you might find the 2 litre one is wider belt than the 1.6 and 1.8
also depends if its a tall block or not aswell but yeah order a 1.8 belt kit and see

as for a new motor i would get one from mark carter of classic vw
https://www.classic-vw.co.uk/heater-blo ... 4773-p.asp

the easiest way is to remove the wiper mechanism as its in the way when trying to remove the blower motor complete to remove the wiper arms, remove plastic nut covers at the base of the arms and undo the 10/13mm nuts give the arms a little wiggle and they should come free from the spindles next remo...

It's probably worth double checking your shelf supports, to make sure the mounting brackets are present, not just on the last few months of RHD production for example. good point, when i removed the shelves either side of crustys old parcel shelf there definitely wasn't any bolt holes there or sign...

Taking out my old filter for service, I noticed there was a trail of fine black grit along the intake side of the filter seal, so I'm guessing that this is the kind of stuff that potentially can get sucked into carb jets if the air box isn't clipped up securely, though the side clips on their own s...

out of curiosity are you saying it will stall when you press the brakes? im wondering if the brake servo could be compromised?
quick way to test is to remove the servo vac pipe and see if the same problem exists

The reason I mentioned the bypass jet (assuming the Weber has one), is that the throttle flap would probably be designed to be fully closed when the engine is idling and the choke is off. The bypass air and fuel jets allow the idle mixture to be controlled more precisely in order to meet the carbon...

i had a similar issue with a mk2 golf which turned out to be a straight to earth short in one of the light fittings for the indicators
but would only do it when the stalk was used but would work fine on hazzards

what was the handbrake figures?
on the test there should be parking brake figure and the foot brake figure, wondered if both tests highlighted an issue on one side or only on one part of the test?

does sound like either air still in the one side or alternatively something mechanical daft as it sounds if the old ones had leaked at all and gotten onto the shoes that really wouldnt help either fyi the larger slave cylinder should have this part number https://www.classic-vw.co.uk/rear-brake-drum...

apologies rosie i have been really busy of late and have read your messages
please have a look and give me a shout and let me know what you think
regards
james

rosie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:18 pm

james butler wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:52 am trouble is cost
i was making them but cost of materials, labour and machining takes it well over the £100 mark
most dont want to pay more than £30

I would pay £100 right now for a magic flange to make all my carburettor problems to go away!

pm incoming

I’m sure there’s a market out there for aluminium carb flanges as lots of water cooled VW use the same flange… We need some one to make some and sell them…. Just a thought… :-D trouble is cost i was making them but cost of materials, labour and machining takes it well over the £100 mark most dont w...

pull the hose off straight as I’ve snapped one off before and had to buy a new radiator… Good point, also before you pull, gently twist the hose to and fro over the nozzle with a pair of pliers to release its adhesion to the nozzle. Once you've done this, It's often easier to carefully push the hos...