The antifreeze concentration has never looked great, and having already had one hard frost, it felt time to have a proper look. First step buy antifreeze. The job looks easy – easy access to rad drain plug, and all that needed doing was remove the header tank so refilling is easier, and locate the heater […]
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Cam Belt 2
So, we were dropped off at the garage on a Friday night and I walked home to fetch our car and unloaded the van. The garage owner very kindly came to meet us and collect the keys, but we hadn’t finished unpacking and we arranged for me to drop the keys in the morning. This […]
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Silverdale in the autumn
Quicky trip to Silverdale – nice patch of warm October weather spotted and off we go for a Wednesday and Thursday night. 2 superb sunsets, then disaster! We cant drive. The cam belt had slipped one cog on the fuel injector pump so the timing was all wrong and we had to be rescued.
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Cam Belt
Ongoing saga. Part 1 The cam belt has been on my to do list for a while. The only evidence of a previous change is in 2007 (9 years ago) at 70,000 kms. We’ve now done 124,000 kms. It IS time for a new one. Last trip out I also noticed it the nearside outer […]
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Passenger window
The passenger window had to come out. There has been a leak into the passenger side of the van for some time. The source is not obvious. In the past I have resealed all the trim around the window, removed the whole of the front of the roof trim and resealed it, resealed parts of […]
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