Thanks for that. I will have a search and if I dont get any joy I will pm you. Thanks, Paul

Well, you nearly had me there, I was just tucking me trolley jack under me arm......then I read paragraph 2. Thats the kiddie I read something about, moly's denim disolving, or summit like that. Better get searching on tinternet to see where I can get me some of that. Knowing my luck though...

SORTED!!! Big thanks to you CharlesY for your advise/instructions. Carb was pretty gunked up but its all clear now and doesnt cut out. Perhaps now she will drive it, that way I can have an excuse to tinker. The only other thing that bothers me now is that the overdrive is pretty noisey. I...

Thanks CharlesY, thats crystal clear instructions....just how I need them. I'll give that a go tomorow and let you know. many thanks, Paul

Oh that easy ay! will give it a go in the morning....gonna tell her " just popping out to blow the landy!" That'll go down well, she already thinks I'm spending too much time with it.

Excuse my ignorance, but whats the best way to check if the vac advance is working ok. Ta Paul

Right, our recently purchased 72 s3 petrol was cutting out when we came to stop at traffic/roundabouts etc. I've replaced the plugs, points, condenser, ht leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm and coil. I've cleaned out the glass bowl fuel filter which had loads of orange gunky stuff in the bottom...

Where did you get the key. Is it the one with the buttons in the key or a seperate fob. just interested in how much one will cost me, Ta Paul

Just wondering.....next saturday we're doing the "Brighton Breeze" (madiera drive full of aircooled VW's) in our 63 split screen VW camper. We always camp down there on the saturday night so we can have a mooch around the landies on Sunday. Now we own a proper landie, '72 s3 can I get in with me...

Thanks for that, spot on! ta, Paul

scuse me ignorance, but how do you drain the water?

I'll have a couple if they are still available? what next? read up to page 2, saw there was 51 pages, couldnt be arsed so here I am. I've probably skipped the most important page for ordering now... Paul

Just noticed that the fuel warning light on my 2001 td5 es flickered on yesterday whilst driving, and stayed on a fraction longer that any other light when I started up this morning. I had a butchers in the handbook and it says that it suggests excessive water in the fuel and although can be...

Thanks for that, sorted now! Why are the freewheeling hubs a waste of time though, apart from the fact that if you get stuck anywhere you gotta get out and dick around with a spanner, by which time the motor may already be sinking...

Being a new s3 owner I have a daft question about the correct use of the gear selectors. I'm not totally baffled about gears (having been hgv driver for 17yrs) but these knobs in the landy got me stumped. Apart from the gearstick, I have a red selector, a yellow selector and a black selector...

Charles, if I were to get hold of a weber, would I need some sort of adapter to go onto the inlet manifold or would it be a straight swap. Also, if sourcing a new weber, what exactly would I ask for, meaning, did a 72 2.25 petrol come with either weber or zenith, or was it specific to the year...

Thanks Charles, looks like a new carb would more than likely resolve this problem then, I have seen a couple on ebay but you dont really know what condition they are in, so I guess a new one will be the answer. Thanks, Paul

Our series 3 seems to smoke a little too much, hazy blue smoke on tickover then a puff of black when you blip the throttle. I know for mot purposes a visual check is all thats needed but the tester would have to be a blind man with no sense of smell. Its a 2.25 petrol, I'm just waiting for a...

Thanks fella, thats what I like to hear...me and lectrics are like??? me and my ex wife..... just dont get on!!

The S3 we have just bought has recently had a dixon bate towbar fitted although the previous owner didnt wire the electrics up. They're all there, the socket and length of cable, neatly wrapped around the towbar. Any of you fellas give me a clue about how to wire them up so I can pull our...