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Morning All I appreciate this doesn't fit with early bays but I'm wondering if anyone has imported a pre 1960 vehicle as it's confusing me. I've read the forum posts about registering that fit with EB's but when it comes to pre 1960 you technically don't need an MOT. Does this mean I need to do...

Anyone know why the bus wouldn't start this weekend from cold and also once before after a two hour trip. When I jump it from the leisure battery it fires straight up. The main battery is only 12 months old and made by Bosch. It read 12.6v but when I turned the keys the ignition light just...

Firstly, I'm sorry as to many this will be a stupid question. When changing my crank/flywheel oil seal I was using a bar across the block face and a lever on that. I slipped and pushed the crank which went in a few mm. It pushed back again by pushing the bottom pully. Is that OK? Its a rebuilt...

Guys I've just received my clutch kit after seeing a thread in general. The clutch pressure plate that's arrived looks like a later one to me but I'm not sure if I can use it or not? The one on the left is my old one out of my 69 bus. The one on the right is the new one. Both are the pad...

Hi Guys Second question of the day. I've done 1500 miles on my rebuilt engine and the clutch started to slip. I've pulled the engine out today and the bell housing has a lot of oil in it with a large puddle in the bottom. I changed the gearbox shaft seal when I originally put the engine in as...

Hi Guys Just taken my EMPI manifolds off to put a balance pipe on. I think it may run a bit better with one on the 34 ICT carbs. It appears the point where I would tap the manifolds for the barb is directly in front of where the spark plug would be!? Does anyone have any experience of this...

Right, I'm on a mission to sort the motor out! Does anyone know what emulsion tubes to run on a mild 1776 with weber 34 ICT's? They come from Eurocarb with an F78 emulsion, 140 main and 55 idle. I have a feeling that emulsion is wrong leading me to get confused readings when trying to tune...

Hi Guys Just decoded the M code on my bus. It started as an 8 seater microbus when it was shipped to the UK. I always assumed it started life as a Devon conversion as it had a Devon roof on it when I bought it. Would Devon have bought a microbus and converted it or would the M code indicate it...

Morning all Just returned from a 500 mile trip to Cornwall and the engine is lumpy just of idle, hesitates and generally doesn't feel right. It cruised lovely at 55mph and had plenty of power but could still feel it wasn't quite right.. Before I went the engine was driving me round the bend as...

Hi Guys I needed to change my distributer shaft seal so before taking it out I checked the timing. It's a 009 so I marked 7.5btdc and 30deg on the bottom pulley with a template. When I checked it was about 30deg at idle! When I rotate the distributer clockwise to 30deg at 3500rpm it falls to...

Evening all! I've recently bought an original Westfalia Awning, the one that looks like a circus tent, orange, blue roof, red white and blue door with an external frame. Sorry I haven't got a picture yet but I'll try and get one this week. Does anyone know when these were made as I can't find...

Filter £30 + delivery or collection from Worcester Stove Pipe £7 + delivery or collection from Worcester

Evening all. I started the bus today after 3 weeks. It took a few turns of the key as I assume the fuel in the carbs evaporated. What I got when I started it was a ploom of blue smoke when it first fired up but nothing afterwards. Normal??? Thinking back it was two weeks before I started it...

Hi all, I have a khyam drive away awning and want to know the best way to fix it to the van when parked? What are people using? Cheers Mike

Hi all, I see there are a few people talking about rev counters and plans for one to be made that fits the original dash. Does anyone know of one that does fit the spare hole of the dash that's out there already? I saw one in a dash which looked like an old Porsche item but the owner didn't...

I've spent months and thousands replacing my engine with a new one from Laurie Pettitt, blasted and painted the engine bay and painted or replaced every part. You wouldn't believe it now but it looked better than new. I'd also spent months redoing the outside of the van, changed the sliding...

Morning all, can anyone help me out. I've just installed my new 1776. I wanted to keep it reasonably stock looking so planned to keep the pict 3 off my 1600 with an oil bath air filter. Trouble was when I took the old one off it was a brosol 30/31. I bought a second hand but almost new...

Anyone know where this goes or have any pictures to show me. I received it in a box of assorted tinware I bought. More importantly, do I need it on my twin port? Many thanks Mike

As it says really. I'm refitting my twin port new 1776 but by chance I was asked to make sure I don't have a single port fan. I think it might be. If it is, are fan shrouds different? Mine does have a Hoover piece at the back

Where do you put your remote oil cooler? I wasn't going to fit one but I have been over ruled so in one goes. If it goes between the chassis rails thats a good 1.5 meters from the back of the bus and so 3 to 4 meters of pipe! Thats got to be a lot of oil contained in those pipes. Does anyone...