Category: Technical Articles (page 5 of 6)

Ducato heater fan only working on high speed? – quick and easy fix!

Is you heater fan only working on the highest speed setting? 

This is a most likely due to a failed heater fan resistor. A common fault that is easily fixed for less than £20 and a few minutes work…

The resistor pack is a set of electrical resistors that are in series with the heater fan motor in the lower speed settings and reduce the voltage to the motor, reducing the fan speed as a result.

On the highest setting the fan is fed directly with battery voltage (not through the resistor pack) which is why it still works when the resistor pack has failed.

The unit is fitted inside the heater ducting so it is exposed to the moving air flow in order to cool it, and in the Ducato 230 it looks like this:-

(Note – the original ones are usually black rather than blue, but all the aftermarket ones seem to be blue for some reason)

If you lie on your back and poke your head under the dash on the passenger side you will see this fitted into the ducting, 2 screws and the electrical connector are all it takes to replace it with a new one, no other parts need to be removed to access it.

Here’s a photo of the replacement unit fitted in the heater ducting:-

The later Ducatos (and sister vehicles the Peugeot Boxer and Citroen Relay) have a different resistor pack as shown below, but it should be mounted in a similar place and be just as easy to replace.

 

Tips on choosing/modifying a Motorhome for the winter

Winter in a Motorhome? 

Many motorhome/camper owners just use their vans when the weather is warm, assuming ‘camping’ is just a fair weather pastime – but they are missing out on one of the best reasons for owning a motorhome – ski season!

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Fiat Ducato 230 torque settings

Here are some torque settings I have found around the web for the Fiat Ducato 230 with the 2.8td engine – they are not my numbers so I can’t guarantee the accuracy but hopefully they will be useful:-

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L322 Range Rover Heated Steering Wheel troubleshooting

Most L322 Range Rovers come with a heated steering wheel, and it’s one of those little luxuries that you don’t think you need – then once you’ve had it you wonder how you ever survived without it!

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Land Cruiser 80 Series (HDJ80) centre diff lock troubleshooting

80 Series Land Cruisers come with an electrically actuated centre diff lock, and depending on specification locking front and rear axle diffs too (my Japanese import HDJ81 had all three diff locks fitted). 

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L322 Range Rover Parking Sensor Troubleshooting

Both me and a buddy of mine recently bought L322 Range Rovers, and both of the had faulty parking sensor systems! – here is some info on troubleshooting the system:-

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Fitting a 1500W Inverter

When travelling in a motorhome most of your power needs can be fulfilled by gas or 12V electricity – sometimes though you need a hit of mains power!

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Front Suspension and Brakes overhaul

There are various rubber bushes/ball joints etc. in virtually all suspensions systems, and over time these components wear and the rubber hardens and cracks – all affecting handling, stability and ride quality.

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Truma Trumatic C3402 boiler inspection and troubleshooting

During a recent trip to the Alps the heating system in the van failed overnight when it was -15degC outside – we woke to find it was 1degC in the van, cold air being blown from the heating vents and the fresh water had frozen!

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Repairing the engine undertray

On the Ducato 230 the engine undertray is held on in three places:- a bolt on the front crossmember, a bolt on the subframe and small stud up in the wheel arch. On our bus the undertray was damaged in both main bolt areas!

I could run the bus without it, at the risk of road debris getting thrown up into the aux belt area, or ignore it, at the risk of it falling of completely and me running over it somewhere!

A complete replacement would solve it, but much cheaper is repairing it with fibreglass, you can guess which option I went for………

Fibreglass is great for quick and easy repairs to all sorts of things, especialluyy plastic items. The glass fibre itself comes a few different forms, typically flexible mats of interwoven strands. You just cut and form these to the shape you need and then apply a resin/hardener mix to soak into the mat and glue everything into place. The whole lots sets into a strong and flexible plastic material – quick and easy!

If you don’t have fibreglassing gear handy you can pick up kits that contain everything you need, I bought this comedy named set for a few quid:-

Thirty minutes work later and we have a strong repaired undertray that will hopefully last another hundred thousand miles

 

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