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Help please - I am not having a good day! The balancer belt snapped on my JB500. The workshop have replaced belts, pulley and tensioner but the engine won't turn over. BTW I am in Scotland. One option is to have the garage remove the engine and either rebuild it or replace it. This is the...

I have a diagram for my van at https://delicacamper.blogspot.com I would expect yours has been rewired a few times by now.

I get that this message is not about the usual turbo pressure or intercooler stuff but.... I moved house in Scotland a few weeks ago and only have my JB500 here. So it is doing the grocery shopping trips and hardware store runs. But every time I start the engine I crack a big smile. I get...

Cool - and it will ship from the UK so the wife will get it in time for Christmas. The tee and the cam belt kit - she'll be in heaven.

Fantastic. I gave up on the kitchen extractor and put in an in-line unit, retaining the outside plastic cover. The original fan must be 25 years old. Time to replace.

Mine did not come with pet food so I guess I lost out. BTW I am in Scotland so excuse the UK spelling! Nulla has done lots of cool stuff to his JB500. I have just fixed the broken stuff - but that has still added up to £6000 in 3 years. I didn't change the wheels but there is some sense in...

It it worse when the engine is hot?

I had the same symptoms. Try cleaning the earth strap to body connection. Mine was a bit loose and rusty. Sometimes it worked fine. Sometimes nothing at all. And sometimes just hard to start. Oh and because it is a poor connection it gets hot...whuch increases the resistance so it gets...

I would like to see a manual but not sure how useful it would be. I have rewired mine so I am not sure if a manual will help.

The fridge has a permanently hot heavy gauge wire and an ignition feed running to a relay. My van was rewired before I bought it and I have rewired it since. Now at least I have a wiring diagram. All my wiring and fuses are under the side bench seat. The ignition feed runs to the fridge and...

I am not exactly local...in Scotland UK. But I can give you an opinion and you could phone me. It would work ok for two adults and a kid of 4 to adult sleeping over the cab. There is no adult privacy so I added an awning for my daughter which worked fine. If your kids are small then two...

Do report how this works out. I also have a jb500 non turbo. Also 130000km.

Love the web site Nulla

Yep. Nulla and I agree. This year my car has been off the road because uk road tax on a 3.7 litre is expensive, especially under lockdown when I dont go out. So my jb500 has been used since March. Not quick, but I really enjoy driving it. Good in snow too. If you want i have a blog...

Hi Macleod, The gas solenoid has a rocker switch and a push to make switch. You need to switch the rocker then push the second switch too. Instructions for removing the fridge are on my blog. The hard part is to reach under the sink and remove the screws that go through the wooden cabinet...

Move to Scotland and you won't need aircon!

There are a few of us jb500 owners here. They are brilliant. Not fast though. But comfortable and very practical.

Not in my vehicle. You will need to pull the fridge and check. Broken relay most likely.

Cool to be on the map. There are a lot of cool things about Scotland. People, architecture, outdoors and alcohol all good. Weather is...interesting. Local economy has some challenges. Although I personally am against Independence I do accept the other side of the argument has a fair case...

Nay. Economy is too small. All the successful small countries are tax havens or have vast natural resources. Too much of our economy is public sector and we rely on subsidies from London. And Scotland would have to duplicate so much stuff like having its own navy, vehicle licensing...