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:D hi everyone well if I had ten Commers like mine to sell on Ebay then i would have sold them all by Wednesday at the full asking price!!!! A lovely couple came up from London today (about 250 miles) to pick her up and gave me the asking price !!!! they were perfect for her had a love for old...

Hi there We put our Commer Campervan up for sale on ebay only yesterday. We use her all year round and have had many adventures I can tell you. Take a look.... go onto ebay and type in Commer Campervan and ours should pop up - a baby blue one. (sorry, I tried to copy in the link but it...

:):) Flipping heck theres no flys on you guys !! Yes it is Betty, Had a great time in her but growing out of her now and want a toilet and shower so going to the dark side and getting a caravan early next year . Just been to the IOM TT races in her which was brill and have some great memories...

[8D] on the way to the IOM in the morning still had probs with the van yesterday ran very rough when hot !!!!!!!!! changed the coil and it seems to be ok now !! Ill post some photos when i get back Amos [8D] AMOS (Bluemouse1006)

:D:DJust got back from Bridlington after a fab night away,Van went well,the temp stayed at just below half way with the old mechanical fan fitted, will be keeping it on for the I.O.M trip I think, I ran on LPG all the way and it went fine, seemed to have helped the hot restart problem with the...

Hi :D Fitted the old fan back on today and replaced the faulty thermostat (fitted a 82c instead of a 88c) hopefully to help it run cooler,fitted a long fuel pipe along the front and covered the bits inside the engine bay with heat reflecting tape stuff, the bottom of the carb float chamber has...

WELL JUST STRIPPED THE RADIATOR OFF TO PUT THE OLD FAN BACK AS I HAD RUN OUT OF IDEAS, HAD A THOUGHT AND REMOVED THE NEW THERMOSTAT I HAD FITTED WHEN I REBUILT THE ENGINE, BOILED A KETTLE AND PUT THE THERMOSTAT IN DIDN'T OPEN !!!!!!!!!!! WELL YOU COULD BLOW ME OVER WITH A FEATHER :I, WILL BE...

Thanks for all you input Guys :D Have any of you tidyed your engine bay up by painting you inlet manifold black ? i have and think it may be soaking up the heat ? might take it off and cover it with heat resistant foil stuff,starting to run out of ideas to be honest Thanks for reading :I...

thanks Greg :D Have checked those before taking her out for a run she had idle probs and i did have tight tappets and sorted that :D AMOS (Bluemouse1006)

Thanks Martin[8D] its a brand new thermostat but I did think that matey am going to change the fan then possibly look at the thermostat :D AMOS (Bluemouse1006)

Well the plot thickens !![?][?][?][?][?] Went out for about a 20 mile run today to the beach, she ran fine for about 10 miles then i noticed the temp gauge rising to just before the red, this is when i had the problems holding back and stalling at junctions, seems that all the problems stem from...

Thanks:D BMM ive ordered some heat reflective sheet to stick on the bottom of the float chamber hope this will help.. going for a longish run tomorrow to the beach so will try her out Then its the 170 mile run to Halsham in three weeks to go to the isle of man TT on the ferry will try and...

Thanks :D I will have a look at all the things mentioned, I have re routed the fuel line as before it was over the rocker cover which is very hot indeed. When you mentioned the fuel level well it hit a cord as it is very low now and shows that it is nearly empty, hope fully all the mods...

THANKS :D IN MY HEART IT FEELS LIKE A FUEL PROBLEM I STILL HAVE A SPARK WHEN IT WILL NOT START. MARTIN IT DOES HAVE THE BIG SPACER IN PLACE. PANKY I HAVE TWO FUEL FILTERS IN PLACE AND THE COIL I HAVE IS THE STANDARD COMMER ONE. ALTHOUGH I STRIPPED THE CARB TODAY AND FOUND A FEW SMALL PIECES OF...

HI AGAIN [8D] NOT BEEN ON HERE FOR A WHILE BUT DO READ THE FORUM NEARLY EVERY DAY, GOING TO ISLE OF MAN TT RACES IN THREE WEEKS IN MY COMMER VAN , JUST GOT THE COMMER THROUGH HER MOT TODAY, BUT BROKE DOWN THREE TIMES ON THE WAY HOME !!!. SEEMS TO BE HEAT RELATED AFTER IT IDLES FOR A WHILE AND...

Martin Just got your great Air filter kit !!! superb quality well impressed,can you post a rough sketch of where the bracket goes so i dont mess it up .. Cheers your a star Amos [8D] AMOS (Bluemouse1006)

Danrigs I have a LPG Commer and its great a cheap to run, as you can see from the thread topic it can be fitted quite cheap and whos bothered about the cost when you have a brill Commer especially when you are going to keep it for years like i am . Happy LPGing ;) Amos:D:D AMOS (Bluemouse1006)

HI:) Just a update as you can see by the pictures ive taken the dash cluster out now to fill all the unused holes and fit a Rev counter as well as new warning lights etc.... as you can see ive maked all the wires so i dont forget where they all go !!;) More mess im covering the dash pod in...

:)hi Yes i totally stripped it and replaced all seals and gaskets,replaced valves and decoked head, had probs with the sump gasket though the cork strips were a real pain in he a*se ! I take my hat off to you lot out there that have changed these in situ. luckily the crank and big ends were...

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Hope you like the pictures of Bettys engine just finished i have a few things to clean or paint to finish will try and sort some pictures out when it goes back into the van thanks for looking [8D] Amos AMOS (Bluemouse1006)