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VAN AERIAL DISEASE*

To cut a very long story short my van went onto 3 cylinders 50 miles from home coming back from France at the end of June so the following week i took it to my local "mechanic" to sort out. After much messing about with injectors etc the head was lifted to reveal a cracked exhaust valve, nice easy fix. No. Had a couple of new valves fitted then found the turbo was wrecked, a bit of exhaust valve had been rattling round in it so i had to source another one. After much prodding, the guy who was doing the job (with ever diminishing enthusiasm) finally got it back together but it wouldnt go, there was something wrong with the pump. Tried to find another pump but everyone i speak to tells me something different and it becomes apparent that my bloke knows fuck all about them which is marginally more than me.
During the sorry saga the thing ran out of MOT so i have now reverted to my original plan b of last year, break it up, but modern diesel vans are the work of Satan, to take them to bits you need several small children each with 3 hands. I have another Transit now but if this ever happens again i will set fire to it and happily watch it burn to a crisp.
If you need Transit parts (2002 2.0 FWD SWB Low Roof) come to me tri650@live.co.uk
*Van Aerial Disease; Old schoolboy joke. not funny.

TRANSIT TROUBLE AND SHOVEL MODS

By the time i made it back home from France my Transit was proper poorly. It will only be an injector they said (prone to it), injectors checked and OK, probably a broken rocker they said (prone to it), rockers checked and OK, Its a broken piston they said yes youve guessed they are prone to that as well, in fact i am surprised there are any left on the road with all their inherent foibles... So far i cant find and engine and a decent recon is about £2 grand which is about what the van is worth on a good day. Anyone want a project ?



To cheer myself up i fitted some "cheesecloth boys" style shocker tops i got off ebay for fifteen quid and my Butlers saucer light to the Shovel, nice.