Hello from the US, I have a 1983 Mercedes T1 409D motorhome conversion I am restoring, over here these vans are very rare and hard to get info or parts for. I just found your channel with so many videos on topics that I'm about to get into on my van. it has been a huge help watching all of the very informative videos you've already made. Looking forward to seeing you post more videos on what you are doing to yours.
Glad you like the videos Jake, dont know if you already this, but there are some very informative Facebook groups to be part of namely Mercedes T1/T2 Appreciation Group - Mercedes Benz T1&T2 and some of the guys on these groups are quite knowledgeable on these vehicles. There are other groups as well, but I find these two groups to be the best ones. Have a great day - Cheers jeff
Good stuff there. I am thinking of popping the injectors out and renewing the nozzles, fairly easy job and to the best of my knowledge have not been touched in 33 years, don't have a pop tester though so need to buy one.
(sorry bad English) I don't know what experience you have with injectors but simply assuming not much : Caution. It's not that easy as it seems. At least not to buy just new ones and change them. First you have to find good ones. Best would be Bosch. Very rare. Firad has also a good reputation. Monarch I've heard mixed experiences. Opening up the whole injectorbody after such long time can be very tough. Then you have to be very careful when handling the new nozzles. Never pull the pin out of the nozzle/ don't touch them everywhere. But most important, they have to be "adjusted/set". You need one of these diesel table pumps, where you can screw them in and see the "spray picture". Best would be to buy a set of "refurbished" adjusted complete Nozzles from a truted diesel service. I hope this makes any sense with my primitive vocabulary :)
@@cornelius2993 I havnt had the need to extract my injectors yet as they are all working fine, but If I were to have trouble with them, I'd remove them all and take them to a specialist injector company to have them referbished, as what you say is correct Cornelius they have to be set up correctly, and the company would have the equipment to do that. Cheers Jeff
@@cornelius2993 I,ve done them before, these old mechanical injectors are really simple, no need to be afraid of them at all, all you need is a small pressure gauge (pop tester) and a few very thin washers to set the pressure, keep it all very clean, they really are very straight forward to do. injection pump uk sell the new nozzles for the 602, although thet dont say who made them.
Hi Jeff. What shocks are you using. Ive a 1994 S660. There are multiple offered on autodoc and Costal Motorhomes. If you fitted them, do you remember what make and model you have fitted?
Hi Fella. On the rear I fitted these Mercedes ones 611 320 10 33 and you can still get these from Mercedes and on the front I fitted Monroe ones V1112 that I bought off Autodoc. I found it a bit odd though that Mercedes sell the rear shocks but not the front ones, thats why I had to buy from Autodoc. Not had any issues with either of them, as my rig sits nice having had an extra leaf spring fitted as well at the front. Hope this help, Cheers Jeff
Hello from the US, I have a 1983 Mercedes T1 409D motorhome conversion I am restoring, over here these vans are very rare and hard to get info or parts for. I just found your channel with so many videos on topics that I'm about to get into on my van. it has been a huge help watching all of the very informative videos you've already made. Looking forward to seeing you post more videos on what you are doing to yours.
Glad you like the videos Jake, dont know if you already this, but there are some very informative Facebook groups to be part of namely Mercedes T1/T2 Appreciation Group - Mercedes Benz T1&T2 and some of the guys on these groups are quite knowledgeable on these vehicles. There are other groups as well, but I find these two groups to be the best ones. Have a great day - Cheers jeff
Good stuff there. I am thinking of popping the injectors out and renewing the nozzles, fairly easy job and to the best of my knowledge have not been touched in 33 years, don't have a pop tester though so need to buy one.
(sorry bad English)
I don't know what experience you have with injectors but simply assuming not much : Caution. It's not that easy as it seems. At least not to buy just new ones and change them. First you have to find good ones. Best would be Bosch. Very rare. Firad has also a good reputation. Monarch I've heard mixed experiences.
Opening up the whole injectorbody after such long time can be very tough. Then you have to be very careful when handling the new nozzles. Never pull the pin out of the nozzle/ don't touch them everywhere.
But most important, they have to be "adjusted/set". You need one of these diesel table pumps, where you can screw them in and see the "spray picture".
Best would be to buy a set of "refurbished" adjusted complete Nozzles from a truted diesel service.
I hope this makes any sense with my primitive vocabulary :)
@@cornelius2993 I havnt had the need to extract my injectors yet as they are all working fine, but If I were to have trouble with them, I'd remove them all and take them to a specialist injector company to have them referbished, as what you say is correct Cornelius they have to be set up correctly, and the company would have the equipment to do that. Cheers Jeff
@@cornelius2993 I,ve done them before, these old mechanical injectors are really simple, no need to be afraid of them at all, all you need is a small pressure gauge (pop tester) and a few very thin washers to set the pressure, keep it all very clean, they really are very straight forward to do. injection pump uk sell the new nozzles for the 602, although thet dont say who made them.
Hi Jeff. What shocks are you using. Ive a 1994 S660. There are multiple offered on autodoc and Costal Motorhomes. If you fitted them, do you remember what make and model you have fitted?
Hi Fella. On the rear I fitted these Mercedes ones 611 320 10 33 and you can still get these from Mercedes and on the front I fitted Monroe ones V1112 that I bought off Autodoc. I found it a bit odd though that Mercedes sell the rear shocks but not the front ones, thats why I had to buy from Autodoc. Not had any issues with either of them, as my rig sits nice having had an extra leaf spring fitted as well at the front. Hope this help, Cheers Jeff