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Any update - is the holiday still a go 😀

Hi chaps, quick update.  We hired a transit van and had a great week at a little festival in Oxfordshire.  Learned something about modern vans after the first night - you can't sleep in them even with all the doors closed, because it runs the battery completely flat.  But I love camping, so all good.

When we got back on Tuesday, My mechanic called to say they'd managed to fix the handbrake by "opening the two hooks towards the front of the push rod, taking the whole thing out pressing out the shaft, by warming it and bending it twice in a vice.  Then closed the hooks up again and put it all back" (or something like that - Seyed's going to show me when I collect the van)

So it passed its MOT!!!!!!!  With apologies from the mechanic for breaking the handbrake last time around.

Seyed found the photos really helpful, and I wondered if there's any chance of one more photo of an LT engine? 

He'd really like to see a photo that shows the layout of the fuel hoses going into the carburettor.  He says the engine is backfiring into the carb when cruising, and he thinks it's something to do with the 3 filters on the supply side.  He thinks the hoses might not have been put in correctly when the carb was changed years ago (which could be why the van has always been a bit sluggish).  And if he can see what the carb and hose layout is supposed to be, he can work out what's gone wrong with ours.

If possible, thank you very much.  I'm hoping we can get the van back next week so I can take it up to Glossop at the weekend.

Thanks Elaine

Hi Elaine,

Looked through your old posts and a 1990 LT will almost certainly have the 2.4 6 pot engine.
I've looked through the Haynes manual and there isn't a decent picture.
There are carb manuals to download - Tech Manuals topic - which might help, but essentially there is  a single feed to the carb, any fuel not needed is sent back to the tank.
A misfire to me means check the timing first, either the basic timing is wrong or there is a fault in either the mechanical or vacuum advance on the dizzy.
The only other cause is a lean mixture, either an air leak or maybe the float level in the carb is wrong. More revs need more fuel.
I'd also take the top off the carb and check for crap, over time fuel lines degrade and tiny bits break off and block jets. If in doubt change them, only costs a tenner

Andy