New user + pictures of our ride
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Hello Sven and girlfriend,
Welcome to the forum, glad you found us - thanks for the link to the site - looks pretty good. Hope you have seen and enjoyed commervanfan website too.
A friend of mine here in Wales has a red walk-thru, link to his wheels if you haven't already seen them is
http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=773
Great to see another walk-thru being used - they are even more rare than the PBs
Welcome to the forum, glad you found us - thanks for the link to the site - looks pretty good. Hope you have seen and enjoyed commervanfan website too.
A friend of mine here in Wales has a red walk-thru, link to his wheels if you haven't already seen them is
http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=773
Great to see another walk-thru being used - they are even more rare than the PBs
welcome aboard sven nice commer [^][8D]
"you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
nice commer [^][8D]"you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
Website looks good Sven, also followed link from there to commer owners club in Netherlands - this one caught my eye as hadn't seen walk-thru campers before, there seem to be a few more over with you than here
http://www.commer.org/commer%20archief/frameset.htm
http://www.commer.org/commer%20archief/frameset.htm
Love the walkthru camper, there was one on ebay early this year [:0]
Nicely laid out website, only problem is, its all in Dutch
Nicely laid out website, only problem is, its all in Dutch
welcome to the mad house love the chunky looks of these beauties [^]
love the chunky looks of these beauties [^]Hi Sven & Girlfriend, welcome. Have been trying to contact Commer Club Netherlands for as while, website in Dutch so can't understand it. this is a picture of my van.
Hello Sven
Nice to see another Walk Thru on the site - cracking set of wheels you've got there from the pics and some impressive soundproofing (can't believe they used to send these vans out without so much as a carpet) and those dustbin spotlights are pretty cool.
Posted some pics already, but here's my van again - hopfully about to go back into full service as a delivery van for my furniture business.
Nice to see another Walk Thru on the site - cracking set of wheels you've got there from the pics and some impressive soundproofing (can't believe they used to send these vans out without so much as a carpet) and those dustbin spotlights are pretty cool.
Posted some pics already, but here's my van again - hopfully about to go back into full service as a delivery van for my furniture business.
Excellent to hear of delivery use - what they were built for and what an ambassador for a business - good luck with that.
Definitely the meatiest spotlights I've seen, walk-thru chunky enough to carry them off - think my PB would be more suited a set of victorian gas carriage lamps [)]
Definitely the meatiest spotlights I've seen, walk-thru chunky enough to carry them off - think my PB would be more suited a set of victorian gas carriage lamps [
)]Decided to take the veggie oil conversion out for the moment.
Perkins isn't the best engine to run veg oil on, it'll do it, but you're likely to get problems with the CAV Lucas injection pump at some point.
Was having a few problems with the engine (still ongoing), not caused by the veggie oil, but difficult to pinpoint the cause with so many fuel lines and junctions (always quite amusing to see a mechanics face when i lifted the bonnet) so decided to return to diesel only - had my injection pump recon'd and they said it was a bit bunged up, so probably for the best.
Fun and cheap for a while tho - used to come out of Tescos with a pack of sarnies and 30-40 1l bottles of cooking oil, don't know what they thought at the tills (probably that i liked chips...)
Perkins isn't the best engine to run veg oil on, it'll do it, but you're likely to get problems with the CAV Lucas injection pump at some point.
Was having a few problems with the engine (still ongoing), not caused by the veggie oil, but difficult to pinpoint the cause with so many fuel lines and junctions (always quite amusing to see a mechanics face when i lifted the bonnet) so decided to return to diesel only - had my injection pump recon'd and they said it was a bit bunged up, so probably for the best.
Fun and cheap for a while tho - used to come out of Tescos with a pack of sarnies and 30-40 1l bottles of cooking oil, don't know what they thought at the tills (probably that i liked chips...)
Haven't really looked into biodiesel to be honest. It can be as harmful as pure veggie oil (which actually fulfils all the criteria to be classed as biodiesel itself).
