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I'm considering converting a Merc. Vito to a campervan, is there anything mechanical I should be looking for when I view a vehicle? Thanks.
I had thought about a secondhand Vito a few years ago...but they are bad for rust and I was warned that the fly wheel (or dual fly wheel) can be a very expensive repair on high mileage vans.
The Dual Mass Flywheel is very common now on both vans and cars and is expensive to replace. typically £1.5 - 1.8K at a dealers, but are on the whole pretty reliable, although mine went at 41000mls. (Peugeot)
The Dual Mass Flywheel is very common now on both vans and cars and is expensive to replace. typically £1.5 - 1.8K at a dealers, but are on the whole pretty reliable, although mine went at 41000mls. (Peugeot)
you can buy a conversion kit expensive but worth it . still your better off looking round for an older van spend a few quid on it and you wont have half the trouble
You certainly can, but you get a more lumpy tickover and I've heard that they can cause failures in the driveshafts and gearbox. How true I don't know.
You mean the T2 (above 3,500 Kgs); the T1 (the equivalent up to 3,500kg model) was/is also brilliant with none of the modern gubbins that go wrong. Saw dozens of them still on the road in France earlier this year - made me sorry I'd just sold mine after 20 years faultless motorhoming in it (and I had one previously too).i dont know much about these conversions .mind you i am not into newish cars or vans .give me the old tech any day .best merc van was the older version before they brought out the sprinter 408 i think, old type snap on van, flat front short bonnet one, diesel slowish but they will run for a million miles no probs. fraid mercedes now are poor tack to what they used to be