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Hi folks, Following on from a recent post of mine on here regarding leaking rocker cover gaskets, I was made aware of the poor quality materials being used by most of the major parts suppliers. I have been on the lookout for an alternative, and stumbled across ‘shirley9293’ on EBay, who seems...

Not much more to say from the title, I’m on the quest to find why I keep getting rocker cover leaks, and I’ve exhausted all possibilities I can think of, other than the aftermarket cheapo covers being of a poor quality pressing. Let me know what you’ve got, ideally close to Worcester / Cardiff...

Anyone going this year and anyone displaying? We’ve got tickets for Thursday onwards, but not sure what interest there will be for an ‘Early Bay’ line up on the Saturday. Certainly from the camping side of things, we’ll be aiming for the SSVC / VIP area again, as the club camping pitches /...

Hi folks, I’m toying with the idea of buying a windscreen cover to use when camping, as it is a faff to draw our internal curtains and have to use a variety of magnets to avoid massive gaps 😂 I’ve taken a look at a few places selling them, but it’s not clear if different manufacturers are...

Hi all, hope most of you have had an enjoyable 4 days off! Whilst most of my time has been taken on repairing the daily, I’ve turned to doing a quick refurb on my cooling flaps whilst the rest of the tin is away for powder coating. I’ve stripped them down, and the ‘exploded’ parts are in the...

I’m after an original sled tin (the shorter, thermostat side). I’ve had one blasted but underneath the crud it is looking a bit worse for wear.

Hi folks, I’m looking to remove the Vintage Speed exhaust from our bus and replace it with a standard system; obviously this will mean changing the J tubes as well. Long story short, but our dog suffers with journeys in the camper, and I think it is down to the noise. So I’m looking for the...

Hi folks, I believe I’ve got an issue with a weepy core plug, the one that is next to the distributor. Every time I’ve checked it, there is a pool of oil inside it, and as it is raised up from the block, I can’t see any way that oil could get into it, other than from below! How are these...

Evening folks, I’ve (yet again) got our engine out to cure an oil cooler seal leak, that has manifested itself recently by spraying a reasonable amount of oil around the engine bay during the hot weather. The lower two seals were weeping when we bought the bus, and I subsequently changed them a...

Satisfy my curiosity please, do original (rear) drums have any marking on them to state VW / part number etc? The reason for my curiosity is because the above (which is incorrect for our 68 bus anyway) has just stripped one of the wheel bolt holes. I’m certainly no he-man and I wasn’t using a...

Hi folks, it has always struck me that the standard single-strand accelerator cables are a bit of a crap design; they kink easily and are more prone to snapping without warning than a traditional multi-strand cable found on pedal bikes etc. I’m sure I’ve read on here that people have sourced a...

This is really something that shouldn’t bug me... but OCD clearly not helping! For some years I’ve used one of those refillable jugs with a corrugated spout to fill the engine with oil and for carrying around if top-ups are required. And for some years it has really annoyed me that it weeps oil...

Hi folks, I’d normally have a crack at playing around with this, but currently I am waiting for some parts, and the next journey I make with the van will probably be setting off on a short holiday. So I recently purchased one of the aftermarket oil filler / breather things to replace the billet...

A bit of a rant from me, and hopefully will avoid others having the same frustration. I recently purchased an off-the-shelf hard line to pipe the fuel hose through the front engine tinware, as I’d previously been using a small barb, which wasn’t really ideal. What I received differed somewhat to...

Question to you folks running ICT carbs (and maybe others depending on the fuel pipe position). Whilst I was poking around my engine bay this weekend, I noticed that some of my fuel lines were perishing on the outside - a common problem it seems if the bends have been made too tight. I won’t...

Some time ago, I purchased a couple of belts from one of the usual suspects to suit the alternator fitted to our van. When I went to fit one, I was surprised to find that it was so long that I could actually loop it over both pulleys whilst they were all bolted up. At the time, I didn’t do too...

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Hi folks, I’m shortly going to be getting a set of steel wheels powder coated white and am going round in circles in the internet trying to get a good RAL match for L581 Cloud White. Ideally, I want to get as close to this as possible. I’ve found a few shades which look like they might be a...

Hi folks, Myself and the Mrs are planning our first European trip for this summer and thought we’d tie it in with Le Bug show at Spa race circuit. Never been before, so looking forward to something a bit different. Are any folks from here going, or thinking about taking the plunge? Would be...

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