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by JSR-69
21st September 2023 - 3:12pm
Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
Topic: Main bearing question
Replies: 10
Views: 1666

Re: Main bearing question

Ouch! If the crankcase is showing signs of being worn you should get it line bored then install oversize bearings. Otherwise the new bearings will wear very quickly indeed.

Judi
by JSR-69
2nd August 2023 - 5:57pm
Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
Topic: SBW360N is now in Lincolnshire!
Replies: 6
Views: 4585

Re: SBW360N is now in Lincolnshire!

After so many barren years, I have some progress to report. I am having my garage rebuilt and enlarged to give me more room to work on the car so should be able to make serious progress soon. The build is running late ... for various reasons ... but we are now into the final push and I expect the wo...
by JSR-69
24th March 2022 - 2:38pm
Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
Topic: Just wondering...
Replies: 11
Views: 5180

Re: Just wondering...

Lincolnshire, as below.
by JSR-69
24th January 2022 - 5:30pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fuel Gauge Float
Replies: 4
Views: 2625

Re: Fuel Gauge Float

Hmm ... hadn't thought of that. I have dunked the float in boiling hot water and I have a steady stream of small bubbles from two bottom corners. You may indeed be right!

Judi
by JSR-69
21st January 2022 - 11:29am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fuel Gauge Float
Replies: 4
Views: 2625

Re: Fuel Gauge Float

Reading Dave Hall's description of the sender was the first thing I did and I have eliminated the traditional problems. I removed the cylindrical cover (very carefully) and the float slides perfectly well up and down and my multimeter gives the expected resistance readings at top, middle and bottom....
by JSR-69
20th January 2022 - 3:56pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Fuel Gauge Float
Replies: 4
Views: 2625

Fuel Gauge Float

I problem I have come across in the last couple of years which is, I think, due to the dreaded biofuel we now have to endure. Several VW models have a tubular sender in the tank for the fuel gauge and the float seems to be permeable to biofuels. I first came across the problem before the first lockd...
by JSR-69
11th September 2021 - 12:44pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New E10 Petrol
Replies: 21
Views: 7705

Re: New E10 Petrol

Honestly I think its a bit over played. US has been E15 for a while and EU is mostly E10. Remember that cars intended for the US market will have been built for that market so they will be fine. Cars built for mainland Europe or the UK will not take kindly to being served with E10. Higher octane pe...
by JSR-69
6th September 2021 - 4:31pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: New E10 Petrol
Replies: 21
Views: 7705

Re: New E10 Petrol

You're lucky if you can find E5 Super petrol within easy reach. My nearest Esso station is about 30 miles each way and I'm not sure if they sell E5 away. Additives to neutralise the ill effects are the way to go it seems.
by JSR-69
31st March 2021 - 12:01am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Type 4 parts availability?
Replies: 2
Views: 2729

Re: Type 4 parts availability?

Rescuing a Type 4 from advanced body rot means a lot of creative metalwork. Folk do still have parts like door and wings stashed away but you have to look hard.
by JSR-69
11th November 2020 - 4:41pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Choke Cover
Replies: 9
Views: 6123

Re: Choke Cover

They will be a standard metric thread so take one to your local hardware store.

Judi
by JSR-69
15th September 2020 - 11:19pm
Forum: Type 4 Corner
Topic: 411 opening front 1/4 lights.
Replies: 6
Views: 12228

Re: 411 opening front 1/4 lights.

937carrera wrote:
16th August 2019 - 11:20pm
The gear lever doesn't look right either, as you sure this isn't a VW Brasilia ?
I believe it's an automatic box.

Judi R
by JSR-69
20th May 2020 - 3:52pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: 411 petrol flap
Replies: 6
Views: 4585

Re: 411 petrol flap

The little box at the flap end contains the mechanism and it fills up with general road grime and gets stiffer and eventually stops moving. The side opposite the cable entry is a steel plate which can, with care, be prised out of the housing. You need to do this when it's not attached and is a lot e...
by JSR-69
8th November 2019 - 10:13pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: 411 sedan handling?
Replies: 23
Views: 10788

Re: 411 sedan handling?

