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One can also experience petrol in the engine oil, if carburettor icing and/or inlet-manifold icing is occurring. This was something that I experienced with the Minnow Fish carburettor equipped, 1973 VW 1600 Type 2 during the winters of 1987/88 & 1990/91. At the time, I was using Mobil 1, SAE...

You obviously haven't driven on dusty roads like I have in the past, whereon visibility was negligible and one suffered coughing fits if one didn't close the windows and vents. Under those conditions, you might have been lucky if your engine had lasted 10 days yet alone 10 years. As you...

Did you use existing factory-standard holes in the longitudinal chassis members to mount the remote-acting servo and passage of the Kunifer-10 brake tubing. It's generally preferable to avoid having any holes at all, as these create stress concentrations which reduce the chassis's strength and...

I might also be missing something, but the hydraulic circuit illustrated above, looks decidedly WEIRD! Is there a particular reason, why the front & rear hydraulic circuits are NOT connected directly to the front & rear hydraulic portions of the dual-circuit master cylinder? Is there a...

How often do you need to overhaul & rebuild the engine owing to ingested dust!?! Until VW of Australia offered the option of two-stage air filters (probably including a cyclone pre-cleaner) for the VW Type 2 engines, they had numerous claims under warranty for engine rebuilds.

Filter oil for K & N cotton-gauze air filters, has been around for "donkey's years". I first came across it sometime during the early-1980s.

£147 per wheel seems like an astronomical sum of money to me! I paid just £80 (£20 per wheel) plus shipping for FOUR Mercedes C-Class, 7 x 16 inch alloy wheels, with 112 mm PCD & 37 mm offset, whose specifications are probably much better suited to a 1971~79 VW Type 2. Having a 20 mm offset on...

In the past, I undertook some on-line research regarding the specifications of Mercedes Vito wheels. So far as I could determine, the wheel-offsets were all MUCH larger than 39 mm (typically in the 52~60 mm range), which I deduced would be unsuitable for my 1973 VW "1600" Type 2...

In April 1980, I saw a 1976~79 VW 2000 Type 2 Jurgens Autovilla, Luton-bodied motor-caravan, on the campsite at Richard's Bai, South Africa. They are quite roomy inside, but the greater aerodynamic drag, would probably reduce the maximum attainable speed, with the 70 horsepower, 2.0 litre, VW...

The Load Index of 102 and the corresponding "maximum" load rating of 850 kg, corresponds to a specified inflation pressure for that tyre. For example, if the specified pressure for this tyre were 60 psi and you inflated the tyre to 30 psi, as recommended for a VW Type 2's front radial-ply tyres...

In a word, NO! That's just me donning my official regulator's / consultant's / headmaster's hats! I am simply giving you information & advice FREE OF CHARGE, that would otherwise cost you in excess of £100 per hour. If you're not already fully cognisant of the potential consequences of the...

A fully-laden VW Type 2 Kombi weighs in at 2•3 tonnes with a 1•0 tonne rating at the front and 1•3 tonnes rating at the rear, as a static load. Under braking or cornering, there can be significant weight transfer on the front tyres, so they need to have a load rating well in excess of 500 kg...

I suspect that O'Connor's probably copied the elevating-roof gas strut fitment idea from me, after I undertook a DIY upgrade in the mid-1990s on my family's 1973 Westfalia Continental using second-hand Volvo 300-Series rear-hatch gas struts (one with integral courtesy-light switch), which I...

Just to be absolutely clear and unambiguous, are you referring to the "T3 hatch from my parts car" as being from a VW 1500/1600 Type 3 saloon, fastback or variant (mistakenly referred to by some people as a T3 - in German it means Mk.3) or a third-generation, 1980~92 VW Transporter T3?

It distresses me to learn of people who put themselves, others or their vehicles at risk through lack of appropriate knowledge; one of the penalties of being a long-term educator. When the engine isn't running, current only flows in the primary coil if the contact-breaker points are closed, but...

According to my calculations, your front 185/65 R14 tyres [298•0 mm external radius] and rear 185/80 R14C tyres [325•8 mm external radius] differ in external radius by an astronomical 27•8 mm (i.e. 1•1 inches) or 8•5%. Because the 185/65 R14 tyres on your front wheels are of VERY MUCH smaller...

To the best of my knowledge, the 1968~79 VW 1600 Type 2 & 1972~73 VW 1700 Type 2 transaxles, already have a 0•82 ratio 4th gear, whilst the 1974~75 VW 1800 Type 2 & 1976~79 VW 2000 Type 2 transaxles, have a 0•89 ratio 4th gear, which is closer to 3rd gear. However, the 1974~75 VW 1800 Type 2 &...

The Javelin 9044 multi-band (FM-VHF, SHORT, medium & long wave) mono radio installed in my family's 1973 VW Type 2 in August 1975, was solely held in place by the facia-plate and the large nuts on the volume & frequency control spindle's threaded sleeves...

I did wonder whether or not Volksheaven still existed, but it seemed worthwhile to include the link just in case. Type 3 Detectives might be another lead worth pursuing: https://type2detectives.com/collections/t3

I recall that one of my past VW Type 2 related pen pals in the USA, installed a VW Type 3 hatch in his vehicle, when he substituted a Toyota, in-line water-cooled engine.