Ford Transit Vans

[macandmoss]

@macandmoss Bet your pockets don't last long with those keys

I always struggle to stuff them in my pockets ..lol , I did thin them down to the bare minimum once but got sick of having to go home for keys for things , my family call me the jailor ..haha

 

[macandmoss]

when I was a kid my dad had loads of transits nicked... 13 over the years... they'd have been mk4 and mk5 iirc (smile front and the one before)

once got one back which had a fuel cut off, the solenoid was next to the tank so they got 7 or 8 miles before it conked out on them, rest were never seen again

the only thing that stopped then was the pedal lock

I made one for my mate who has a garage , a lad who he was talking to and is a bit of a rogue shall we say said if he saw a pedal lock like that he would just walk away , he said good pedal locks create to much exposure time and aren't worth the risk of getting caught

 

[mr haynes]

This currently on the bay of evil.
Still cheap but needs a little welding.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-for...=item3d7b0cd9b7:g:l-0AAOSwuvtb-TVJ:rk:13:pf:0

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I always struggle to stuff them in my pockets ..lol , I did thin them down to the bare minimum once but got sick of having to go home for keys for things , my family call me the jailor ..haha

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073SD2...t=&hvlocphy=1006506&hvtargid=pla-435246030137

I use these for keys. Few sets clipped together and clipped on my belt loop.
Always know where my keys are then and easy to click the locks when walk to/from the van.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073SD2...t=&hvlocphy=1006506&hvtargid=pla-435246030137

I use these for keys. Few sets clipped together and clipped on my belt loop.
Always know where my keys are then and easy to click the locks when walk to/from the van.

Aye, and on a quiet afternoon you can scale the Eiger.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Aye, and on a quiet afternoon you can scale the Eiger.

Would need to be braver than me to hook on with those weedy things lol.

 

[8ob]

Always know where my keys are then and easy to click the locks when walk to/from the van.

If you have a dash hound you can leave the keys in the ignition ,it would take one brave mother of a thief to take my truck or tools

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

If you have a dash hound you can leave the keys in the ignition ,it would take one brave mother of a thief to take my truck or tools

I walk away from mine and I lock the doors everytime. Can't take the risk round here.

Few years back one of the other vans for the company I worked for was done.
Someone opened the door and carried a sheet of glass inside. Walked back out to lock the van 3 mins and most of the tools had been cleared out. Must have been watching the van that day. This was in St. Albans so not a rough area either.

 

[Can'tWeld]

Don't the 2.2 engines suffer from oil pump failure?

I have a Ducato myself (same as Citroen Relay/Peugeot Boxer) but I know they fitted the 2.2 Ford engine to mid 2000s model Relays and on the owner's club facebook group they seem to be cacking themselves with oil pump issues every 5 minutes... expensive fix even if you do manage to turn it off in time, and if not the engine is scrap.

 

[knighty]

I havnt heard about that... iirc there's a filter on the oil pick up which can block up... and a filter inside one of the oil ways dunno g to the big end (I think... it's something likevthat anyway, all mine admre 2.4 so didnt really listen)

They all like nice clean oil

 

[Ashley Burton]

Talking about oil etc... I've heard many stories about Ford's running best on Ford spec oil

 

[Robotstar5]

I always struggle to stuff them in my pockets ..lol , I did thin them down to the bare minimum once but got sick of having to go home for keys for things , my family call me the jailor ..haha

Still not a patch on a friend of mine, he services/repairs pub gaming machines and has about 2 metres of chain with bunches of keys along the length of it, you can guarantee when he pulls it out of his toolcase some brightspark makes the comment "which one's your car key mate"

 

[Robbie260]

I know the landy puma 2.2 and 2.4 are famous for injector issues and need recalibrating every so often. I think its the same engine as in the transits of the same time.

As for security
https://vans.honestjohn.co.uk/van-products/top-10s/top-10-products-to-improve-van-security/
Covers just about all i can think of. Apart from the usual carpet holding strip along the top edge of the sliding door. Maybe the addition of internal dead bolts to the insides of doors you dont use very often top and bottom, even something as cheap and simple as a big gate draw bolt/latch would provide a little extra security and a bit more peace of mind.

 

[octo0072000]

You van get an 8x4 sheet between the arches on every big van now


A lot of the other fwd vans (renaults etc.) Have a bad reputation for killing gear boxes


I think.... they all have good points and bad points, non really stand out as much better than than the rest?

From personal experience I think iveco are the most reliable.... but maybe I just had a good one.... it was a 2001 so no idea what the newer lines are like

it's the 6 speed gearbox with problem 5 speed not too bad,
bearing wear on 6 speed causes main shaft and lay shaft to meet not a good idea

 

[octo0072000]

This currently on the bay of evil.
Still cheap but needs a little welding.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-for...=item3d7b0cd9b7:g:l-0AAOSwuvtb-TVJ:rk:13:pf:0

that's not bad seen a lot worse a couple weeks would have it back on the road

 

[HughF]

I had an ex-rac MK7 for 4 years & 100k miles, it needed:

Steering rack
DMF
Gearbox (input shaft shapped in 2)
Engine rebuild (no.1 little end gave up)
2x suction control valves on the CR pump and 1x pressure relief valve on the rail
Oil cooler
Clutch master cylinder

It went like stink after a remap but was the worse vehicle I've owned from a reliability point of view - The Mk6 I still have is superior mechanically

 

[V6BOY]

that's not bad seen a lot worse a couple weeks would have it back on the road

Wow that MOT tester must have been spitting feathers after all that typing!

I had an ex-rac MK7 for 4 years & 100k miles, it needed:

Steering rack
DMF
Gearbox (input shaft shapped in 2)
Engine rebuild (no.1 little end gave up)
2x suction control valves on the CR pump and 1x pressure relief valve on the rail
Oil cooler
Clutch master cylinder

It went like stink after a remap but was the worse vehicle I've owned from a reliability point of view - The Mk6 I still have is superior mechanically

I know the RAC Vans are extremely well looked after but boy do they have a hard life.

 

[Ashley Burton]

I think bottom line is anything over 10 years old I'm going to expect some work needing to be done to keep it road worthy!

 

[Woody.v8]

Wow that MOT tester must have been spitting feathers after all that typing!



I know the RAC Vans are extremely well looked after but boy do they have a hard life.

I had a mk6 ex rac transit, 3.3 ton never hardly had a problem with it, I had the full history from new and it had a new clutch and flywheel every 10k from new they must employ some bad drivers.
I did 70k in it towing a stockcar all over the country and never needed a clutch! The rot got to it in the end despite my best efforts to save it.
It still lives and I see it occasionally but it must need a fair bit of welding come MOT time.

 

[roofman]

I had an ex-rac MK7 for 4 years & 100k miles, it needed:

Steering rack
DMF
Gearbox (input shaft shapped in 2)
Engine rebuild (no.1 little end gave up)
2x suction control valves on the CR pump and 1x pressure relief valve on the rail
Oil cooler
Clutch master cylinder

It went like stink after a remap but was the worse vehicle I've owned from a reliability point of view - The Mk6 I still have is superior mechanically

And anyone would say "it must be a good van as its an ex-RAC van" like they do with police vehicles thinking its spent all its life being pampered in the cute little police workshop...could,nt be further from the truth on both counts