The VW book says 18psi on the fronts and the understeer is heroic at that. I run mine at 24psi and it's transformed the handling. I would agree that 20 year old tyres would be the problem.

Judi R
by JSR-69
16th August 2019 - 11:48pm
Forum: Type 4 Corner
Topic: 411 opening front 1/4 lights.
Replies: 6
Views: 12228

Re: 411 opening front 1/4 lights.

Quarter lights were an option for the 411/412.

Judi R
by JSR-69
13th August 2019 - 4:22pm
Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
Topic: New owner of a 412LE Variant
Replies: 7
Views: 7235

Re: New owner of a 412LE Variant

Yes the brakes take a bit of getting used to. But, as David says, with a good clean through and fresh fluid properly bled, they will stop you when you need them to.

Judi R
by JSR-69
8th July 2019 - 4:12pm
Forum: Events Diary
Topic: Manchester event 21 July 2019
Replies: 2
Views: 5296

Re: Manchester event 21 July 2019

That link is marked private and I can't see it.

Judi
by JSR-69
25th June 2019 - 5:51pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Windscreen Washer Connections
Replies: 9
Views: 5550

Re: Windscreen Washer Connections

Thanks, David, I believe we've cracked it!

In English: 'B' = Bottle, 'D' = Delivery, perhaps?

Judi
by JSR-69
24th June 2019 - 3:52pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Windscreen Washer Connections
Replies: 9
Views: 5550

Re: Windscreen Washer Connections

On my steering column the spigots are one above the other, with 'B' below 'D'.

Judi
by JSR-69
24th June 2019 - 10:46am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Windscreen Washer Connections
Replies: 9
Views: 5550

Re: Windscreen Washer Connections

Thanks, David, 'Drück' is certainly a good start, to give me total confidence I'd like to know what the 'B' might be. I have the diagram but it doesn't give me any confidence about picking which spigot is which.

Judi R
by JSR-69
20th June 2019 - 11:10pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Windscreen Washer Connections
Replies: 9
Views: 5550

Windscreen Washer Connections

I am trying to reconnect the washer pipes to the column wash/wiper switch for my 412 and I cannot work out which pipe goes on which spigot. They are marked 'D' and 'B' and I was expecting a simple German equivalent of 'Bottle' and 'Screen' or 'Jets' but I'm stumped. Can anyone help, please?

Judi
by JSR-69
21st March 2019 - 4:22pm
Forum: Type 4 Corner
Topic: Fresh Air Grill
Replies: 5
Views: 6585

Re: Fresh Air Grill

That depends on how high you need to go. From the pictures I took at the time, it seems to blend into the upper scuttle, so you'll need to cut out the bad metal and put back what you need.
by JSR-69
14th March 2019 - 11:19am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Rain getting in!
Replies: 15
Views: 8506

Re: Rain getting in!

The box doesn't need to be rusty to let the rain through. If the drain hole is blocked then rain water will accumulate and overflow through the fan. You need to take the fan off (a couple of screws once you've removed the air hoses) and poke the debris out of the drain hole.

Judi
by JSR-69
10th March 2019 - 4:11pm
Forum: Type 4 Corner
Topic: Fresh Air Grill
Replies: 5
Views: 6585

Re: Fresh Air Grill

The fresh air box is a rust trap, I repaired mine as shown here.

Judi R
by JSR-69
22nd May 2018 - 11:33am
Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
Topic: MOT Changes, May 2018
Replies: 16
Views: 9519

Re: MOT Changes, May 2018

This is a potential minefield! On Sunday I retaxed my KG and, after the system couldn't find a current MoT, it said that since the car was more than 40 years old, it might be eligible for MoT Exemption. If I believed that it was substantially original then I just had to tick the box and - hey presto...
by JSR-69
30th March 2018 - 12:27pm
Forum: Type 4 Corner
Topic: 412 le cux ,,,L passes mot
Replies: 8
Views: 8615

Re: 412 le cux ,,,L passes mot

pmacs49 wrote:
28th March 2018 - 6:24pm
Taxed it tonight as well, tax is from march 1st but its free so who cares...
That's an advantage because it means that you'll be able to tax it again next year without panicking about getting the MoT done first.

Judi R