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I am left with a small pile of parts from my now sold 1971 Westy.... Most of an engine (no heads, case or flywheel, but just about everything else) 1971 Brake calipers (unrestored) Oil cooler Door mirror, little bits of tinware, fresh air vent pipe Assorted gaskets and stuff I have PMed a few...

More things for the list, all collect from Ipswich or add postage charge... Early front calipers (1971 early disks) - one seized - need full refurbishment. What do you think? £50? Cheers Nick

Update... some bits gone, more left. Offers welcome! So the bus has gone, and I gave the new owner some essentials. But he didn't want this stuff so all must go. So open to offers. All for a 1971 Early Bay, Westfalia with 1600TP. All prices are for collection from Ipswich but I can quote...

Just warning so that you aware... So I have left the world of early bay ownership and my van has a proud new owner in Ireland. So I went to cancel my Carole Nash insurance this morning. "That will be £25 please". There is no refund on a policy over 4 months old (this is 8 months old) so they...

Folks, Well with the kids now growing up and moving on, I have decided to part with the bus to fund my dream since childhood of owning a Morgan. The irony is that I have spent a several years getting the bus to the stage that it is comfortable, reliable and smooth to drive - but then that's...

My partner has bought a house in France, and it would be great to take the van there and keep it there during the summer - say driving down late May, and bringing it back in September. It will be kept tucked up in a barn whilst there. However, my current insurer says no - there's a limit of 30...

So, getting some petrol weep on my carb, and always had the hot running issue, in spite of rejetting several times - so I am thinking new carb. So you can buy a refurbed carb for around £170, or one from Machine 7 for £275. Having refurbed my own, I'm not convinced that a cheaper refurb is much...

Hi Does anyone have a Mr Torque or Torquemeister that they no longer need and would be willing to part with? My rear wheel bearings seem to be getting worse so I'd like to take a look. But I don't fancy shelling out over £100 for a new Mr Torque (US prices are so much less - but by the time...

Folks, Just redid my back brakes this weekend. But... there is play in one of the rear wheel bearings. It does not rock though - no perceptible movement when rocking. But it does move in an out. Enough to feel, not enough to see. And enough that, now I have painted the backing plates...

Just replaced all the rocker arms and pushrods (warranty replacement from the company that supplied my engine due to some faulty arms/rods). But... the gap on two of them (both on same cylinder) is tiny (probably a couple of thou) and non-existent (ie the arm is resting on the valve). What's...

So I'm fed up of lugging the spare in and out of the back and on the roof when loaded up for camping. And I don't much like having a heavy spare loose in teh back. So I have two options. Get the rear cushion redone in two sections and put the spare in its proper place. Then hoik it out when I...

I have a 71 with disks and a servo. The front RH brake is binding. I stripped the calipers, cleaned them up and put them back. (Have to say that the piston rubber bits are knackered). And that made it slightly worse, since it now pulls to the left. So I replaced the flexi hoses to the front...

Folks, This topic comes up regularly, but I've not seen an answer to this question. Has anyone found a space save wheel that fits (over drums at back in particular)? I'm talking narrow 5 by the way. There are lots of 5 x 112 PCD wheel listed for mercs etc. But that doesn't guarantee they'll...

Replaced my steering draglink tonight, and it's tightened up the steering by some margin. But.... I misread my Bentley and I've torqued the bolts to around 50 ftlb instead of 22. Now they didn't really nip up - so I am assuming it has pulled the tapered balljoint ends into the arms. What's...

Here's an odd one - a new noise from the van. When coming to a halt, I sometimes (it seems to happen in batches) hear a police-car like wail JUST before stopping. High in pitch to low. Then on starting it briefly sounds the other way. I'm only talking of during the last foot of travel, so...

So I have my new engine (VWH all-new jobbie) and it's now done 3000 miles. It seems to be running well (but noisy on a tinny german aftermarket exhaust). But 3 of the 4 exhaust valve tappets keep tightening up. Number 3 seems to get wider by a thou or two every 1000 miles. But the others...

Off to Latitude with the kids this weekend. Looks like rain, but never mind! Will we be the only early bay? Nick

Anyone aware of the "Suffolk Volksfest" at Stonham Barns 6th-8th July? I've just got an email via another forum - seems to be the London Volkfest relocated due to Olympics? (And on the old Alive n vDubbin site). Anyone going? Nick

Hehe. Back from a trip to Scotland (near Loch Lomond) and the bus made it! First long trip on the new engine - only an annoying exhaust leak and a weeping oil gauge sender unit, so no real problems! But where we all the VWs? Going north from Ipswich to Loch Lomond we saw 3 bays. Coming...

So I'm running a new VWH engine with a new "German" (but not "top quality") exhaust system, and it is LOUD. Even after refitting to get rid of an exhuast manifold leak. It's got the later straight pipe. But a lot of noise seems to be from around the heat exchangers - it almost sounds like...