Less than 24 hours after I first published this blog, the previous owner saw it and messaged me with his number. I was so shocked - I only really do these blogs for myself, mostly as a diary to look back on during long winter months!
Anyway, I had a lovely conversation with Ifan, who also lives on Anglesey and had traded the van in just before Xmas. The headlines of our conversation were that he had owned the van for 7 years and said it was the best vehicle he'd ever owned and was dead reliable! He'd mainly used it for moving his 2 large dogs around, which explained the strange smells! He also said that he often carried a bowl of water around for the dogs which might explain where the water has come from. I felt quite bad that I had been so disparaging about the condition of the van and apologised to him.
Ifan told me that while he's owned it it had had a new radiator; 2 new rear calipers; 2 new front coil springs and a new fuse box. He gave me the secret to how to open the tailgate and also told me that the reason for the ABS light being on (it has come back on again) is that there is rust on the ABS ring on the rear brakes - wire brushing it apparently cures it. He also confirmed that the blower resistor had failed before and he couldn't get the correct part so had used a Land Rover part that had the same connector but that failed again shortly afterwards. I've managed to get a second hand one from the specialists Automatrix, which is on its way to me as we speak.
And finally he told me that neither of the screen washers are working so I need to have a bit of a look around there. I assume it's a fuse or loose wire if both of the pumps have stopped working.
He has a spare key and some history that he's going to dig out and send me. I feel so lucky to have made contact with him - it's taken a lot of the worry away from me.
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