The Dispatch | Expert | Scudo Hub

I'm not sure if you can inspect the bushes without removing stuff.

Suppose you could just jack the van up, take the wheel off and the bottom of the shock - it could give you enough free play to see if there's any wiggle room in the bush.

Just noticed you're in south yorkshire too, if you want you can have the bush tool I used to install bushes on my old van - it's just sat in the garage doing not a lot!

I did the rear bushes on my old 2001 dispatch, it's not that hard a job!

doing one side at a time is how I did it, no need to remove the rear axle that way.

Jack back of the van up
Remove the rear wheel
Stick something under the axle (a trolley jack is perfect)
Remove shock absorber
Watch the rear spring fall out
Undo the bush nut/bolt wossname
Pull out the rubber part of the bush (it'll be falling to bits)
Using a hacksaw cut out the old bush metal sleeve (might need a screwdriver to pry it out once you've cut it)
Give everything a clean
Using a threaded bar with some spacers and nuts, install the new bush
Put everything back together and do the other side.

I did buy a tool to install the new bush but it's essentially a threaded bar with nuts and spacers.

Regarding the knocking from the back, i'd advise finding a friendly pothole or speedbump (hah) and driving over it.

If it sounds like:
- "clunk clunk" then check to see if the exhaust has a broken bracket and that the spare wheel holder is secure.
- Twanging a ruler on the edge of a desk then it's probably the rear trailing arm bushes. You can replace these yourself, you just need some tools and a jack.

If the heater isn't blowing hot air, just double check that the antifreeze is topped up. A big enough loss (due to some piddly plastic bit splitting, ask me how i know...) can mean water isn't getting to the heater matrix bit.

I had a similar issue and it was bad diodes in the alternator. Though it was bad enough that the battery would drain overnight!

Aye she's been a good one and i'll be sad to see her go. The cost of getting a new exhaust fitted plus the unknown of if it'll pass an MOT with rear end rot (and i know the passenger inner wheel arch is getting crusty, and it's making fun sounds when turning the steering wheel at low speeds...) meant I took the decision to replace her

With another Citroen Dispatch of course

If anyone does want it as is i've still a bit of time left on my insurance and i'm happy enough to drive her. Still half a tank of diesel in it too...

I still have the spare bumper in my garage, it's the steel version (which are like sodding hens teeth!). It has the metal mounting brackets and the grey plastic side pieces.

What it doesn't have is the screws that attach the bumper to the mounting brackets, unsuprisingly the heads were rounded off and rusted to bits, they put up a heroic fight!

Sorry didn't notice the messages!

I've still yet to sort out scrapping the van, it's currently sat on the driveway.

If anyone wants to grab some stuff or preferably take the van off my hands I can be available this weekend.

My van is indeed pre-facelift. Not sure if the gearbox would fit a 2.0 turbo

I use one of these

https://amz.run/3KIK

Does the trick, though I always forget which way around it's meant to go

Well update for this morning

Try the van, dead. Battery fully drained and it's unlikely it'll charge up again. That's 2 it's gone through since wednesday.

I'm absolutely gutted.

Just a slight update but nowhere closer to fixing it

open van, pull out relay for the blower - blowers stop working (hooray), test relay with multimeter and a battery and it works fine. So it's getting constant power to it even with the engine off, key out and van locked?