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I'll see what happens tomorrow when the auction ends and if no luck i'll give it a go. Cheers.

If you get 10 mins have a look on good old ebay. Finishes at 6pm wednesday 17th Nov. Must sell. Item number 320614046699

WAHOO Sucess at last. Had a dodgy spark plug coupled with a dodgy lead. (both were quality Brand New Bosch items!!) I had reset the valve clearences before running the motor so soon as it had run everything settled down a bit therefore tappets needed adjustment again. New ignition barrel fitted...

I should have done but i didnt reseat them. Cant even turn the key in the ignition now. I love these old vws!

Its constant from startup on the power. re hung the exhaust 3 weeks ago when engine went back in with a good quality fitting kit. No leaks. Ran lovely for about an hour but not properly since.

Also tried a brand new Bosch Blue and still the same. Im really hoping it hasnt got a kippered valve or seat. Really dont want to pull the engine out again.

Hi there. I have a problem thats driving me mental. I have recently rebuilt the engine in my van and fitted a 1641cc bore kit. The week before i rebuilt the motor i had a missfire start (its only ever missfired when the points have worn out). Its still the same after. Its running twin...

I had the same problem with my kit. With a little perseverance and some brute force and determination it pushed down far enough in the end. (Hope i never have to remove it!). On initial start up it ran like a sack of poo but once the timing had been adjusted and a few minor adjustments its much...

Every now and again mine starts to backfire pretty bad - last time was a combination of a bolt loosening on my merged header and my points were pitted pretty bad and out of adjustment.

Yeah fingers crossed!!! Only got 5 months til its due for remewal and i want it sorted by then which at this rate is unlikely

I'll be there in my '71 Was a great chilled out day last year and the weather looks good for tomorrow (apparently) Lets hope my exhaust stays on

No mate- was Sainsburys But yeah same principle - what really bugs me is that one of the witnesses was a good friend of mine.I'm sure if somebody was theiving they'd soon be giving statements etc...

Well i would have thought so but apparently thats company policy. Bloody political correctness whats the world coming to

No its all being disputed and my insurance co are being absolutely hopeless! Over three months on and i cant get the repairs underway - even though i'm fully comp! These buggers are all to keen to take our money but when it comes to parting with some theyre a bit more hesitant. She admitted...

Hi everybody just thought i'd tell you about a little incident which happened to me a little while ago. Just as i was preparing for my road trip around Scotlant back in june (which may i add was fantastic) i was trying to fill up with LRP (as you do) but the damn pump wouldn't work. When the...

Reason its taken so long is i've only just found this forum to have my moan on. Its also taken this long to work through the faults and rebuild the various bits and pieces to assess the extent of what was needed in the first place and i've done most of it myself. The mot side of things - i'm no...

Cheers for the advice i'll get onto that in the week. Thing is i've had the vehicle nearly a year now and it'll get questions being asked why i've done nothing sooner. I have done the bulk of the work now at great cost to myself (were talking about £1500) for the would be Mot failures alone...

Hi Everybody just wondering if any of you have dealt with CoolCampers.co.uk? I bought my 71 westy from there after having a good run with my previous '77 westy. However i seem to have been stung pretty badly this time. I bought the van with a years MOT and a years tax (free but thats not the...

Im running a 1600 single port in my 71 cal import westy, its got twin Dell'Orto FRD 34B carbs, Empi inlet manifolds for webers modified to accept them all done by myself for £150, the linkage was a pain in the back side and needs occasional adjustment but it pulls quite well now it just runs...

Cheers everybody I went down to VW Heritage today got a shiny new alternator, top pulley, woodruff key and belt boshed it all in there, lined the pulleys up and hey presto jobs a good 'un also adjusted the throttle cable with an inch of slack and my twin carb linkage so they both open up at the...