I love bangers. People are throw away now, can afford a better car and get one. Got 17 yr old berlingo petrol zero faults a lovely car to drive. Not rusty, paintwork lovely. Burns no oil or water. Most people turn their noses up at it but i bought it 8 yrs ago for £2200 @60k miles now just short of 100. Maintain all myself, did the cam belt/ water pump myself using u tube and was surprised at myself. I bought it for the sliding doors to transport my Dias led folk around. Been borrowed by everyone. 3 piece suite in it, double bed. What a car.
Very good vid. You were honest about your spend on materials and hours of work. We all look at old cars for sale and reckon with a bit of spit and polish there's lots of money to be made. The end product looked fantastic, Your family friend was the winner in this one.
@@bestysbits2071 Breakers yard prices have gone completely crazy now, as have all prices. A few years ago my local breakers (Ray's) would have charged a couple of quid for that wiper linkage, fiver at the most if it looked as good as new. In fact the guy would have given it to you if you were a regular. For example, he would have half a dozen Astra's in, keep them for a week so people could pick the bits off them and then strip them and ship them out. A complete wheel with often nearly new tyre £3 each, complete nearly new exhaust for a fiver, complete set of brake shoes including all springs and clips for a quid, pads, bulbs, fuses, spark plugs and leads for a quid or free. Then they would strip the car, engines in one skip, gear boxes in another and then the body shells would go onto a small truck 2 at a time and taken away. He would stack the cars 3 high quick turnover, the place was always full of people and they were all happy. The breakers down the road had a big piece of land where all the cars were spread out and not stacked. They would keep the same cars for 2 years until they rusted. They were so expensive . Ray knew how to do it and he retired early, they were great days. He's bored shitless now though. I used to buy accident damaged salvage cars to do up and sell but they're so expensive now it's just not worth it. Enjoyed the vid and am now new subscriber.
Absolutely brilliant car...apart from the fact it's currently sat at my local garage due to the rear drivers side suspension collapsing last night. All in tho its a cracking motor (yes, I am the person who bought this car)
Same problem with my engine i give it at hard smash with hammer on crowbar so tensioner hold a bit stronger, it hold around 6 weeks then smash it again😀. Cheers from swede
Just looked at mot history and it failed last year on a fuel leak around the filter god knows how they got it through especially when they knew where the problem was 😂😂
It's probably the best Merc ever built, The W204, the OM642 V6, The 722.6 trans. Glowplugs: thighten slightly first, then "left/right" and they will come out, remember to replace the glowplug controller also.
@@bestysbits2071 Well, I had one in a Chrysler 300C Touring, I did a piggybag ECM from Brabus. Works fantastic. Ensure that the turboinlet rubber seal are 110% tight.. Otherwise it will leak oil on top of the swirlmotor that works the intake flapper Doors... This part has been upgraded a couple of times, get the latest iteration, it will save a lot of work later...
@janfswedane my w204 has a 7g tronic gearbox...722.9... from what I know the w203 with om642 had as well the 7gtronic. There might be versions with 5g tronic but I haven't seen any. Meaning there might have been short production series with om642 and 5gtronic gearboxes.
Hi and thanks for the tips. Do you know if there is a fuse for the internal central locking button. The one on the drivers door does not operate. Thank you
Hi buddy I’m not sure had the van years ago, I would test to see if your getting power to the button and then you’ll know if it’s the supply or switch and mech that’s faulty 👌
@@bestysbits2071 just spoke to guy at pace vw connections truro he said have to raise van front then support engine ready to loose engine mount and grease tension mount and tensioner arm like u did also looking from underneath engine mount bracket and on my spare engine can see bolt underneath bracket have to undo.well here goes 😀
@@bestysbits2071 I’ve had a go I lowered engine off engine Mount but it won’t go lower as driveshaft rests on suspension arm I could just see lower mount bolt but thought be tricky to do anything else so gave up
Hi, love the video. Was wondering if you could tell me the egr delete kit came from? I am trying to convert my camper (2.4) to a turbo any advice would be greatfully received. Thanks Andy.
Just getting all the bits together. The van (a camper) is in Portugal. Will have to ship the bits down at some point. We will be going over end of this month so I can get measurements for intercooler hoses. Thanks for getting back to me. I did manage to get those bits. 👍
