Ford Transit Forum

by **welshrussell** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:30 pm

Well, I've finally broke the 500 mile mark on the engine rebuild and boy is the van purring now

She actually accelerates up hills in 3rd and 4th where before she would crawl up in 2nd gear

She buzed around the Highlands for a couple of days and didn't miss a beat - it was absolutely fantastic to drive this van compared to how she has been in the last 3 years.

I even managed to overtake a couple of cyclists this time :lol:

Lots and lots of money spent - but worth every penny

The temp needle has also dropped and is now settling to just over halfway, no matter what the driving conditions, so I hope after a couple more hundred miles she will sit on the half way mark.

I'll try to take better photos at the Scottish Forum Meet later this week (if it's sunny enough) :lol:

But she is finally doing what she was built to do - take me on holiday

I did buy a new temp sensor, but it did not work at all

The new one was listed as a V4 Corsair and came with a blue top and B600 stamped on it, where as the old one (which still works) has B750 on it

But here's the pics - enjoy

by **madmark** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:33 pm

well done mate ! :wink:

by **transitgeoff** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:16 pm

lovely, time to enjoy it now

by **welshrussell** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:40 pm

transitgeoff wrote:lovely, time to enjoy it now

Oh yes indeed - already planning another trip away next month and the Scottish Forum Meet on Sunday.

I just have to post this engine photo again, the others are a bit rubbish.

The V4 is such a thing of beauty :wink:

by **greek** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:23 pm

You not going to carpet the cab russel :?:

by **irishtransit** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:46 pm

she looks a very nice van to have.enjoy.

by **welshrussell** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:51 am

greek wrote:You not going to carpet the cab russel

Another Forum member kindly donated me some really nice thin ruibbed matting from a Land Rover that will do the job nicely

So now I'm just trying to source some wheel arch covers

Add it to the 'to do' list :lol:

by **Breakdown Biker** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:19 am

Looks great Russ

I'm lookin fwd to seeing this van at the meet on Sunday

by **MK1Chris** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:47 pm

Looks excellent mate!

Loving the 'wood' trim on the door cards - I don't have those on mine :oops:

by **welshrussell** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:15 pm

MK1Chris wrote:Looks excellent mate!

Loving the 'wood' trim on the door cards - I don't have those on mine

I would love them more too if they hadn't lost all their clips and weren't so worn out

They flap about like mad everytime you open and close the door and are getting slightly warped now

It's a real shame because i really love the look of the brown cards compared to black ones.

I saw some on ebay, where I think a guy sells brand new reproduction ones (only in black) but at something like £160 a pair

So I have cut to shape some thin plywood and have got some blue oilcloth , ready to recover them and glue some new clips in place.

Yet another thing for the list :roll:

by **madmark** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:16 pm

russ i agree the v4 is a cracking engine! i was bourt up on them had my first van that was a v4 ! :wink:

by **welshrussell** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:21 pm

I can't wait to take her out for a spin again on Sunday - just got to keep my eye on some rogue jubilee clips

After the rebuild it seems some of them weren't as tight as they should have been and a had a couple of small leakage incidents :wink:

But other than that I'm trying to adjust to taking corners slower than I used to as halfway round some 40mph bends I get visions of the afterlife :lol: