James Cook Forum

and Lo and Behold! it clicked closed yesterday
It's a miracle. the van healed itself.

I didn't get any replies to a question I tacked onto the end of another thread, so I'll repost as a fresh question here Which way is that domed washer for the sliding door middle hinge/slider (Laufwagen) supposed to be oriented - domed side facing OUT or IN In my photo I see it is Dome Facing IN But...

this has got to be about the least critical problem a JC owner can have but.... when the cup hold sticks out it blocks the seats from pivoting and it will certainly get completely smashed soon. setting up for summer use (I especially liked the pencil blocking the bench seat from sliding all the way ...

ahhh, I think I had a translation or terminology problem. you mean the main bolt that holds the slider (as I call it - the Laufwagen?), correct? attached photo maybe that's the case. But Man we had it tight I thought. But here is another question: which way is that domed washer supposed to be orient...

Interesting But my original rollers do not seem to have screws. they are "peen" installed (which means the shaft is hit with a hammer to flatten out the end) see attached. do you have a photo of your rollers with the adjustable screw? In the end, I took it back to my Sprinter-only garage and they re...

I removed the bumper and the sensors.
Question. if one sensor is bad, does the entire system fail?
it seems hard to believe that even after 20 years, all four of my sensors would be bad.

But a new set is not expensive and so maybe I just replace them all.

Hallo, ich hatte das gleiche Problem. Ursache war eine etwas schwache Starterbatterie und beim Starten kommt es dann zu Unterspannung. Die PDC reagiert darauf etwas empfindlich. Ansonsten mal im Sprinter-Forum "Alfred" als Suchbegriff eingeben. Unter dem Namen ist dort etwas zu dem Thema geschriebe...

we tried putting it in reverse this morning, but I didn't feel any vibration.
now I am trying to figure out how to remove the rear bumper so I can access those sensors.

wow! that (seeing the distance from a wall) would be awesome.
when I am in R what is displayed on the screen is "FF" (I've never figured out what that means or indicates)

I'll investigate further.

Last year I struggled to get my sliding door to close smoothly, and to not sag at the rear edge. I finally took it to a garage which specialises in only MB Sprinters. I figured they had done this dozens of times. they replaced the worn upper and middle sliders and handed the van back to me sliding a...

My VIN says I should be using Alaska White 9215 but it doesn't look very good. it looks much darker (almost with a hint of grey) than the rest of the body. Now, what the rest of body looked like 20 years ago, I'll never know. the automotive paint shop who mixed it up for me told me that if I used a ...

My backup sensors (I think there are backup / reversing sensors) do not seem to work. and I would like to test and repair the system And I am tired of backing into posts and walls. I cannot find any mention of backup or reversing sensors in the service manual however. can anyone direct me? or explai...

I finally decided that even sloppy a touch up paint was better than my small paint chip rust spots and so I experimented with a few spots on the back door. sanding > primer > paint > clear coat. it all went on quite well but the end result wasnt great. I know the original paint has faded after 20 ye...

and there is is!! a hot air gun applied to the metal box base I think shortened the glue enough that I could slice though it. also levering the gap open a bit with a stiff screwdriver bit finally it pulled out. now I must say the point of my trying to do this was to replace the lower roller bracket ...

I'm trying.
but the lower edge is very tough. like steel.

maybe a bit of heat to the box frame would soften the glue.