Thank you so much Todd, it’s a weird day today as we are now sat in the outbound terminal in France awaiting our departure back to the UK on the channel tunnel. That 3 months went quickly! Back to ‘normal life’ from tomorrow 🤣 The van worked well, there are a couple of upgrades we will be looking at, but overall really pleased 😁👍

Really stunning example, can’t be many around now

Yes what a fantastic machine! And this one is in amazing condition 👌

Definitely agree 💯

Really nice looking motor. Did hear it leave as well at around midnight, sounded so sweet. I’ll ask Shazza when I’m back. In the UK from tomorrow afternoon 😭😭😭

Hi thanks, yes I found the same. After replacing the plastic cup/bush the difference was massive which was brilliant, however it still had a couple of small issues. Mainly like you say due to the general age and wear of all the other components. I’m now just outside Calais, back in the UK tomorrow after a 3 month 5500 mile trip through France, Spain, Andorra and Portugal and it’s been brilliant. It very occasionally crunches slightly going into second gear, but considering it’s now done 274,000 miles and I had to really rag it on some of the crazy hairpin’s on Andorra’s mountains it’s doing well 😁 The small black plastic link came from the Mercedes main dealer - picked it up at the same time as the counterweight, can’t remember the exact cost it was £3 something plus vat 👍 Cheers Ken take care 😊

I’ll give it a go cheers 👍

Hi Ryan, there are two versions for sale online you’re right. I didn’t know which one to buy so went for the white one. If I did it again I’d get the grey as that’s the one that was in there originally. It works fine and I’m not sure why there are two types/colours. The white may have been used on the VW Crafter or the 2006-2010 Sprinter but I’m not sure why there are two different designs. If you can pull up the gaiter before ordering and see whether the one on yours is grey or white and order the exact replacement 👍 Good luck

Hi David, the black clips at the gearbox end came with the secondhand cables I bought, but I know they are not included when buying the cables from main dealer and need to be bought separately. If you ask at the Mercedes parts desk they will be able to give you those too. Just out of interest have you a price for the new cables from MB? Rang them recently for a price of a rear light cluster and meant to ask then but forgot

Just found the part number for the black clips - Mercedes Sprinter 6 Speed A9062680166 you’ll need two of them as they are sold separately 👍

@@beaulunaedvantures nice one thanks, I’ll ring them up and see, if you go online now western commercial MB dealer currently selling linkage cable set for £97.20. 👍

@@beaulunaedvantures that’s great, thanks for the part number, I actually have a 2014 VW crafter but it’s a rebadged sprinter, only difference is the engine and front face styling, everything else including gearbox is the same. 👍

@@aberdeendeltaforce Thanks very much that’s really helpful. Good luck if you give it a go 👍 I’ve very little experience with this sort of thing and found it pretty easy going

Thanks very much I’m glad the video has been helpful. There is another on my channel for exactly what you are doing too, replacing the gear mechanism. It’s way easier replacing the whole thing than just replacing the bush inside the gear mechanism tbh. So if you’ve found one on eBay which looks good go for it 👍 good luck 😁 mines in for its MOT on Thursday, driving great so 🤞

@markthompson1819

Sorry managed to reply on a separate comment 🤦‍♂️ if you check that comment in this video - cheers

Hope this video helps! Wow our mileage is so similar our is 268000 now 👍

Yes absolutely, bought a tool to help keep the revs up when spraying now 👍

Arr thank you 👍 I’ll try that next time - Cheers

Thanks 😁 knew I was saying it wrong 🤣👍

Fingers crossed. Cheers for the comment, couldn’t find anything on KZfaq when I did mine so I hope this video helps. Good luck 👍

Thank you 🤩

Thanks! It took some time to get everything in-place so I feel your pain. Didn’t realise how many angles there were until I started, glad it’s done now! Good luck with the rest of your build 👍

Hi, I’m sorry I’m not a mechanic so I couldn’t really say. I know there is a Facebook group for Sprinter Tech problems, it would be worth seeing if there is one for Crafters and asking on there. I hope you get it sorted 👍

@@beaulunaedvantures Can you send me the facebook link if you have it?

