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Sweet, thanks for your help and thoughts chaps!

Think i'll bite the bullet then and drill new holes, should look good though. Thanks mate.

Hi, I'm currently in the process of replacing all the birch ply panels in my westy. I also want to replace the covered tailgate and door cards with birch ply! I have seen that some people have also done this and was wondering what is the best way of fixing them? Are there different clips that...

Ah happy days, cheers fellas!

Hey, What is the best way to fit the curtain behind the wardrobe on a westy? The previous was a piece of material stapled to a board stood up in the window!! Pretty sure thats not the correct way!! Any help would be appreciated!

For information, I measured the depth of the thredded portion on the cylinder head and it matches that of the thredded part of the long reach reach plug! So long reach plugs it is then!

There is a chance it could be mexican, the bus is Californian and its defo a recon engine! Dont suppose I'd know for sure without pulling the engine apart? My thoughts are though,that if it was supposed to have short reach plugs and long were fitted then they would interfere with or even make...

Thats interesting, on the back of that I tried the short reach plugs and it starts and runs the same!! Confused now?

Not sure to be honest, how would I know?

Hey all, Well, I am totally in belief that I have a 1600 engine fitted to my bus but on removing the spark plugs today to renew them, post my first thousand miles of driving, I pulled out four W7CC's (long reach plugs)? The bus has driven fine since i've had it and I have checked the engine...

Cheers for that Froggy, will only be using it sat nav and charger, have tried the sat nav and it didn't blow so must be the lighter was drawing more current! Will keep a box of matches handy incase anyone wants a smoke! Thanks for all the advice!

Will do, cheers dude!

Fair one haha! Mainly gonna use it for sat nav, phone charger etc! Cheers for that pal, What sort of size would you suggest?

I wonder if any one can help me! I recently fitted a 12v Cigarette lighter straight to the spare fuse on the fusebox of my 1970 van! This at the moment has a 8 amp fuse in it. My problem is when i depress the lighter it blows the fuse straight away!! Do I need a bigger fuse or is there a problem...

Hi, Can anyone help me? I am desperately trying to find a sink/cooler unit for my 1970 Cali Westy! I have been trying to get hold of Frank with no joy and Karmann Konnection dont have any at present? If anyone has one they want to sell or know any other ellers that may please contact me with...

Hi, I've been sitting in the background for a while now as I was away for the majority of last year, so here is my 1970 Westy Elvis!! Should hopefully have the old boy back on the road post his MOT on Monday then its preps for a busy summer!!