Sold Small slow Sevel van for sale - £250

[wuvvum]

More specifically a 2001 Citroën Dispatch 1.9D, so 1868cc of DW8 power*. I'm too tired to do a windy narrative so I'm just going to list good bits and bad bits.

Good:

-Starts first time, runs, drives, stops. It's not a fast van by any stretch but it does pull noticeably better than my last DW8-powered one of these - it will do 80 given a long enough stretch of road
-Gearchange is fine with no crunching
-Has a towbar with working electrics
-Lights, wipers, indicators, horn etc all work
-Brakes are good
-Cab interior light doesn't work but previous owner has wired in a fluorescent tube which is way better, although it only works with the ignition on
-Looks a solid van from a brief inspection - these don't normally have much trouble with rust to be fair
-Has a roof rack

Bad:

-Has a small dent in the nearside front wing and a fucking huge dent in the offside side loading door. The door still just about opens and shuts though
-The nearside SLD is missing its external handle; it opens from the inside but has lost its top runner so has to be guided back to avoid flapping around
-The rear doors open fine but are suffering from Sevel lock syndrome. The four other doors lock and unlock OK
-Tyres are all legal but not brilliant. The spare has a slow puncture
-The radio doesn't seem to be able to get any reception
-The rheostat for the heater fan doesn't do anything. The fan comes on when the engine is started though and runs at a moderate speed, so there is some demisting and the heating is more than adequate given the small volume it has to heat (van has a full (home made) bulkhead)
-Temp gauge is temperamental (most of the time it doesn't work)
-The interior is a bit minging and needs a good valeting session. There is the usual wear to the driver's seat
-PAS can be a little lazy with the engine idling, it's fine if you give it a bit of a rev though
-The door mirrors are somewhat the worse for wear but still show what's behind the van. They even still adjust via the little knob things on the door cards

It only has a short MOT (to early Feb) but I can't see it needing a vast amount for a retest - only advisories last time were for a tyre and brake flexis. Mileage is around 106K - the previous owner reckoned he'd had the timing belt done at about 70K, there's no proof of this but he told me about it after I'd handed over the money so he had no reason to make it up. It seems decent enough on diesel too - I haven't worked out the mpg as I haven't had to fill the van up (it came with plenty in the tank) but the fuel gauge doesn't seem in any hurry to head south.

Here's some rubbish pics:







In NE Norfolk as always.

[LightBulbFun]

got a picture of the fluorescent fixture and tube for me to perv over?

 

I wonder if its a proper Fitzgerald Mini LightPack/Thorn Minipack or if they just fitted one of those cheap nasty plastic Caravan type jobbies that munch through tubes like a K Series goes through head gaskets...

[Marm Toastsmith]

Owwwww. I want one of these... but it's just too old for the LEZ. So I can't have it.

 

GLWTS, looks a steal.

[djoptix]

That, sir, is a bloody bargain. GLWTS.

 

eBay item 322691809038 and a couple of hours refurbing the wheels would make this quite presentable, from the outside anyway...

[bangernomics]

Soooo far away

 

If I didn’t have to collect I’d take it now. Useful thing that.

[UltraWomble]

Ideal for a 20 YO to go to college in and stuff an old mattress in the back ( for whatever reason they would want to do that apparently)

[Kiltox]

Shite old vans like this are the backbone of Britain - so many little one man bands running out of them

[Minimad5]

Shite, I like that.

[N Dentressangle]

There's another door here in Bristol to suit, without sign writing and cheap as chips:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-dispatch-drivers-side-loading-door/153287513655?hash=item23b0a5d637:g:SYkAAOSwNDtcBE2F

 

[DodgeRover]

Owwwww. I want one of these... but it's just too old for the LEZ. So I can't have it.

 

GLWTS, looks a steal.

It's under 2 ton so should be ok, have you put the number into the LEZ checker?

[tommotech]

I really need a van and this looks like it could suit my needs admirably. If it’s not been dibbed already I will pm you.

[Marm Toastsmith]

It's under 2 ton so should be ok, have you put the number into the LEZ checker?

 

Yep.

[tommotech]

Collected this van yesterday, in a non exciting trip where my Dad trailered it back home.

 

Today I used the it to fetch a right hand side loading door, purchased for twenty quid. It drove well, until the fuel level dropped to the last bar, where it started surging - air picking up somewhere, one for the list (but was mentioned at collection).

 

Door fitted in fairly quick time and all lined up nicely.

 

I will start it’s own thread with the full to-do list! Thanks for a seamless transaction wuvvum, this place and all that......