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The Volksbolts hose is made in Denmark by Codan Rubber- the best you can get. Volksbolts hose clips are the Swedish stainless ABA clips - again, the best. The machine7 stuff is unbranded generic hose so could be from anywhere. Same as the clips. Very much thr budget version. I was in there the...

The numbers are pretty much the production serial. The letters are the primary designation of origin.

Jake Raby over in the USA has (allegedly) proven the crapness of the Porsche cooling on a Beetle / Type4 motor. Porsche cooling is designed for Porsche 6 cylinders, after all. Some people seem to like the look.! :) Type1 (Beetle) cooling does work on a Type4 rally well : once installed. If...

Bad cranking can also be caused by a poor Earth. The engine Earths via the gearbox to the body via a strap. I looked at one Late Bay once and it was Earthing the engine out up the (metal) throttle cable.!! It's well worth doubling up on Earth straps I find. As a precaution. Easy Start is...

If there's a spark jumping from the coil to the tin then this may be indicative of the HT leads being damaged/corroded/worn. It may well be worth chucking a new set on them. If the van has been standing for a while then a squirt of Easy-Start down the air-cleaner may give it enoug of a kick up...

A goiod exhaustive list of engine codes : http://www.volksbolts.com/faq/eng-codes.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; CU is a 2.0l engine from a T25 Vanagaon. Sounds like they have exchanged engines but not updated the V5...naughty.!!

CSP sell fibre-glass 'top-tins' for a type 1 fan-shroud conversion...about £300 and includes the pedesatal adaptor for the generator. Of google 'Joe Cali' type 4 engine conversion : he produces a small book detailing all of the adaptions you have to make to fit the type4 in place of a type...

It's not listed on the guide below : which is one of the most exhaustive ones I know of.. http://www.volksbolts.com/faq/eng-codes.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; so chances are it's an after-market engine reconditioners code.

Looks like the bearing was improperly aligned when it was fitted and its crushed the white-metal / distorted the bearing. how sloppy a fit is the dowl-pin into the crank case.?

Hi guys, Have literally only just Googled my way to this thread. :) We have, as per Early 2012, revised out Bay Window Van kits to include 30+ extra parts to cover production variations in build standard that we keep finding, The Bay Van is one of the more complicated air-cooled VWs. As per...

Hello Johnny, Hello Everbody..! We now have a technical guide on fuel hose and fuel hose clip selection on our web-site.....hopefully you can use it to make more informed choices as to what you buy for your vans in this critical area. (Hope you don't mind us hyperlinking over..)...

Some spammer in Oz clipped our sales@ email addres into his 'reply to' option box and spammed half of Oz. Ous ISP is sending out 'bouncing' messages to de-volumise the problem : thats what they told me anyway. Hopefully the Spammers should think its an obsolete address and cease using it...

Darren just pointed me to this thread.....thanks Darren After looking into fuel line grades and specifications last years I can advise people to use the following : For 6mm and 8mm Inner Diameter hose - use A1 Marine Hose. For stock 5.5mm Inner Diameter use SAE J30 R7 or R9 grade hosing...

Darren just pointed me to this thread.....thanks Darren After looking into fuel line grades and specifications last years I can advise people to use the following : For 6mm and 8mm Inner Diameter hose - use A1 Marine Hose. For stock 5.5mm Inner Diameter use SAE J30 R7 or R9 grade hosing...

The last 1700 I had had M8 studs (both ends). Chances are yours were M8 too but the Aluminium has stripped in the head. Helicoiling is a good option - or if there is eough meat lef in the stud-holes threads tap out to M9. My 1800 heads have M9 into the head and M8 for the nut to hold the...

I must admit, there is a lot being spouted about fuel-line and clips on internet forums at the moment.....heres a quick 101 on what you need to know... The R9 grade of fuel line has only 20% of the permiativity to alcohols/ethanols of R7 grade - its designed to be compatible with modern fuels...

Machine7 sell conversion kits. Alternators provide the battery with charge even at idle. Dyna-mos do not. When you are winter driving with the lights, heating, wipers all on you will need as much battery charge as you can get otherwise you can slowly run the battery flat......done it myself a...

Looks like the fuel pump to the carburettor has been 'hard-lined' : which is a good idea. Proper plumbing BSP type connections are a lot more reliable than hose clips and friction seals. Make sure the fuel hose supplied with the kit is 5.5mm bore and of a R7 or preferably an R9 SAE designation...

The wife and myself were nearly killed by a bodge merchant who sold us our Rover P4. He crammed the brake master cylinder (single circuit) full of grease to stop it leaking. One day no brakes..!! :shock: Luckily the hand braked pulled us up : all 2.1/2 tonnes of it.! Only 30 miles previous...

We are clearing some pre-built 'full' stainless kits out that are surplus to our show stock from this year. Theres an EArly Bay kit on ebay now ending tonight.. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380067181711" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; We have a couple of...