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Peterolhead, interested in seeing your Westy...if its still around...am in Horsham let me know: [email protected]

Bob, can you send me some too: [email protected] just down the road in Horsham.

So I fitted a Smartcom relay between my batteries according to the instructions, I fitted a voltmeter to the leisure battery too just to see how much voltage was in that battery when running stuff in the van. BUT the Smartcom never seemed to switch over to charging the leisure battery, so I...

I am down in Horsham, so Croydon is only 40 mins away, worth a trip though......fuel filler it is then. Thanks.

So am planning my winter work already.....and can see rust on the panels will be the flavour of the day and need to get it sorted, lots of little patches here and there. My Bay though is not standard VW paint and I can't afford a total respray but need to touch up the areas that I will work...

Yep thats where it seems to be coming from....so its all good. Thanks for your wisdom.

Yep, hoses still connected. So capped off the fan housing connection etc.... ...still got loads of hot air blowing around under the engine?! Any ideas?

Just checked, yep just got J tubes. The 'hot air' blowing is actually from the bottom of the other connectors on the round thingy at the top of the back box which would normally connect to the heat exchangers if I had any! Should it be blowing as hard as the exhaust itself? Thanks.

I would say I am running NO J tubes or Heat Exchangers! Neither are visible!! That doesn't sound right?!

I was under the engine, with it running and noticed lots of 'hot air' blowing from the heat exchanger connectors on the exhaust silencer itself, is this normal? Yes, I realise I have not got heat exchangers on my van! I always thought though the air was only heated by the exhaust not propelled...

So its a 009 Dissy, 34 Pict 3 Carb. An AD coded engine. From what I can see the two vacuum ports are sealed on the carb with small tubes and screws on the ends. The tinware is in place except one hole where the oil bath filter overflow pipe would have gone (previous guy has put a pancake on)...

Yeah, I still think she's hot. I can't hold the dipstick.....and there is that 'hot' smell too. Having done all the other checks...theres nothing obstructing the fan and all tinware in place. Maybe she's running lean as someone said...so maybe thats my next thought process...to the carb? What...

Thank you all for your advice...it turned out to be a split bellow between the manifold and carb! Once changed and retimed the engine, she runs ok now. ok, being less acceleration as the timing was so advanced...all good for now, of cruising now. Just the temp to think about! Thanks again for...

'New' engine = recon from Remtec, standard twin port. Tappets yep = half turn anticlockwise once found number 1 cyl firing position. Trying to get the revs was more fun running back and forward, once putting a stick on the throttle! Any more words of wisdon...., please?