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!

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

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

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

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.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Kerry,

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

Regards,

Terry.