I've recently bought a 1998 Renault Master with 1/4 million miles on the clock. We wanted a large van to use as we camp alot and I organise and play at festivals all summer so we wanted more convenience.
We use the van at least once a week to get away and every week we add some more bits to it to make it more comfortable, for instance: I made and upholstered some pads to put on the rear seats to convert into a bed, fitted a fold away bunk and currently have a slightly modified fold-down double bed, all this for me and the wife, the two kids and the dog.
The crunch now comes as the MOT is due so once again dug my tools out and started pulling bits out of the engine to clean it up and try and get it working to the best of order. I de-greased and washed years of grime off the engine and when replacing the air box and pipes added some new jubilee clips replaced the zip ties with real bolts (it's obviously been bodged over the years) and viola the engine is running better than ever.
It was retarding over 3k revs and now, once all the air hoses were tightened, a censor cable replaced and fluids topped up it's running well which is marvelous for over 250k miles.
MOT on monday so we'll have to see what needs to be done. In the mean time I'm treating all the rust spots ready for a re-paint and varnishing all the interior wood ie. cabinets I've built in and the floor.
Now to order a workshop manual and some accessories - cab carpet, seat covers, pedal rubbers and parts ready for a service. Nearly 7 litres of oil for the engine alone.
I'll be updating this as and when I get around to doing more as the weeks go by.
I'd love to hear from anyone that has worked on these vans as I'm completely in the dark and never worked on a Diesel in my life. Some parts I don't even recognise.
Here goes - years of happy motoring/camping ahead.
We use the van at least once a week to get away and every week we add some more bits to it to make it more comfortable, for instance: I made and upholstered some pads to put on the rear seats to convert into a bed, fitted a fold away bunk and currently have a slightly modified fold-down double bed, all this for me and the wife, the two kids and the dog.
The crunch now comes as the MOT is due so once again dug my tools out and started pulling bits out of the engine to clean it up and try and get it working to the best of order. I de-greased and washed years of grime off the engine and when replacing the air box and pipes added some new jubilee clips replaced the zip ties with real bolts (it's obviously been bodged over the years) and viola the engine is running better than ever.
It was retarding over 3k revs and now, once all the air hoses were tightened, a censor cable replaced and fluids topped up it's running well which is marvelous for over 250k miles.
MOT on monday so we'll have to see what needs to be done. In the mean time I'm treating all the rust spots ready for a re-paint and varnishing all the interior wood ie. cabinets I've built in and the floor.
Now to order a workshop manual and some accessories - cab carpet, seat covers, pedal rubbers and parts ready for a service. Nearly 7 litres of oil for the engine alone.
I'll be updating this as and when I get around to doing more as the weeks go by.
I'd love to hear from anyone that has worked on these vans as I'm completely in the dark and never worked on a Diesel in my life. Some parts I don't even recognise.
Here goes - years of happy motoring/camping ahead.
