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Yeah that doesn't look fun.  Are you running a MIG or Arc?  I have only marginal skill, enough to get by.  Have you tried moving a little quicker.  I found that if you move the rod to slowly it tends to punch through thin steel pretty quickly.  But i'm no expert. obviously.  I do wish you luck with it.

Oh and FTR, I use a gasless Clarke welder.

You can get a Haynes Manual for the MK2's and it's only logical (I guess) that they would keep the same torque settings across the models.

Unfortunately most torque wrenchs that go that high are far from cheap.  Most are a minimum of £100.  I have a digital that goes to 360Nm that I purchased some time back from machinemart (for £45), but down the line I would like an analogue version.

Is their any job on these vans that isn't horrendous?  Nothing is simple and most things mechanical are an absolute nightmare. 

Did the change today.  Needed an 8mm square drive socket, which I didn't have, but Halfords did.  Bit of trial and error.  I started out by pulling the wrong bolt out, twice.  Eventually worked out which one it was.  Dropped the oil and it was in a bit of a bad state.  Black/brown with a weird smell, probably burnt.  I refilled it with 2L of this (Mannol Fully Synthetic) 75w80.

4L MANNOL MTF-4 Getriebeoel 75W-80 API GL-4 - £24 for 4L seemed a good price.  I have enough spare to redo it sometime down the line.  Maybe when the odometer says 250,000 miles

I also squirted a tube of Moly Gearbox Protector in after reading a previous thread on gearbox oil changes.

Moly Gearbox Protector - Halfords £9

Is the correct amount 1.9L or 2.6L?  I put 2L in for now.

I'm not against it happening on here either.  But the fact the whole board is public makes it hard.  If a single part  of the board or a sub-forum, was a member only area and not public it would make it easier to do something like this and keep it on the board.  I'm not so bothered about PM.  This place is a breath of fresh air not having PMs enabled.  I would rather just have a private members only area that can be used for wild camp sites and maybe forum meets.

That would be sweet.

So I finally got off my ass and did a detailed inspection of the turbo hoses and voila, found a tear in the intercooler hose.

I ordered a new one from ebay and all being well that will arrive tomorrow or thurs.  I also did a patch for the existing hose, which was basically created by using Fire Gum to seal the tear (it works bloody well on exhausts so might work in this situation), covered that with a piece of bike inner tube, wrapped it in duct tape and secured it with jubilee clips.  If it holds for a couple of days that would be sweet or at the very least cuts down on pressure loss.  It might not be the complete problem/solution, but it explains where all that oil has been coming from that's all over the bottom of the engine.

So later on i will test the van and see if its any better.  Will post again when I know.

I haven't done mine yet, but have loads of that 5mm foam insulation left and am planning to use that since it has the foil on it.  Will probably use velcro to stick it down.

Could you just put some in and top it up?  If you can find the tank and how to fill it, whats stopping you from buying a bottle from Ebay and filling it up yourself.  They seem to cost about £30 for 1L.

Mine is leaking out as well, but not quite as badly as yours.  It takes about 250ml every month or so.  I have mine zeroed down to a pipe that runs near the offside front wheel.  But as with most things currently its outside budget.

The other advice is still best.  Get it on axle stands, start it, get someone to turn the wheel and shove your head under and see where its pissing out.  Hopefully its a knackered hose.

Here! Maps or whatever its currently called on Android is my go to for Sat Nav shenanigans.

I know all about Garmins and the interesting shit they send you to.  While in Spain with my parents a few years back I plotted a back country shortcut on their Garmin and it took us to a bridge that didn't exist (East of Leon) and on another occasion, into a narrow dead end street in Lugo.  I hate them.  Mobile Phones are the way forward for electronic navigation.  Although the Windows Phone version of Here! was way better than the Android version.

Don't use copper grease.  You need brake lubricant, its usually a pink jelly.  This stuff is what i use on my bike brakes to lubricate the piston.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313561874338

I don't know about the gaiter, but on most calipers you will find a rubber seal inside the caliper that keeps the brake fluid from leaking out.  On bikes there is no gaiter between the piston and caliper, so i can't say for sure.