are the rears disc or drum in that beast? (I'm guessing drum.) be sure and take lots of pictures, and start a new thread for here with the pics so we can all help/admire your work!

Isnt this camper similar to Roy's new bus?
It looks like a great van.
A belated welcome to you!!!

Hello Again !

After laying up my 307D CamperVan for the last year, I've dusted it down, got it back on the road, and now have a fresh MOT - it's a bit late for this summer, but I wanted it back running and road legal again before another year passes.

Last Month I fitted new rear wheel cylinders, as both were leaking and were probably original 1984 factory items I'd say. Everything's good now - or I say WAS good now, as I have running problems again !

Symnptoms are similar to before - the engine struggles to start, and when it does start, runs real rough - lots of white smoke out the exhaust pipe, and needs the pedal to the floor just to get it running and bearly ticking over at idle. If I can get it running, it runs real rough - and revs up and down on it's own (with the pedal held to the floor), until it ultimately dies...

It revs a little with some pumping of the gas pedal, but ultimately the engine dies and won't then run at all.

I've performed the following checks :-

• Engine Oil is clean and uncontaminated
• Coolant is fresh and uncontaminated
• The fuel hoses that are short and run between each of the fuel injectors linking them together have all been replaced as they were perished and starting to leak - this was done about 3 months ago and the truck ran fine after these were done.
• Last year I flushed the fuel tank and replaced some of the fuel lines.

If you read this thread earlier from last year, you'll see that this truck appears to have the 'old' style fuel pump primer.

My diagnosis is that I think I have fuel starvation issues. I don't think the Head Gasket has gone as there's no cross-contamination of fluids or any overheating before this problem occurred.

Now the truck won't run barely at all and it's very frustrating.

I would appreciate any opinions out there on where I should start my diagnosis of this problem - and also, before I start dismantaling the fuel tank and lines again, could anybody point me in the direction and tell me where the fuel pump is located, so I can remove it and have a look ?

The truck itself has only covered 62,000 miles from new - and prior to these running problems has been very reliable for me over the past 6 years - during which time I've only travelled arond 8,000 miles in it. I wonder if the lack of use is likely to have led to these problems ?


With Best Regards,

Terry.

Step one:
Remove the doghouse and pull the vacuum line off the shut off valve at the back of the IP and see if the problem goes away.
Fuel/lift pump is bolted to the side of the IP directly downstream of the plastic primary filter.

Kerry,

Thanks for the info - will check & report back findings.

Regards,

Terry.