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You need to wind back the brake shoe adjuster. I think there is an access hole behind. If you shine a light through the access hole, you will see what looks like a small cog. Use a small screwdriver to turn this backwards and it will pull the shoes in enough to remove the drum. There are 2...

Good quality full width rock and roll bed, complete with cushions. It has been stored in my garage for nearly 5 years so will need a good clean up. Rock and roll frame has a bit of surface rust so would benefit from a repaint. Cushions need a good clean but could be used as is or...

Here we have a Devon pop top complete with concertina bellows, seals, lifting struts and the bottom surround. It is in good condition overall but will require a good clean and the white paint is faded so will require a respray if you want it to be mint. The bellows were almost new when I...

Are you definitely on TDC on no 1 cylinder? (no 1 is forward RH). The piston comes to the top of the cylinder twice, once on compression stroke then again on exhaust stroke. It’s possible you could be setting up the dizzy on the exhaust stroke, then all the ignition leads will be out of sync...

Thank you all for your advice, I shall order some 185/14c tyres. Any recommendations on which brand to use?

Yeah I didn’t really get your logic there static? Every resto I have done always starts with making the bodywork/chassis solid before even considering any of the mechanical stuff. No point putting a shiny engine into a rotten body/chassis.

Hi, how does this work? It doesn’t seem to have the fold up cushion piece so how do you climb in when the bed is down?

I’ve just measured mine and it is 32.5 inches wide so should fit your space no problem 👍

Living in Devon and regularly travelling to the North Devon and North Cornwall coast, we see a lot of VW buses. Loads of Bays, T25’s and occasionally splitties. We always wave to anything aircooled and maybe the odd T4 if they wave first.

They also make the same unit with the fridge on the L/H side which would work for RHD vans. If you do go for this, just check how far out your rock and roll bed comes. Mine is the standard Westy bed but I had to take about 10mm off the seat cushion to get it to fit without touching the unit when...

Mine was from Camit designs: https://camitdesign.com/campervan-fridge-pod-023-right-hand/. Really good value. They come in pre cut kit form so you assemble it and paint it yourself. I bought the plywood one, varnished the top and painted it with cuprinol. The 023 unit fits a bay perfectly:

It is, photo of the sunset last night:

Just got to our holiday house in Trevone. The view of Trevone beach out of our window:

Hi guys, Looks like I need x2 new tyres on my early bay. It has standard wide 5 steel wheels which currently have Nankang 205/70/14 tyres. What size tyres do you guys run on your standard steel wheels? My local tyre place can only get budget tyres in this size. Thank you Andy

I’m going to North Cornwall, Padstow area this Saturday for a week in our early bay. We regularly visit this area of Cornwall as we live just up the road in Devon. Where abouts are you staying?