Recent content by richard300tdi

New switch now fitted, getting back from work too late to sort it out earlier. The patch-up worked fine, though no full beam was a little restrictive. Thanks to Bustersbus for the useful pics of the job (ie getting off the steering wheel etc etc). The problem was as suspected..the points that...

Happened to my 300 on Friday. Side lights and dim-dip when engine running nothing when I went to second position on the light switch (rear lights etc fine). Will flash main beam even with engine off which is normal. Chased though all the usual simple bits (bulbs, fuses relays). Cecked the...

Thanks again. I've sorted out chassis numbers with the DVLA in the past and they have been very accommodating. I was buying one where the V5 registration matched nothing, no one had noticed for 13 years. I was able to find out where it was originally sold new and turned it out to be one of a...

Thanks MrJC. So as long as I retain enough "original" parts to score 8 or more points it remains the original vehicle and not a "radically altered vehicle" and I keep the reg. The chasis is not a direct replacement from the maufactureer so I can't have the 5 points, but it is not a...

I know this is an old chestnut but lots of you out there have done this before. I am planning to have the holy old chassis on my 1997 300TDi 90 replaced with a new galvanised one, bog standard no frills. Do DVLA need to know? If so what do the DVLA need to know? Might they insist on a "Q"...