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I've got a Russek manual which has been very handy. I think this is the reversing switch: http://wookware.org/pics/van/img051.jpeg.html (the white block), but I would have to check to be certain. It's round there somewhere on top of the gearbox housing.
The HDi is significantly more efficient. I've seen 30% suggested but that may be optimistic. I stuck to the 1.9D/TD because I know how it works and I wanted biodiesel/vegoil compatibility (The HDIs don't like the extra viscosity). My 1.9TD does about 38mpg these days. It was 40 when it was newish. I'd expect 45-50 from the HDi. But now you've got a computer and more expesnive bits than just the injection pump.
If I was buying now I'd get the HDi (well, except that actually I'll go electric next time if at all possible..we have to move on)
Interesting that others have this. Mine does it too (or did, but not for a while actually). It lets diesel fumes in the back and when it was bad I got quite some complaints from people in the back. I have bike on the back doors too, but even though the bottom spring latch comes out, the doors stay together and the top latch stays in so I've never worried about the bikes swinging about. Maybe I should :-)
I've never understood quite what the failure is as the latch seems good and springy, yet somehow contrives to work its way out, sometimes on quite a short trip. I think the extra thickness of carpet I added didn't help (which raised the keeper), and it does seem to have gone away since I cut a bigger hole in the carpet so the latch keeper was mounted a couple of mm lower, in the original position.
I had to buy a little mini-puller to get mine off. The long one was impressively stuck.
Can't help you with specific locations, as you are the other end of the country, but can provide a little reassurance. When I tried to get a new key I had a few places telling me that it was electronic and they couldn't do it - I had to go to Peugeot. I had to insist pretty hard that I just wanted the key and that would be fine, and yes it was my own risk. Timpson's just refused, another place didn't have the blanks, but I eventually found a place in Cambridge (MIll Rd) that had the right blanks. They weren't keen but did it anyway for a tenner or so and it's been fine.
My van did originally come with an immobiliser but it was a third-party thing, not built in, and I could only ever get one of my two fobs to work. In the end I just got rid of it as more trouble than it was worth (and fitted a solenoid-nobble switch for parking in dodgy places). it is nice having the last of the all-mechanical vans. No computers to argue with :-)
I didn't fit a rock and roll, but I made a bed the converts into a seat. I didn't bother with seatbelts (which does make people rather nervous these days and is probably illegal). Seats in the back of campers didn't used to have to have seatbelts but I have a vague feeling that the rules changed at some point in the last 20 years.
In practice my seat isn't all that comfortable to travel in (no rake on bottom) so on the fairly rare occaisons that there are more than 2 of us, people usually just lie on the bed instead and travel in style.
Here's some pics of mine: http://wookware.org/pics/van/index.html
I should put some more up sometime.
The conversion was done in 2003, and I did an engine-swap in 2005 when the original NA engine dropped a swirl chamber. I put a turbo in instead which has proved to be a major improvement. It was quite a faff (5 weekend job, in January!). The van is 20 years old now so getting a little tired but still very reliable.
Just discovered this forum, which is very handy. I've hung around on frenchcarforum before but because it's arranged by brand it's not ideal for expert/scudo/jumpy/dispatch queries which are usually brand-independent.
I've got quite a lot of experience fettling this van so hope I can be of some use here.
I've got one of the waeco compressor fridge/coolboxes. Bought it 15 years ago, but looks like they haven't changed much. Mine is the CF-18: https://www.getawaeco.com.au/index.php? … &itemid=37
It's a very nice bit of kit (should be as they are not cheap - I got mine ex-demo for £220 rather then the £400 they normally were then). It's been great. Solid, reliable, makes things nice and cold if you ask it (The fridge can freeze things if you turn it up to full waz and drive for a few hours. ). Built-in low-voltage turn-off is very useful.
For many years we used it just when driving, but eventually I got my leisure batteries wired up so now we can use it when parked too. We get about a day or so of cooling on a hot day, maybe two before the batt is too low-voltage.
You can hear the compressor if you run it at night (we don't). It uses 55W when running IIRC. And in practive I reckon it runs something like 1/4 of the time, so typical equivalent continuous usage of maybe 15W?
If you put a couple of extra water bottles in to store some 'cold' we find that actually just running it when moving is enough cooling for most circumstances. This works fine unless you want to go somewhere for several days without moving (or are paranoid about things every getting a bit warm from time to time).
I did modify mine to have separate LEDs for power and running. It came with just one, which was really unhelpful. Maybe that's been improved sometime in the last 15 years?
Anyone know where it might be on an early (1997) model? My end-of-the-drivers-door label just has pressure and type info. It does have UY00 written vertically which _might_ be a paint code? On the passenger side there is a pressure regulator diagram. The door hinges have 2271 written on them (embossed). Could that be it? Can't find any other labels in the area.
My van is white. If they've been using the same white the whole time then the number should be well-known as they really are mostly white :-)
Clues welcome.
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