Faults:

Replaced front brakes.

Replaced transfer axle with second hand example.

Replaced rear wheel bearings.

Rear exhaust rusty and leaked, replaced.

Pretty rusty, but nothing structural.

Interior badly worn, especially driver's seat.

General Comments:

Very robust and practical van, especially with the 4WD. Used to transport various materials to off grid projects and needed a cheap and reliable van for this work.

Steering was a bit imprecise and anything above 100 kmh felt unsafe. Also quite noisy, slow and agricultural, but ultra reliable.

In the end worn out. Had various problems with the injection pump and engine, and the transmission leaked badly. Transmission was also really noisy and hard to get into gears. Clutch worn out. Rust was also starting to be pretty bad. No point in repairs and was hence scrapped. No usable parts.

Faults:

To my knowledge, nothing.

But at a low 155k km, the engine had low compression on all cylinders and barely ran and was then scrapped. The problem was probably that it was an oil burner. We used to top up the engine with oil while driving from a 5L jug just for laughs, since the engine was placed under the center seat. We even had a heavy duty glove for the operation, the "oil glove" we called it.

When the van was scrapped it was totally falling apart; it had rust holes in the inner fenders that sprayed dirt into the compartment that we covered with duct tape.

General Comments:

My employers van. Bought second hand for pocket money since it burnt oil. Probably not the car's fault, don't think it ever was serviced. Just added oil. Really slow and under powered even when empty. A genuine disposable van. No point in spending any money on repairs, it was anyhow falling apart. But: Always started. Never left us stranded.

Faults:

Well bloke I got if off, had it parked in the sun for 18 months and all the fuel system dried out. So every perishable part has perished, fuel pump diaphragm, all the carburettor diaphragms and O rings.

The seats had virtually disappeared, and the brake rubbers had perished.

General Comments:

Absolutely heaps of room. Very Tardis like inside, and my dog thinks its great!

Very very smooth with the balance shafts.

Faults:

I haven't owned this precious little van for long, but I just adore it's looks. I fell in love with it when I saw it and had to have it. It is cream colored with wide gold stripes down the sides and along the bottom. People have commented that it looks like a Jurasic Park vehicle, a casino shuttle van, Scooby Doo's van...etc. It drives like a dream too. It originally came from California so it is virtually rust free. The interior is in great shape. I love the tracks that the seats move on. You can position the two "captains" chairs wherever you want them. They also swivel all the way around so that you can face the people in the back seat. The only thing that has gone wrong with the van thus far is the alternator, which we are replacing. The van has 193,000 miles on the body and chasis. I've been told by the seller that the engine was replaced with a used engine 7-9 months ago.

General Comments:

We are taking our van on vacation to Missouri from Michigan in April. And just try to find one like ours. Good luck. It's a keeper!!!