if he uses this for around town service what kind of fuel economy should he expect?
his other truck is a chebby express van 3500 with the 6.1ls1 in there... he gets around 9mpg

this will be better no?

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

A smokin deal from my point of view.

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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

22mpg on the highway is pretty standard I think.

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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

yeah, the only scary part is that it was used to haul... SHIPPING CONTAINERS OF VEGGIES... the 53' containers... this sucker was HEAVILY USED thosed 180K miles...

I'm hoping that it was well maintained, but this low miles on the industrial engine should be just fine.
get the fuel leak settled, and it should be good to go for the next 50K of service work... light a/c tools compared to a shipping container of veggies....

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

We have three '04 Sprinter 3500's in the fleet and they've been good to us. We've done the high pressure pump fix at least once. Not really a big deal. The glow plug controllers are all bad... they think the current's excessive through one plug. I'm measuring proper voltage and current at all plugs so I let that go. Exhaust has rotted away right behind the cat so we've fabricated our own replacement mufflers. Air intake hoses fail frequently, belt tensioners fail from time to time, and the EGR valves have failed somewhat frequently. But overall they've been good vans for the 300k or so miles they've travelled.

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When life gives you lemmings... make lemmingade.

How did it do that?

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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

John-
tell them where your brother stopped and what he picked up on the way back to Charlotte.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

05 dodge sprinter

↑What do you think could be wrong with this one? ↑
Is it worth looking at?

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"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration...
don't Fail Us Now"

Too short.

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Peach Parts W124.128 User Group.

80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

No mention of mileage. Price is good. Look at it.

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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

Our friend has a LWB high-roof cargo version with windows, and when we were in it with him, he showed us that the fuel economy thingie showed 25 MPG -- I suspect that's mostly highway, though.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

We get between 18 and 24 but our vans are stop and go, in town transit vans.

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FedEx(express) has been using these for a number of years. They have their own mechanics who work on them at each office, you can usually drive around the building & see where the shop is. Some of these trucks are driven 200 miles a day, others 20, but start & stop 100 times a day. Speak to one of the mechanics & see what problems they have had & what years are good or bad.

I got my first look at it yesterday.
zero rust from corrosion, but PLENTY of dings and scratches on each and every panel of the truck. the driver must have hit a few bushes/fences/houses... looks like the truck has never been washed prior to being up for sale. lugs all rusty, new tires, missing ash tray? wires hanging out of the space it should go... trailer brake controller, decent hitch. tall boy van. he's driving it on service calls the rest of the week, and giving it to me to go over it this weekend, so I'll get plenty of pictures, and start asking opinions/instructions

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"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 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Wonder if it's the oil filter, and not the oil/weight? Has this happened a lot, and what were the temperatures?

I don't see how the 3500 diesel Sprinter could do much less than the mid-upper-teens in your Brother's intended use.

9mpg is a scary number...... Good thing it's Halloween! Heh!

Sounds good. Wonder if there was a laptop tray-set-up for the delivery driving aspect installed where the wires/opening is?
Wow! "24 mpg" would have to be a fluke-fill for a stop-n-go van like that. "18" or so seems a lot more plausible.