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1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby Tania » Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:50 pm

Hi thankyou for accepting me to the Group, I am in NSW Australia , I have read alot of posts and replys here.
I own a 1997 Ford Transit Van 2.5 Diesel manual
Rego papers put the Model down as a TRANS96B
VIN WFOLXXBDVLVD05809
I bought the Van off an elderly man and it has sat in a shed for 5yrs she is a decked out camper , I bought the Van Knowing it had its problems being, Engine Managment light comes on and goes into Limp Mode, hence why it sat in shed for 5 years.

Drives great till , randomly Engine Light Comes On and she goes into Limp Mode ,
if i turn key off and start her again engine light goes off and drives great again
or i can be driving and engine light can randomly go off on its own too, either way randomly goes on and or off could be after 10ks or 20 or more ks.
Engine cuts out and stops if engine light ON if i come to stop lights or t intersection ,
if i turn key on and start engine to proceed to drive engine light goes off again. and drives great again.

When i turn key on and start engine any day i go out to start the van, engine light not on till i drive 10,20, 50ks again.

Codes shown when read by mechanic are

1. P1173 Rotor Calibration Fault

2. P1180 Fuel Delivery System Malfunction - Low

3. P0105

4. P1190 Calibration Resistor Out Of Range

5. P1182

6. P1184 Engine Oil Temperature Out Of Self Test Range

7. P1256 Pedal Correlation PDS1 and HPDS

8. P1257 Pedal Correlation PDS2 and HPDS

9. P0400

10. P1172 Rotor Control Fault

11. P1109 IAT - B Sensor Intermittent

I live in the bush and i would love to get the Van going properly so i can take abit of time to go places for a change.

Like a say untill the engine light comes on randomly she drives great
any input would be appreciated
Also parts seem to be obsolite for this model any advise on any other year models that would be compatable for spare parts for my 1997 like whole pedal assembly units etc.

Thankyou for your time , i just want to be a camper under beautiful trees etc lol im starting to wonder if that will ever happen, i go out each day start the van up sit in her and dream of going places so here is Hopeing lol

Tania
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby Luke » Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:26 pm

welcome to the forum mate :D
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby Altransit » Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:44 pm

Welcome to the forum :D
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby CasualNerd » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:18 pm

The best luck I have had here in Aus is to ring around the local wreckers and get on gumtree. "ford transit wrecking" always brings something up but you might find it more difficult with the older model.
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby Tania » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:46 am

Thank you i been spending hours looking be good if i can work out if my van is a VG model or not etc thankyou again tania :)
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby CasualNerd » Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:13 pm

Tania wrote:Thank you i been spending hours looking be good if i can work out if my van is a VG model or not etc thankyou again tania :)

Do you have the original owner's manual ? I think in mine it's in the inside of the first page. I've seen 97 models sold as both VG and VF though.

Is that naming system just for Australia ? I always search parts with the British "mk6' etc and get way better results.
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Re: 1997 Ford Transit Van

Postby Altransit » Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:52 pm

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1997 Mk5 SWB 115 Minibus 70ps Di (Gone, but not forgotten!)
2004 Mk6 SWB T280 Medium Roof 85PS 2.0 TDDi - Vantunered (Also gone)
2008 Mk7 SWB T280 Medium Roof 85PS 2.2 TDCi - Also Vantunered
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