The idea that you can just pour these fuels into your vehicle isn't strictly true, since they can attack materials not made to withstand them. The solenoid valves I used to switch between diesel and oil had to have Viton seals and were s/steel, I also had to change all the piping. This still left the Injection Pump open to attack. The CAV pump is a rotary injection pump which is lubricated by diesel - if you've got an engine with a Bosch IP (eg Merc/VW/etc) then you could get away with just pouring it straight in (tho only really on summer days with a decent temp).
There's also a question over how environmentally friendly biodiesel is now aswell, since huge swathes of forest are being cut down to make way to plant biofuels, so by "solving" one problema another one is being created...
The idea that you can just pour these fuels into your vehicle isn't strictly true, since they can attack materials not made to withstand them. The solenoid valves I used to switch between diesel and oil had to have Viton seals and were s/steel, I also had to change all the piping. This still left the Injection Pump open to attack. The CAV pump is a rotary injection pump which is lubricated by diesel - if you've got an engine with a Bosch IP (eg Merc/VW/etc) then you could get away with just pouring it straight in (tho only really on summer days with a decent temp).
There's also a question over how environmentally friendly biodiesel is now aswell, since huge swathes of forest are being cut down to make way to plant biofuels, so by "solving" one problema another one is being created...
I used this straight from the pump at enfuels on my hilux for ages - guess I was lucky with the age of vehicles and components.
As for the pre-heater that is true for svo but not of biodiesel at least with the UK ambient temperatures - I was told North USA and Canada may need heaters.
Your point about the forests being chopped down for biofuels is accurate but only with regard to the production of ethanol from corn as far as I am aware.
I know for a fact that the place in Newbury www.enfuels.co.uk is actually recycling so not only is it more friendly than dino diesel but it is also using what would end up getting chucked away. You can do this yourself in a shed apparently thought I have never been tempted. You need to filter, heat to get rid of water, then add in some mixture of chemicals (this is where it becomes less friendly than straight vegetable oil (svo)).
As for the pre-heater that is true for svo but not of biodiesel at least with the UK ambient temperatures - I was told North USA and Canada may need heaters.
Your point about the forests being chopped down for biofuels is accurate but only with regard to the production of ethanol from corn as far as I am aware.
I know for a fact that the place in Newbury www.enfuels.co.uk is actually recycling so not only is it more friendly than dino diesel but it is also using what would end up getting chucked away. You can do this yourself in a shed apparently thought I have never been tempted. You need to filter, heat to get rid of water, then add in some mixture of chemicals (this is where it becomes less friendly than straight vegetable oil (svo)).
sorry, yes i was only referring to veggie oil with regard to temperature.
the recycling idea i definitely agree with, still have to be careful with used oil tho, since it can often be quite acidic, depending on what's been cooked in it.
there's a place up near Stroud (the Green Shop) who do biofuel from recycled oil, so i might have a chat with them, tho i am tempted just to avoid trouble with the Pekins, so will have to check it out.
the one thing i'd love to do - money no object - is to get hold of a merc engine and get it converted by Elsbett (in Germany), so it could run on straight veggie oil... tho saying that, i do love my old Perkins, always fires up first time and got me over the Pyranees ok!
the recycling idea i definitely agree with, still have to be careful with used oil tho, since it can often be quite acidic, depending on what's been cooked in it.
there's a place up near Stroud (the Green Shop) who do biofuel from recycled oil, so i might have a chat with them, tho i am tempted just to avoid trouble with the Pekins, so will have to check it out.
the one thing i'd love to do - money no object - is to get hold of a merc engine and get it converted by Elsbett (in Germany), so it could run on straight veggie oil... tho saying that, i do love my old Perkins, always fires up first time and got me over the Pyranees ok!
I used to like the variation of smells - sometimes it would smell of chinese food, others fish & chip and others just chips... never southern fried chicken though come to think of it!
I think McDonalds in the US are going to use their own chip fat to run their delivery lorries!
I think McDonalds in the US are going to use their own chip fat to run their delivery lorries!