Back to it again, typically the weather is freezing when I do this but needs must. Since doing my timing belt the van’s oil leak has got much worse so as I said in the previous post the oil pump need changing so back out into the cold to get this done. Starting with removing…

Been a while but lots of things have been going on but the latest project is tracing a major oil leak on my van. The Aux belt was so contaminated with oil that it kept coming off. Loosing an aux belt makes power steering and alternator fail but also gives you a flashing oil pressure…

Still work to do on the house before going back to the car but making progress in the garage. So decided to tackle a couple of problems i discovered when I first started doing my downstairs floor. I’ve been going around the house filling gaps and varnishing the floor and the living room was one…

It’s been a long time since I had a chance to get to the garage, what with fitting conservatory, doors, windows, flooring, garden gates, patios, bin storage and fixing the T4. I’ve been wanting to loft the garage for a while now but didn’t have the funds to buy the wood I needed until a…

The final tasks of the 10 day slog to repair the T4 MOT failures. The left rear arch was very rusty and needed lots of repairs. Cutting out the rust was pretty straight forward, with cleaning the surrounding areas a time consuming, very unpleasant, noisy and dirty job but very necessary. Getting hold of a…

Since my last post, work has starting to get busier and being in and out of the house all the time leaves me very little time for the Beetle project. Now though I do have to get some work done on the T4 van. It’s failed it’s MOT which isn’t unexpected but does mean I…

Been a while since I posted anything but lots of things have been going on and none of it on the car project. My garage is still a mess but starting to make progress sorting it all out. The car is in there somewhere…… Got a few bits around the house to finish off and…

Since the country has gone into lockdown the beetle has been on hold. Unfortunately a couple of weeks before it all kicked off I had packed up the garage ready to move house so no chance to progress the car. Moving house finally came and the T4 got put to use as an actual van,…

Haven’t posted a blog in ages and a lot has happened in between posts. Firstly I’m moving house again so in February I started packing up the garage, boxing up my tools and putting all the car parts in the beetle. Then a major delay happened to the house move and then lockdown. So the…

Since having the alignment issue I’ve been spending some time figuring out a permanent solution and my first idea is to get the back done so I can fix the alignment against it. First things first, get the engine back together. Like with most things on this car it needs a good clean and a…