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There's something seriously wrong there. Both belts should wear at the same rate, and even a very old, worn out single belt shouldn't be worn down to that thin.

Look for damage to the pulleys, the fan pulley could be bent relatively easily. Alignment of the alternator and the other pulleys might...

Front suspension ride height is already adjustable via the screw threads at the rear ends of the torsion bars. (If you want Range Rover style on-the-fly ride height changes, you're going to be engineering something.)

The part number you need is MB416390, and it's available from Amayama.com for CAD$140, if you have time to wait for shipping.

Tanks for the help fellas. I have a friend with a great garage at his house who's offered to help me with this. I had planned a ten hour round trip to an Octoberfest Party next weekend, but that won't be happening if I don't get to looking after this first.

Now I'm just hoping that if I do need...

Dash, rear lights, and presumably front park lights? Check the fuses first.

If you have the spotlight switch on the dashboard, see if that turns on the rear and dashboard lights (it should). That'll let you know they still work, in which case it's almost certainly the combo switch.

But yes,...

That's awesome news! When it gets a bit warmer I will get under there and get it fixed.

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So the lever itself won't move? Or does the lever move fine, but the dashboard indicators are wrong? Does the button on the side of the lever press in ok?

I've never had much luck removing the shifter lever either, but you can get at most of the mechanism without taking it off.

You can remove...

No witchcraft, or clamps, just a good ol' hardwood spacer planed down to the exact thickness as the plastic temp innards I removed.

2" Forstner bit to sink the back of the gauge into the wood, a little silicone to hold the gauge in place, then the existing screws hold everything in from the...

You are literally the man. Thank you so much for sharing such a fantastic and detailed article! I know how much time you put into this!

Cheers!!!!
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That all sounds quite normal. I had the same thing; old temperature senders get lazy and clogged with crud, and we get used to the temperature gauge sitting at 1/4. Then we fit a new sender, fix the cooling system, and suddenly the gauge is moving all over the place. As long as it slows down around...

All fixed! Thanks again GBNZ!

I got it the rest of the gears out. it looks like it has 19 teeth on the input and 28 on the counter, though there is not much left to count on the input. I also noticed that the inner roller on the main shaft was not pressed all the way to the rest of the gear cluster. I don't know if it moved out...

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Well, I manage to live with that problem for more than a year, I was now to +- 1 minute (and more) for the second click to happened and then another symptom appear: even after the secong click, the starter would crank nice and strong but was hard to start (long cranking). Battery was...

Yup. I'm pretty sure when they build a Delica they start with the heater box and build the rest around it. ;-)

Thank's fellas,

I guess I'm getting close to needing to do it again:( 70 - 90 thousand k doesn't seem like much time between belt changes, but I guess that's the way she goes. I have a VW mechanic that does all the work on my van. He's 66 years of age and expecting to retire soon. Perhaps I...

You can't really lose prime without an air leak (which usually turns into a fuel leak while the engine is running). Do you have any fuel leaks? Even tiny ones, where some component is unexpectedly greasy with diesel?

The usual culprit is the rubber fuel supply/return hoses- they start to split...

Mine were rusted solid as well. Even got the Japanese JIS screwdrivers thinking it may help but the screws wouldn't budge even after a quart of B'laster applied over a few days. Completely stripped the head of the one under the rubber. At that point I gave up. Will drill them out and replace with...