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2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:51 am

Hi all. It has been a long time since I last posted but I'm back in the fold with another transit related vehicle.

So I've just bought a 2004 LDV Convoy which has a 2.4 Transit Duratorq engine and a Transit gearbox. Firstly, is it OK to post here?

I bought it for band transport and it was a non-runner when I got it. When I was looking at buying it the main issue I was told about was that if it rains it won't start. In my mind that must be water getting into the ECU and on closer inspection it seems that someone had drilled small hole in the bulkhead just above the ECU location to pass a power cable through from the battery to an amp in the back. Hopefully that's an easy fix. Also the battery terminals were lose so that could also be a contributing factor. I've not had a problem getting it started since buying it though so hopefully all good.

The foot steps inside the doors were a little 'soft' and looking at them they have both gone through, so some welding there. The wheel arches are looking a little rough, the body work has bubbled in places so that needs attention and the entire underside looks really dry and is covered in surface rust. But it's not too bad overall.

But the biggest issue was that I came across was that I had a right job getting it in gear when the engine was running. After replacing the master and slave cylinders with no improvement I dropped out the gearbox and found a knackered friction plate and a knackered dual mass flywheel. I was told that they usually didn't come with a dual mass flywheel. Lucky me, eh? So I've got to get a solid flywheel and clutch.

But it's only got 110K on the clock so it should do me well I hope.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:02 pm

I got a Transit solid flywheel and clutch and fitted that today and all seems OK but the pedal bite is very low to the floor. I've fitted the original slave cylinder but I've seen that depending on model there could be a different slave cylinder which looks slightly longer.

Is there a different slave cylinder on the solid flywheel setup as opposed to a dual mass flywheel setup?

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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby ned » Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:08 am

I believe the solid flywheel conversion requires a longer concentric slave cylinder, I could be wrong, when I come to do my clutch I'll be fitting another duel mass flywheel. N
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:48 am

Thanks for the reply. I presume you are talking about one of these?

s-l225.jpg


Mine is older than yours with this type:

aaa1.jpg


However, there is another similar cylinder which I know is about an inch longer which looks like this:

aaa2.jpg


I just wondered if the last one is the right one for a solid flywheel.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:11 pm

An update.

I left the van for a few months and when I got back in it again the clutch was fine, no problem at all. I suspect that it has self bled and all the air is out of the system, so that's good. So now I'm onto the welding...

This was the drivers step:
WP_20161231_007.jpg


And this was the passenger step:
20170415_151029.jpg


Pretty rough as you'll agree. So after a few hours playing with sheet metal I now have this:
20170415_151041.jpg


It's not pretty and needs some paint, but it's a start. I have finished the passenger one but I don't have a picture at the moment.

Next I need to just tidy up all the rough bits on the bodywork. The gutter above the rear doors is rough, as is the numberplate panel. The rear step needs removing as it's really rotten and then I need to reseal the windscreen.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby karl » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:50 pm

Tetsu0san wrote:An update.

I left the van for a few months and when I got back in it again the clutch was fine, no problem at all. I suspect that it has self bled and all the air is out of the system, so that's good. So now I'm onto the welding...

This was the drivers step:
WP_20161231_007.jpg


And this was the passenger step:
20170415_151029.jpg


Pretty rough as you'll agree. So after a few hours playing with sheet metal I now have this:
20170415_151041.jpg


It's not pretty and needs some paint, but it's a start. I have finished the passenger one but I don't have a picture at the moment.

Next I need to just tidy up all the rough bits on the bodywork. The gutter above the rear doors is rough, as is the numberplate panel. The rear step needs removing as it's really rotten and then I need to reseal the windscreen.


Great job

As for the clutch ldv are solid fly wheel anyway so just order a clutch kit
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:19 am

karl wrote:Great job

As for the clutch ldv are solid fly wheel anyway so just order a clutch kit


So everyone kept telling me, but it wasn't. It was a dual mass flywheel. I have done a solid conversion though and that works fine.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:17 am

Another update.

