[dazmond]

thrust bearing and clutch knackered on my van.its parked up in a local carpark.towing it to a garage tomorrow dinnertime.took all gear and barrels out.probably wont get it back until thursday as they are busy and will have to fit me in between jobs!

not sure how much its gonna cost me but i bet its getting on for £500 with parts!

got loads of work due and overdue now!

never had a clutch or thrust bearing go on me before so i must be lucky!its a kangoo.

any of you guys got worse stories of van troubles to make me feel a bit better?


dazmond

[Simon@ Clearview contractors]

Diesel pump on the 03 transit going kapputt on me on the motorway, cost me £850 for the pump and £200 for the tow

I was in a simmilar situ as you, with all the work booked on, only advice I can offer is go and hire a van sharpish and transfer all your gear into it while the work is finished it will take the edge off the cost of the job and it's also tax deductable

Then there's the gearbox problems, but that's another story alltogether...

Simon

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

Dazmond. A good quality cluch kit should cost no more than 80 to 100. Decent garage will charge 150.00 to 200 to fit it mate. Dont get ripped off.   

[bobplum]

im waiting for gav to get on to this one

[Crystal-clear]

Dazmond. A good quality cluch kit should cost no more than 80 to 100. Decent garage will charge 150.00 to 200 to fit it mate. Dont get ripped off.   

Its true my clutch kit went last week had it fixed for £200 all in but that guy was cheap a good deal would be £300 all in tops.

[Wc Solutions]

id say about 7/10 times when you take your van or personal car to a garage for mot or service within a month or two there are problems ....

[Richard Neal]

PING PONG "WOULD GAV PLEASE COME TO THE CIU FORUM PLEASE, THANKYOU"
 

[SB Cleaning]

Should cost you no more than £250-£300 Daz

[CLEANCARE WC]

17 crinkly bottom groats

[Tom White]

I might have one in the brewing.  I started my 'new' van up this morning and it struggled to get going.  Once it goes it's fine, no problems, but I think the morning 'start up' may cause me problems.

Obviously the van must've already have been 'warmed up' before each test drive (I did two) I took it out for!  

Any ideas anyone?

[andyM]

I might have one in the brewing.  I started my 'new' van up this morning and it struggled to get going.  Once it goes it's fine, no problems, but I think the morning 'start up' may cause me problems.

Obviously the van must've already have been 'warmed up' before each test drive (I did two) I took it out for!  

Any ideas anyone?

If its a diesel might just be that the glow plugs need changing.

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

I might have one in the brewing.  I started my 'new' van up this morning and it struggled to get going.  Once it goes it's fine, no problems, but I think the morning 'start up' may cause me problems.

Obviously the van must've already have been 'warmed up' before each test drive (I did two) I took it out for!  

Any ideas anyone?

Is it due a service? glow plugs?

I would give it a good blast out Tosh, take it up the road & thrash the nuts out of it in 3rd gear!

[CLEANCARE WC]

I had the head gasket done on my berlingo best part of £700 and i had phantom electrics..would go out to the van in the morning and there would be all kinds of weird things happening with lights on the instrement panel so had a load of rewiring done £300 im in a better the devil you know situation now

[woody1]

well i must be lucky then bought a citreon c15 off ebay for 400 quid only spent a tenner on getting new light as drove into inlaws car day after they bought it, what a joy that  was 

and 11 ponds to get it through mot how i will never now as i abuse the life out of it every day

 

[Paul Coleman]

thrust bearing and clutch knackered on my van.its parked up in a local carpark.towing it to a garage tomorrow dinnertime.took all gear and barrels out.probably wont get it back until thursday as they are busy and will have to fit me in between jobs!

not sure how much its gonna cost me but i bet its getting on for £500 with parts!

got loads of work due and overdue now!

never had a clutch or thrust bearing go on me before so i must be lucky!its a kangoo.

any of you guys got worse stories of van troubles to make me feel a bit better?


dazmond

Well the gearbox on my Trafic went at 39,000.  At the time the worst bit was that it was New Years Eve and I was miles from home in the middle of nowhere on the way to a music gig.  I did manage to bang it into gear eventually and get going in second.  The clutch went on it at 75,000 but that's not so unreasonable.  I'm surprised you didn't get any warning re the clutch on the way out.  I've replaced several clutches in different vehicles (I tend to keep vehicles a long time) and there has always been a gradual worsening of clutch slip so a fair bit of warning.

[Richard Neal]

well i must be lucky then bought a citreon c15 off ebay for 400 quid only spent a tenner on getting new light as drove into inlaws car day after they bought it, what a joy that  was 

and 11 ponds to get it through mot how i will never now as i abuse the life out of it every day

 

Youve heard of Karma Woody? its going to come and bite you now 

[steven ainger]

well i must be lucky then bought a citreon c15 off ebay for 400 quid only spent a tenner on getting new light as drove into inlaws car day after they bought it, what a joy that  was 

and 11 ponds to get it through mot how i will never now as i abuse the life out of it every day

 

Youve heard of Karma Woody? its going to come and bite you now 





karma woody ?
 sounds like a buddist porn star   

[Tom White]

Youve heard of Karma Woody? its going to come and bite you now 

Actually Karma is a law of cause and effect that only a fully Enlightened being can understand, however...

*Sigh*

Never mind!

 

[woody1]

yeah proberly but good it means i get a new van as been saving for one but cant justify getting one yet as this van still moves well just about when full of water

[AuRavelling79]

Karma is what you use to run over your dogma.