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Mind you, overhere in Belgium it is near on impossible to keep an older diesel powered vehicle. Reason why I sold the T2, even though I'm sure it could have gone one for at least 5 or 6 years. Enormous road taxes (for my T2, >800€/year), ban on driving in city centers if you don't have a Euro5...

Well done, congratulations :)

Don't bother with saving the bolts, they will most likely be corroded anyway. Kit I ordered for my T2 last year had the bolts included, high tensile indeed. I used a ball joint splitter, everything came apart without issue.

Good news :) You don't have a motion sensor on the security light?

Sad to see you go, but I fully understand - just sold my T2 a few weeks ago for much the same reasons. Plus the monstrous tax on old diesel vehicles here in Belgium...

Any specific reason to jack it there? Why not jack up under the front to back chassis beam, one side at a time?

So, last update: door is fixed! I removed the cable going to the inside door handle (which isn't used at all anyway), bent the top lever upwards a little bit, and twisted the blue plastic thing on top of the lever in such a way that the highest part is now making contact with the linkage from...

As far as I could make out, the latch inside the lock does not seem to turn. I can get it to turn if I help it along with a screwdriver, but it does not rotate freely. Will try and get door open again tomorrow, remove lock again, remove solenoid, and flush the lock with degreaser or penetrating...

2nd update: door blocked again. Tried the lock outside the door, all OK. Installed again: it locks (with difficulty) but does not open again. Maybe with a lot of fiddling like before, but don't have the patience for that tonight anymore. Could the steel U-bracket the door "locks" on have moved?

Update, with good news! Door is open :) I removed the door handle, removed the spare wheel to reduce load on the door, and with a helper lifting and wiggling the door by the spare wheel bracket I used the key in the driver door key hole. After a few attempts the back door opened :thumbs Now...

Pushing door from outside did not work, lifting door (by spare wheel) didn't work either. Solenoid confirmed working, I can hear it and see the little vertical plastic locking indicator going up and down. Tried banging the door from the inside while locking/unlocking, no luck. I'm now going...

Hello all the past weeks I noticed it got increasingly difficult to open the boot door on my swb T2. Never tried to fix it, as it will be sold in the coming weeks. Now, today I could not get the door open anymore, from outside or from inside. Tried locking and unlocking, the solenoid in the...

Fully agree with you, Jim. That will not stop me from selling my T2 in the near future though - runs OK, and with some tlc and money spent on it I'm sure it will run another few years. But legislation, taxes and diesel prices here in Belgium make it all but impossible to keep it on the road...

Had a (small) leak from the grommet behind the wiper assembly. Fixed after reinstalling the wiper assembly covers with proper sealant...

It is LHD, and it is green - wherever the rust doesn't show through :)

Don Simon, glad to hear things are going a bit better for you. Can't offer any meaningful advice as I have no experience with depression, but if you want to leave things behind for a few days and visit the land of Kafka, chocolate and beer I'm very willing to share some proper beers with you...

As my T2 will soon go, can't use these anymore. Free, against postage costs: - 2 T2 front anti-roll bar bushes, orange PU (originally from Milner's) - 5 T2 front anti-roll bar link bushes (not 5 sets!!): 2 orange PU, 3 black rubber - 6 T2 front anti-roll bar link washers - 2 T2 front wheel arch...

To the T2. After almost 4 years and 30000 miles with us, we bought a replacement today. Fiat Panda Cross, with the twinair engine and about all extras there are to be had, delivery expected end July. Love the T2, but keeping it here in Flanders doesn't make economic sense anymore, with the 800...

Whichever system you decide to use, if it is accessible over internet, make sure to change all passwords/login codes etc from their default settings. Otherwise your house/life/family etc might show up on one of the websites giving a live feed of various security cameras :)

For what it is worth, the handbrake on my 1997 T2 is pretty much rubbish. It will hold the car on a slope though, if it is not too steep. Changed the entire brake setup when I got the car a few years ago: drums, brake cylinders, shoes, cables, and brake pipes front to back...