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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Impact Pete on 08 March 2016, 13:56:09
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On my Transit I think it's called the 'FRONT LOWER SLAM PANEL BAR with a INTERCOOLER RADIATOR hanging off it' the bar has rust holes in it is this likely to be a MOT failure? I'm assuming it's not structural but then again It's a big bit of metal just to be supporting an Intercooler radiator.
Any one know?
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Give us a clue. What year Tranny is it?
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
Who's a little ray of sunshine today?! ;D
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
Who's a little ray of sunshine today?! ;D
Three I have done now, one with only 82k miles and none over 10 years old.......they truly are a pile of......can only be better now they are no longer thrown together at the side of the Solent :y
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Give us a clue. What year Tranny is it?
It's a 02 plate 90 engine long wheel based high top transit, I've owned it from May 2003 and It has been quite frankly an amazing vehicle that has had little go wrong in the 13 years Ive had it, Marks DTM Calib it had near side sill welding last year just under side sliding door but to be fair for it's age its still a looker only a few pits of body rust good arches and only major job it's had in 13 years is the dual fly wheel replaced by a single so new starter clutch etc.
It's been a real work horse and my 2 boys under 3 love riding around in it :)
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
Who's a little ray of sunshine today?! ;D
He could have added the door step, front floor, wing rail and strut tower. I put an entire 8x4 sheet of steel into the O/S of one of our work Transits because it was good mechanically. That was a job that wasn't really viable, except they didn't have anything else for me to do for most of that week. It drove a lot better when the front suspension tops weren't semi-floating!
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I had a patio laid about the time the first FWD transits came out.
Patio guy turned up in a brand new one on day one. I pointed out a small oil leak under it. "Ford have said it's fine. I'll get back to them".
Day two, and the leak was a little worse. "Ford had a look and said it was fixed >:(".
Day three. Big ends clearly knocking like mad. Oil leak appears to be "fixed". ::)
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I have a good one then :)
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
Who's a little ray of sunshine today?! ;D
Three I have done now, one with only 82k miles and none over 10 years old.......they truly are a pile of......can only be better now they are no longer thrown together at the side of the Solent :y
They're not...
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I believe it is as its considered part of the crash protection.
If that's gone then check the inner sills, outer sills, A post base, B post base and chassis cross rails......once you have that sorted the fuel pump will let go (if the earlier diesel) or flywheel and starter. :D ;D :y
Who's a little ray of sunshine today?! ;D
Three I have done now, one with only 82k miles and none over 10 years old.......they truly are a pile of......can only be better now they are no longer thrown together at the side of the Solent :y
What would you have instead? A ReNisHall Vivaster that needs a gearbox every 6 months? Sprinter/Crafter that rust almost as badly and being German don't take the abuse that a Transit shrugs off? The Franco-Italian abortion Ducato/Relay?
No modern diesel can be considered unbreakable, but when you need the thing back on the road right now a Transit is the only one that measures up.
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If I look at my initial outlay on a 1 year old Transit and the relatively minor jobs over 13 years it has been one of my better buys.
Anyway guys back to the original question? ! ::)
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If I look at my initial outlay on a 1 year old Transit and the relatively minor jobs over 13 years it has been one of my better buys.
Anyway guys back to the original question? ! ::)
It probably is an MOT failure as there isn't much other structure at the front.
Do you have a picture?
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If I look at my initial outlay on a 1 year old Transit and the relatively minor jobs over 13 years it has been one of my better buys.
Anyway guys back to the original question? ! ::)
It probably is an MOT failure as there isn't much other structure at the front.
Do you have a picture?
yep
can someone remind me how to post a picture!
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If I look at my initial outlay on a 1 year old Transit and the relatively minor jobs over 13 years it has been one of my better buys.
Anyway guys back to the original question? ! ::)
It probably is an MOT failure as there isn't much other structure at the front.
Do you have a picture?
ok hope this works;
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3t8tj5zw7pfhfr/IMG_2159.JPG?dl=0)
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(https://photos.dropbox.com/app/timeline/lightbox)
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If I look at my initial outlay on a 1 year old Transit and the relatively minor jobs over 13 years it has been one of my better buys.
Anyway guys back to the original question? ! ::)
It probably is an MOT failure as there isn't much other structure at the front.
Do you have a picture?
ok hope this works;
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3t8tj5zw7pfhfr/IMG_2159.JPG?dl=0)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3t8tj5zw7pfhfr/IMG_2159.JPG?dl=1)
HTH :)
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Thank you for that what did I do wrong! I clicked the link within the image as per tunnies how to, tried it 3 times not sure why mine didn't work, there should be another picture to.
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Thank you for that what did I do wrong! I clicked the link within the image as per tunnies how to, tried it 3 times not sure why mine didn't work, there should be another picture to.
If you look at my post (choose quote) you will see that all I did was change dl=0 at the end to dl=1 .. it's just something you have to do to get it to work .. :)
the second one has no picture linked .. it just goes to a folder ?
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9r80jnlt61v129/IMG_2160.JPG?dl=1)
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Christ that's pretty bad!
Your in the hands of the tester but to me that's a big fail
And me, it would be the VW, the Transit is quite possibly the worst built van out there at the moment sadly.
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Jesus, looks like you just fished it out of a lake!
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Christ that's pretty bad!
Your in the hands of the tester but to me that's a big fail
And me, it would be the VW, the Transit is quite possibly the worst built van out there at the moment sadly.
Yep it looks bad but it's like it's been made out of a worse piece of steel than the rest, all around it is fine and in much better nick.
Also MOT was done last June so I find it hard to believe it has got this bad in under a year, it must of had a lot of dirt covering perhaps a smaller hole that the tester didn't see. It's tested at Alans Test Centre in Derby.
Do we think a second hand swap out would be easier than a few plates of weld? due to the ease of access I could weld a few plates over the holes (assuming there is any good metal left) then again its a big hole so the plate might weaken it more I guess, Ive not shopped round yet or read any how toos on swapping one out
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Might have to go the weld approach as I recall the whole front being a single piece.
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Might have to go the weld approach as I recall the whole front being a single piece.
The part is available second hand usually with the intercooler with it and looks like only a couple of bolts hence why I originally wondered if it was structural and therefore MOT worthy, but due to the rust the bolts may be a pig to get off