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Thanks for the tip, I will look out for a decent socket once I measure the the nut size.

Just been in the van and it is dripping because it is cold, damp and foggy outside. I have poured a whole tub of table salt in a washing up bowl and put that in the van so will report back in a few days to see how it goes.

Thank you, I will check the size of the nuts and get the 18" bar as I am a bit of a wimp!! I think when I do them up, I will take them to the tyre shop and have them tighten them up. Plan is to take the wheels of, service the brake system, respray the steel wheels and put new tyres on. Oh...

Going to give the salt a go, sounds like a good idea, thanks

My dashboaed is discoloured and want to bring the colour back. What has people used to smarten up the look of their black dash?

I don't have any tools to remove the wheels so can someone let me know what I need for a 1971. I assume a breaker bar but what size, what size are the nuts etc. Many thanks for any help.

I have finally fixed the problem so am updating this thread just in case anyone comes across this problem. The light no going out was caused by a bad connection from the condenser on the negative side of the coil. I cleaned that up and replaced the condenser. All is now working. One other...

Thank you for the link, I will try this at the weekend and see if I can narrow down the problem.

thejinx, thanks for this, that's how I normally do my timing. My issue is the light never goes out regardless how far I turn the distributor.

Bobster, forgot to say, I connected it to the same connector the condenser wire has always been connected to. I wonder if the points are touching on the casing of the distributor. I checked this but maybe I need to strip it down again to double check. I don't understand why it was OK and now...

I think the key to keeping these busses dry most of the time is use it more which is something I need to do just as soon as I can sort out the timing problem I have. Spent all morning out in the cold trying to get to the bottom of it and still no further so it looks like it is going to be damp...

Yes the connector at the far back closest to the fan housing

OK thanks thanks. I can't seem to make the light go out so I have no way of setting my timing.

I might try a bit of both as suggested in the first post, if it is going to rain for days, put the cover on, if not take it off and get some air to it. I will run it a bit more, just as soon as I can get it running (see my other post)!

Just changed the condenser and points and set the point .4 but still have the same problem. Any ideas?

Thanks, I will check this next once the frost has defrosted on the cover so it is not sticking to the van preventing me getting to the engine bay!!!

How do people cope with the condensation in their buses this time of year. I have mine under a cover and on dry days open everything up and run the engine for a bit but because it has been so cold and damp for so long, this is no longer doing much good. Went into the van yesterday and the room...

Did you get an answer why the light never went out? This may help others with this problem - http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=73145&p=585406#p585406

Van will not run, fires and then quickly dies. Checked the timing using the method below with the light bulb in the screwdriver and the light stays on all the time regardless where tdc is on the pulley. I can keep turning but the light never goes off. Could this be points...

montypsx, Buss69, many thanks for he info. I will be checking all connectors this weekend now!