling shell
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metalmick8y wrote:crikey this is looking more like a rolling shell
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Tell me about it
I think I am at the cross roads with this,in 2 minds now to buy or not,yes on the face of it 3000 euro=£2500 is cheap for a westy,but theres alot missing,and I can't see the selling accepting less than 2800 euro=£2336 at todays exchange rate
so Ive got to way up how much the bits that are missing is going to cost me,I have made a rough list and costs but I am not sure how much a new or 2nd hand heater would cost me
5 speed gearbox=£300 2 on ebay at the min but both are codes 8L
pas £100 for pump and £100 for the pipes=£200,thats based on hoping the the rack hasn't been changed
rock and roll bed £200?
leisure battery £60
battery charger (don't know if its missing)
heater?
renew the front and rear bumper back to big ones £250

Still a cheap way to get a California!!
Don't forget you can still use it as it is and fettle it to correct spec over time!!