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Sorry to add this is for a 2004 Dispatch/1.9 D70

Only just got round to doing something to the van as work and life has been hectic, well..... it turns out a mate picked up a random alternator from a 2.0 for nothing for me and as luck would have it, it was almost the same as the valeo one in mines but larger(Pulley same size), so that's bodged straight on without any issue and is now charging things fine, following that I spent 3 hours with the dash stripped trying to fix the heater blower and indicators, I've managed to get the heater all working again using a relay from.. no idea, one I found in my box that was similarly rated and works lol.

Now though it appears I have indicators but no hazard warning lights, so I can only assume the indicator relay got slightly cooked as well?! - Everything else seems to be working now though!

We shall see bud, been focusing on my 21yr old golf since that all works fine, but was in the middle of sanding the whole body etc, then van broke.. was using van as the daily lol, so now in the middle oc changing wings on golf, 1500/2k sand whole thing, well half of it is done Lol.

Hi bud, I managed to get home running it off the 2 spare atteries I had, the alternator is goosed I think, no voltage change and engine dies soon as + terminal removed.

I think this might be the straw that breaks the camels back, it's neding rear panhard etc as well so... is it worth spendingon, i dunno lol.

-Stu

I had to do the same to mines when I got it, which made me check tonight with the battery light being permanently on with engine running (blower motor stopped etc, I've posted this in afew threads), I did check  that though and it's all still connected with a nice goop of grease to stop corrosion, so I dunno, roll on first light :-P

Aye it helps a bit, sorry bud not been o here for a while as been up to eyes with work and life, but it's still going just, got power/alternator issues that appeared tonight, so got that along side rear panhard bushes/beams/shocks needing done, meh, we shall see if I fix it and keep it another year dependin gon what's what lol.

Too far away, I need new rubber again too, meh, best of luck with the sale bud.

Many thanks for this post buddy, I'm currently in the middle of no where and I need to take mines out as the fan stopped working, I went to start the van, 10 minutes after it had been working fine and it just stopped, I found a 20amp fuse which appears to have been part of the cig lighter circuit that had popped, but all other fuses look OK, yet the fan/blower no longer works and my battery light is staying on, I think the laternator is still charging although my split relay has not come on with the engine running... sods law I bugger off in the van and this happens, only thing I don't have with me is a multimeter lol.

Thankfully I'm running off my leisure battery for the moment and I can remote in to the PC at home and get on here, I've got another heavy duty vito battery I can bodge in to place tomorrow if it turns out the alternator is toast, fun fun! - I also forgot to take out a new breakdown policy, Lol.

-Stu

try some loctite 5660 plastered round it and then shoved in to place, needs left overnight tho. - I recently mixed that with some granville red high temp sealant as a bodge for a diesel tank outlet, it's working fine surprusingly, no leaks lol.

Edit: I use the 5660 for boost hose leaks on old VW's as most of them have silly wee wings that keep the pipe i plac e with a clip that slips/springs over the pipe, crap design... I find plaster with some 5660... it's hard to even pull the pipe off with no clip after it has cured lol.

very nice, but for a van that's worth nothing and will rot out in several areas, I'll stick to a free carpet and a Z bed in mines, I'm ex army, as long ass I have heat/power for gadgets and something comfy to sleep on, I don't care what else is inside the van Lol, function over form + Means I can still use it for moving engines/tip runs etc