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  1. trinketpimp

    Carol Nash + £113 for the same thing...

    Hello All, Just had my quote through for another year and has gone from £133 to £236 for the same thing.... is it the same with them all, taking the p-** or just CN?
  2. trinketpimp

    Fuel Pump

    Remember that a van is like Trigger's broom, just because the one you took off is such and such doesn't mean it is correct..... go for an in-line electric fuel pump and cut out the middle man.
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    Halfrauds, one man bleeder kit.

    The Mrs is off camping ( she's my brake pumper) so went and bought one today. Have to say, hats off to it.... it's only a bottle, pipe with a ball bearing in it and a piece of plastic, all for £7: 45 but it did the job tip-top, you need to shave the edge of the plastic retainer to clear the...
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    Starter Issue?

    Back of the solenoid. You'll know when you get the right ones as it'll arc any you'll jump a mile...
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    Starter Issue?

    Get on yor back and with a large screwdriver, bridge the two terminals ( it'll arch and make you jump...) but it shocks the blighter enough sometimes in to remembering what it's job is....
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    Credit where it is due, hub caps

    Peeps, whipped the hub caps off today as need two new boots on the front. Bought a set of stainless steel dome at Busfest 5 years ago off Wolfsburg's classic parts ( disclaimer here as they are friends) but as with everything, you never know how things will last ( made in China and all...
  7. trinketpimp

    907 gas canisters....

    Hello All, after those nice chaps of the caravan living/ lay-by fly tipping kind stole my full gas bottle from the shed ( along with other things) my fault, as being a trusting type, it wasn't locked... I have had to get another bottle to trade in off marketplace for £20... but finding a full...
  8. trinketpimp

    Tracking...

    Hello, does anyone do it themselves, is it do-able and if so, any top tips? Mine has won the tyres on the inside....
  9. trinketpimp

    Fuel tank sender-Vw T2

    Did mine with a large hole saw and made a panel (square) that goes over the top. Given that I have bought 3 sender units it's been a winner.....
  10. trinketpimp

    Stainless steel hub caps

    Wolfsburgh classic parts. Bought a set from them 4+ years ago and still as sweet as the day I put them on. Grease the blighters first on the inner rim as they are as tight as a tight thing on tight Sunday....
  11. trinketpimp

    BUSFEST 2020 - Postponed & rolled over to 2021

    If it's any help 67 panel, I'll be there in my panel van ( trade control area) so there will be two of us amongs the builders vans.... plus all the ones for sale that is....
  12. trinketpimp

    Starter motor issues, fix or bin it..

    Hello all, been down to the bus today to sort it ready for Busfest.... and the blighter won't start, had an issue with it a few times now and can clean up the solenoid connections or twat it with a hammer and it'll join in but not today... it spins when I bridge it with a screwdriver but not...
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    Ply headliner template.

    Hello, there were some knocking about on here a while 3 yrs plus I fear, I just checked my past post but they don't go far enough back... I did have some and sent them to other members ? I got mine from a nice French chap who posts under sylbert29, see if you can track him down on here...
  14. trinketpimp

    insurance

    Carole Nash this end. Agreed value, limited miles, euro-cover and break-down and get it back should I crash and past fixing so I can sell what's left.... about £135..
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    Mechanic Recommendations near Hereford

    That could be Lee at Manflowers.... tuther side of Evesham to Hereford. Top chap, knows his onions and looks after mine.
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    Check for mice..

    Hello All, Whilst talking with a chap the other day (the mice had eaten 3 wires on his Kabota) I remembered to scope the van, as last year, the blighters had eaten a blanket and built a house behind the passenger's seat... this time it's just the engine seal so I have left...
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    White knuckle driving

    Had a Devon in a past life and I will say that it is worth keeping the pop-top clips in good order as when the blighter goes up on it's own, there is no tyre in the world that will keep you on your own side of the road....
  18. trinketpimp

    Need help with 71 accelerator pedal linkage

    Another vote for butty's 👍
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    Which welder to buy...

    Hello All, I am going to make a start on my 65 bug and decided to do it myself as I can't find someone to do it for peanuts.... So, I am looking to spend a couple of hundred quid on a gasless mig. Does anyone have enough knowledge on this subject to recommend which one to go for please.
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    Door Cards - Vapour Barrier Seal

    Double-sided glazing tape....
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