This is what the passenger step looks like:
20170425_212743.jpg


So I started to look at the rear end last night, mainly because the numberplate lights had been bodged up due to rust:
20170425_193004.jpg


And before I knew it there was a load more rot that had to come out:
20170425_212600.jpg


I've cut some new metal to go in its place so I'll hopefully weld that in later. I'm probably not going to fit the plastic bumpers anyway so I will avoid making brackets for them.

More updates to follow...
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:27 am

So I made a new rear section to replace the rusty old bit:
20170426_210711.jpg


20170426_210726.jpg


And this is roughly what it looks like in place:
20170426_210756.jpg


Onwards and upwards I suppose.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby bezzabsa » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:02 pm

always liked the Convoy LDV's...... even when they were just plain Sherpa's


Delivered into their place in Brum and loved to watch the track.... :mrgreen:
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Thu May 04, 2017 9:18 am

Took it in for its MOT yesterday and unfortunately it failed. Failures were:

Corroded brake line
Caliper bolts lose
Drivers seat not attached to the floor at the back
Rear fog light.

The brake line was the one that goes behind the heat shield and indeed, it was pretty bad so I replaced that with a new piece. The caliper bolts was a different storry though. They were not lose (my god, they certainly weren't lose) but they were a mixture of allen head and normal bolts. All of them had been packed out with washers as they were too long which meant that the brake line bracket was moving arround, hence the failure. After putting in better bolts and re-helicoiling one of the holes it all seemed to go back together as it should. No idea what had happened to cause all of this in the first place though.

The fog light I am pretty annoyed about though as I tested them and the drivers side worked so I left it at that. Apparently if you've only got one working they can get away with it if it's on the N/S, but the one that was working was on the O/S. Seems totally wrong to me but there you go.

The drivers seat was one of those things you just miss. There's an L shaped bracket that holds the seat to the floor and that had rusted through about half way up. Very odd. But it should be a 10 minute fix.

There was quite a long list of advisories but I get the feeling the MOT tester was a bit over the top. Advisories included 'bonnet stiff to open', 'rear axle and diff casing corroded'. Ah well.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby ned » Thu May 04, 2017 9:30 am

I have had that with moody mot testers basically slagging the vehicle off and saying its not worth repairing (2 page fail sheet, most of it welding (1500 sovs worth)) took the car straight to another garage and it needed front brakes and 4x tyres, go figure, I shown the garage the other fail sheet and once he stopped laughing told me there was no sign of corrosion underneath, that was 5 years ago and the car is still going strong. N
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Thu May 04, 2017 10:58 am

nedforceone wrote:I have had that with moody mot testers basically slagging the vehicle off and saying its not worth repairing (2 page fail sheet, most of it welding (1500 sovs worth)) took the car straight to another garage and it needed front brakes and 4x tyres, go figure, I shown the garage the other fail sheet and once he stopped laughing told me there was no sign of corrosion underneath, that was 5 years ago and the car is still going strong. N


I agree but to be fair all the things he's quoted on the fail sheet are worthy of a fail. He knew I wouldn't be taking it there for any work done anyway so there wasn't the incentive for him to try to make work out of nothing but when you see advisories like the ones he's said you do wonder what's the point. To an extent I wonder why an advisory sheet in the first place. It doens't really do anything for anyone except possibly put off a potential buyer.
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Tue May 09, 2017 1:23 pm

So today she got a 12 month ticket. Quite a few jobs left to do though but at least the MOT tester let her go through
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Re: 2004 LDV Convoy - Can I post here?

Postby Tetsu0san » Mon May 15, 2017 3:14 pm

Some more pics.

The 'new' rear end
20170511_200539 Public.jpg


Rear wheel arch and quarter had to be rebuilt as there was nothing left of it. Once rubbed down and painted it should look alright
20170511_200549.jpg


N/S rear end quarter also had a bit of rot
20170511_200610.jpg


Now I need to look at the side window
20170511_200633.jpg


20170511_200641.jpg
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