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Hi all, we have a 3 month old baby and went camping for the first time with her a couple of weeks ago. She did great but we soon realised that she will need somewhere to sleep when she outgrows her bassinet. The cab bunks which go over the front seats seem the obvious solution and our van...

I am after a twin port manifold (all three sections) for a 34 PICT 3 carb, and a "stovepipe" which is used for engine preheat. I am also after a thermostat, bracket, and pushrod. Thanks! Luke :-)

Hi all, I am after recommendations for good quality cab door seals. I purchased some a few years ago on the understanding that they were good quality ones (I payed the price if good quality ones) but unfortunately they have never fit properly, the rubber is too hard and the doors barely close. I...

Hi all, i am planning on fitting coilovers on the front of my 72 (crossover) bay in the hope that it will improve the handling over my current cut-and-turned spine shattering ride and basically i am after some advice. A friend of mine has a business building shocks and can sort me out with the...

Hi all, my steering is bloody aweful so ive decided that its about time i sorted it out, im going to try and recondition it myself but i was wondering of any of the parts are available for it (worm gear, bushes, seals etc) or am i going to have to make these myself? Has anybody on here attempted...

Hi all, In April me, the missus and a some friends are heading over to France for 2 weeks and i was looking for some advice as im sure many of you have made the trip in your buses before. Its slightly daunting as not only is this the first time we have taken the camper this far, but its also the...

I was wondering if anybody knows where i can obtain a breather elbow for my tank,ive been searching all day with no luck so far, if they are not available any more has anyone managed to work around this ?

I have a small problem with my moonraker that i was hoping some one cold help me with. When i took the interior out for the resto i did not make a note of how it went back togeather, now ive forgotten... The problem i am having is locating the waste pipe coming from the sink, there is an outlet...

Hello all, i have a little problem with my rear wheels and i was wondering if anyone on here had experienced anything like it, perhaps its normal? I have started to here a rubbing noise when turning corners which i have identifyed as the drums rubbing on the backing plates. I have had the wheels...

I have been grinding the valves in on some heads i have and all was going well till the very last valve. I have put up a picture for someone who knows more than me to look at, one is the inlet, one is the exhaust, as you can see the exhaust valve has a far bigger contact area with the seat, is...

The accelerator linkage on my crossover is dead worn/rusty which means that i can get nowhere near full throttle, ive tried replacing the pivot under the pedal but this has done very little. It is my understanding that late bays had a much simpler system with less to go wrong, so i was wondering...

I need a new exhaust for my van because my monza 4 tip is just aweful. I was thinking of getting a phatboy (or mondo, are they the same?) muffler, both for gas flow and awesome looks, but i was wondering...is my van too low for it? i mean, they look pretty huge, is anyone with low vans running...

When i first start my van up (everything cold), drop the van into neutral and lift the clutch my engine revs drop lower (or in very cold stalls!) and the van slowly creeps forward. Not alot, its fine if the handbrake is on, but enough to make it crash into the workbench in the garage when im not...

A few years ago i purchaced a very smokey engine, so i put some 1641 barrels and pistons on it and my old heads which i knew worked, but i noticed something odd... The possibly smokey heads had much bigger valves, they say 040 on them, what does that mean? They have been looking at me in the...

Does anybody know how to find the history of a van? I would love to know where it was first regisitered, first owner, all the places it has lived over the years, and i would love to track down the recent previous owners and find some old photos of it, what do you think, would this be possible...

Hi all, Last year due to the recession my dad lost his job and has been unable to find work since, in his new found spare time he has started painting pictures. This has led to the idea that i would be cool to paint custom pictures of peoples VWs from photographs, prehaps at shows, or over the...

I have discovered a problem with my van on its maiden voyage after being welded/painted, the n/s battery tray isnt attached on 3 sides! When the chap welded the van he put on new rear corners but he didnt attach the battery trays to them (i think they are welded to each other?) the problem is...

I have a deluxe bay with a clock in the dash, it does work but runs very slow. Has anybody else had this problem and know how to fix it? Its only a minor niggle but i would like it to keep the correct time :) Oh, and while im at it, the bulb has fallen out of the back and is dangling on a wire...

Ive just brought some beauty rings for my wheels and intend to fit them but there are balancing weights clipped on the rims, i know that you can get them put on the inside (glue on ones?) but i wouldnt mind fitting them before before i take to van on holiday so my question is, can i just remove...

Im after a devon cooker, i have the rest of the cooker unit including the fold out hood but at some time the cooker has been replaced by a much older one made by a company called "b and b of leamington spa. Does anyone have one knocking about? It has to be in working order as its going to see...