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That's what's happening - the brakes come on - sharply, but then stick on... they feel heavy and sluggish. To be honest there was a little gunk in the master cylinder. I need some sleep, looong day :x Tom

So it's in the workshop, another trailer journey for it! Drums back off as there is something up with the brakes, even after a full strip and rebuild of the cylinders/drums and few new pipes. Thinking it has to be in the master cylinder as nothing else left so stripped that and awaiting new...

your right - a substantial 'splash back' sorta thingy's in order

can't wait :)

well, annoyingly, someone keeps nicking large amounts of money out of my bank account. It happens each month on exactly the same day just when i think I have enough to go to the pub :confused:

well done - now you can sleep sound!

SO after chipping away at him for the last, well feels like forever, we are nearly there. Just got to wire up all the 12/240v kit. So on the interior we ripped out the lot basically, well left in the cabinet carcasses but refitted fascias, draws, panels, sink all soft furnishings, the lot. Soph...

Well I pulled the carbs on Friday. Did a complete strip, clean and reassemble. Found a loose bolt on the flange to inlet manifold - pulling air? A fair quantity of scum and matter behind one float valve, visibly restricting flow. A bent pivot 'clamp' on one float A blocked float valve...

with the under-sealing? not delved in yet, mud's down to about 5 inches in mid Wales, few more weeks yet till humidity allows!

here's a few I got on the go atm... Got 2 of these horrid Korean contraptions I got to flog on now the suns out. Ones had a absolute nut and bot engine rebuild as the bottom end went walkies... And looking forward to getting my Mk1 golfs new paint on in a few weeks, now it's got a silly...

Luvley morning to be working on the van :) Picked up a (new) compression tester today. And showing 150psi within 5 psi across all cylinders!! Cheap ebay tools grrrrr. SO... Taken the air filter off which is rather gummed up. Gave carbs a quick blast through with carb cleaner, it's had new...

No not had the Highwayman on the road as yet. Only been shunted around the yard. And it's been fairly good up til the last few times I've run it - starts fine then quickly gets lumpy then looses all power, sputters, bak fires then it eventually sputters out. 10 mins later starts fine again, but...

Sorry Jim that was supposed to come over as a sincere thanks! Good to have input from those who have been through the same - I do remember you mentioning yours breathing a lot previously. If I'm getting a lot of breathing from the rocker cover surely that's a sign of valves - rings would not...

Thanks for you findings Jim. My big problem is I was supposed to have this van on the road in about 5 weeks. I still needs some body work and a full respray. I hadn't bargained on an engine rebuild too :( Maybe I'll have to pull the engine from the camper car and stick it in the highwayman as...

I stuck a slog of oil down cylinder 1 + 2 and re tested the highwayman. Same results... Also checked the gauge on the camper car which would seem to run nicely and came up at about 4.5bar.... The campercar is iron head. The highwayman alloy. What's the compression supposed to be on each...

Thanks guys - spark is good now! And she kinda runs :( Unfortunately now I've had a good chance to look over the engine the heavy breathing and inconsistent running was pointing at something obvious I think. Compression figures aren't looking good, 5 - 6 bar across the 4 cylinders. I'm gonna...

What a difference a cup of tea makes. Was just he order of the insulator washers on the points post where the condenser/coil wires fasten. DOHW. I was just muttering what a waste of time electronic ignition was the other day!! Should've kept my mouth shut. Tom

So I just bought a new set of points/condenser/coil/leads for the 2 commers with original ignition setups. Both were running badly. The Campercar exploded into life better than ever. The Highwayman however is totally dead. I've checked and rechecked the positive feed and link to points - all...

This has been something bothering me. I gotta tackle all 3 of mine before they rust away :( I found a few places who specialise in undersealing but maybe only one I would completely trust and they were about 200 miles away. They log the process and give you a photo record. First steam clean...

haha a 17 window commer samba deluxe!