I got hold of this back in feb after a few headaches with the previous owners having fuel problems with it for the price of £350 where they have had fitted a recon fuel pump and still was the same (struggles/ wont start seems to be drawing in air somewhere) problems so currently trying to get the plastic fuel pipes to change them in case one has a pin hole etc as ive just renewed the filter head too which was FOC thankfully !!!

Plan for the van is mainly to get it clean as possible as it was a plasterers van so you can imagine what state it was in !! Then it will be used mainly for running round collecting dead and abandend projects mainly MG's Jags and daimlers etc for my uncles business and also for towing mine or stickys car around for trackdays/shows/ring trips etc and for following varoius rallys !!

 

 

how it ended up after just one days cleaning well impressed with the work Sticky and I put it !!

 

Nice i got a 02 mondeo for £480 thought that was a bargain 250k on it tdci just as bad inside and out was evey panel damage !
sold it £900

 

bargain!!!

 

looks great mate

 

Pics just don't show how bad it was.

Come up a treat thou mate.

 

bargain

 

bloody hell it was in a state, did the plasterer realise he was meant to put it on the walls?

looks tidy though after the cleaning

 

Bargain Kev

 

Nice one mate

 

love that 50/50 on the bonnet!
Looking good kev roll on rally gb!

 

stripped the seats out on thursday with Sticky and made i big effort on the interior !!

 

bargain and thats some cleaning youve done there looks much better!

 

Looking good


Brian

 

bargain, its scrubbed up well

 

What year is it? I swear transits were made to rot!

Would it worth sorting that rust on the floors and sills before its too late? or you just doing it up and flogging it on?

Good job with that

 

its a 51 plate mate and yes rust and sills will be sorted once its mot'd etc and its being kept for towing track car about and few other things

 

Hopefully it'll be running next week

 

Blimey that thing can't have been cleaned since it was new! Good turnaround, take it you haven't sorted the running issue?

 

No mate its doing my head in to be honest changed filter head the other week got it bled up and started pretty easy with bit of easy start ran for about 5-10 mins then it just died like it had ran out of fuel then wouldnt re start again even though it all seems bled up ok

Just ordered a set of plastic pipes from filter head to pump and leak off rail and also got a crank sensor as theyre cheap and precautionary measure

 

bargin

 

Is the fuel pump ok????Has it had a new fuel filter head.There isnt any dirt in the fuel tank???

Is the floor ok.Ive hada few of these vans where the floor has been rotton.

 

Glenn the fuel pump was done in january as that what was thought was the problem originally with it not starting but is still the same obviously lol !! we also had the fuel tank off and drained and cleaned it too but found nothing obvious so start changing random parts now to see i e can cure it !! yes its going to need a couple of plates doing soon around the doors steps under the matt area but should be fine to get it mot'd

 

Could be worth trying using a dummy fuel tank and getting it running by putting fuel directly into the pump, bypassing the tank and filter head.

Had one last week that had exact same symptoms you are having and it was one of the plastic fuel pipes at the tank had a minor split in it, obviously enough to make it draw air and run like a bag of shite after a few minutes !!

Worth a go mate.

 

IIRC i hink Kev has already done the dummy tank. He's go pipes on order, so it's going to be process of illimination.

 

 

Sure have bit will be retrying this just incase once the other pipes are fitted etc

 

Quick up date as van is proper p***ing me off !!!!!

Ive renewed the injectors now as numerous people said this would cure the problem but no such luck so now its had pump recond, injectors renewed, all pipes changed, filter head changed, sender unit changed and cam sensor renewed and also engine loom out and checked and refitted

Would a worn DMF cause a engine not to start and would it show any fault codes ??

 

yes mate i had that problem with the dmf before, take the box out and look only take 1/2 an hour, the second part for the dmf will be covering the bolts, and the sensor wont see its mark at the right time.
the codes you get is pump timing codes and fuel pressure codes, the crank sensor say's it good and getting a signal but getting the signal at the wrong time

 

Let me know if you need me to pop over & give you a hand mate.

 

Update numpty....

Oh & get ths bought
https://passionford.com/forum/cars-f...-for-sale.html

 

Van is finally up and running and off for a MOT this week sometime !! seems like the non running was half flywheel on its way out f*** in DMF and timing of pump bein slightly out !!!

got a few plans for bit more tidying and update/renew second set of seats and a certain STICKERPAUL to come up with some nice simple design for it So more pics hopefully soon

 

Glad you got it running

 

Oh i don't like the sound of that

 

bit of a pain to sort out Kev.

glad its all finally done though.

 

Yes its been a nightmare Dave !!!

Should be MOT'd this week fingers crossed and get some mileage on it !!

 

I thought you was at Oulton Park?

 

We were mate left at half 12 to cold lol

 

Its finally MOT'd

had the alt recond to while its been having toooo much money spent on it but still worked out a cheap van and been offered decent coin for it already but its not for sale !!!

Hope fully on road proper for its first outting to Legends NW stages Blackpool next weekend so will get new pics up then etc