neillfrbs Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 07 Renault traffic ,clutch slave cylinder gone £600 to fix van has cost me a £1000 this year so far,anyone else having or had trouble with these vans .think I will get a vw next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlsby Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Vw are just as bad but more expensive. I've got a t4 I've spent the best part of 8k on inc the camper van conversion. Slave cylinders don't cost £600 btw. Go buy some spanners and find an online guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Its French should i say anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRNDL Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) I had a trafic...older than yours, a 2002 plate. Cost me £2500 with 100k on the clock...and then cost me another £2000 over the next 20,000 miles. Great van to drive but everything is made of chocolate. Edited June 17, 2013 by BRNDL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 apparently you have to drop the gear box out to get to it 10 hour job and he is putting in a new clutch, parts £310 labour £290 .Halfords service centre wanted £900 for same job. they don't call them grand vans for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 A shooting friend had 1. It cost him a shocking amount of money, spent more time under it with spanners than in the driving seat. It got sold as spares/repair for very little He now has a transit, older, more miles but so far a much better van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 A shooting friend had 1. It cost him a shocking amount of money, spent more time under it with spanners than in the driving seat. It got sold as spares/repair for very little He now has a transit, older, more miles but so far a much better van. had a smiley faced transit on a 99 t reg best van I ever had for the money had it for 5 years no real problems, apart from the rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I have had 2 from new and done 170k,never let me down and less than £100 in non warranty replacements. I do drive them like I love them and wouldn't buy a used one. I am lucky I know and just waitng tick tick tick .................boom! but for the moment I will keep putting fuel in and driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger got stichs Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 we had 2 of these at work over last year on 2002 plates absolut pieces of **** i tell ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 had a smiley faced transit on a 99 t reg best van I ever had for the money had it for 5 years no real problems, apart from the rust. Value for money the older shape transit is the best buy by far, so long as you are good with a welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobydog Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 i had the Nissan Primastar, same as yours, different badge, absolute money pit. Will never touch them again, transits been around for years, must be a good reason for that, we have 2 and no probs at all yet, serviced regular and looked after, they will last years. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 It's not just vans that have issues with the concentric slave cylinders, why put them inside the gearbox when external slave cylinders have worked well for years and years. I guess it's called progress introducing a part that is more fragile and takes hours of labour time to get to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 It's not just vans that have issues with the concentric slave cylinders, why put them inside the gearbox when external slave cylinders have worked well for years and years. I guess it's called progress introducing a part that is more fragile and takes hours of labour time to get to. In relative terms vans are cheaper now than years ago,pehaps to subsidise the purchase price workshop time/spareparts are becoming a more important revenue stream for manufacturers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 When i came back home to the uk i worked for sky and had trafics for a wile they were in a word fragile and i did not like the drive personaly, shortly before i left they swaped them out for VW T4s a much nicer van in my opinion, I liked the VW that much i purchased an LT35 TDi as a camper and its been fantastic so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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