Hi sorry for the late response. We had a propane heater in our last van. It worked really well, but we used smallish propane bottles (6kg) and it used a lot of propane. This van came with a factory fitted Epsbacher D2 diesel heater and it too works well and is really economical and efficient. So the running costs for the diesel heater for us are a lot lower in the long run 👍

No worries, thanks for getting back to me. I was thinking truma 4E or propex but they are a lot of money might go for Diesel heater. Thanks agin

Hey defo 😀 cheers Mark

Hi Dave, sorry for such a late response. That’s so kind of you 😃 sounds like a great van, the 4x4 sprinters are pretty rare in the U.K. so every time I see one I’m like ‘Wow’ 😍

That’s great that the video helped 😁 And yes the gear knob was really difficult! Glad you got it sorted quickly and easily (a part from that gear knob 😂) thanks for dropping me a comment 👍

Hi it’s on the box on the video in the first few seconds 😊 A9062600474 👍

So it is! Missed that thank you

You too! Have a fantastic 2024 😁👍

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Hi, thanks. Same year as ours 😁 we were having major issues trying to select gears, mainly 1st, 2nd and reverse. The gear lever would have to by rammed into these gears and crunched into them. The reverse lights and camera would come on trying to select 1st gear and going through the gears was a pretty miserable experience. The biggest change was replacing the gear selector bush in the dash mounted gear selection mechanism (that’s what I call it anyway). Changing the gearbox oil made no real difference on our van, but it was good to do for maintenance I think. If your having issues with stiffness selecting all the gears I’d say the cables would be a good place to start for sure. And changing the gearbox oil is a relatively simple procedure so might also be worth a go too. Let me know how you get on 👍

I didn’t know that about the evaporation of the product. The information regarding the metal transition tube is interesting, think I’ve seen someone on KZfaq Clean it out with a guitar wire attached to a cordless drill. I also watched them clean their air intake system with 2.5 litres of off car/van DPF cleaner sprayed directly into the air intake. Looked a bit harsh but I tried it and it worked much more effectively. Did it right before an oil service and changing the air filter (used Mann) and it’s running sweet as a nut now. Thanks for the advice I appreciate it 👍😁

@@beaulunaedvantures Dpf cleaner is not suitable for sensors tho. Horses for courses and all that...

😁 Thanks 🙏 👍

Sprinter 2014

If you saw our family car you wouldn’t let me anywhere near your mondeo mate 🤣 But I’ll take the compliment 😁 we are in Dorset between chrimbo and into the new year, but next biggie is in May after the Ultra off through France northern Spain and northern/central Portugal for hopefully 3 months 😃👍

Pretty much all we drive in Europe 😁

I’m your man for that Mark - have hammer will travel 😁

Hey up mi duck🤣 if you take the gear box out you just need a really really big hammer to get it back in 👍🔨

Hi again! Yes I did use a genuine replacement cable, however it wasn't new. It came with the second hand gear mechanism I bought from eBay recently and replaced on the van in the last video. It was more to see if there was any difference on selecting 2nd gear, but I'm coming to the conclusion that there is gearbox damage causing that issue. It is only really slight and not geting any worse so I'll live with that for now. How is your repair/adjustment of your gears holding up? And where are you looking to head to next?

Thank you, yes that is my next video I’m editing 😁👍

Meant to reply to your comment and put in as another comment on the video 🤦‍♂️ still getting used to KZfaq 😊

@@beaulunaedvantures thanks for taking the time to reply, keep up the great content.

Update...FIXED Today I removed the plastic cover below the steering column so I could access the plastic cover around the gear shift My problem was getting into 1st and 2nd gears, it appears that when in neutral the gear stick was going too far left and not lining up with the gate correctly. I noticed an adjustment mechanism on the right-hand side. Underneath there is a locking lever that just required pushing down and then pressing in the adjustment lever and lining up the stick with first gear, released the spring lever locked it back in place. My gear selection is now perfect... Better than when I purchased it. Hopefully this info will help other Van owners.

@@julianreynolds Thats amazing! Well done 😁 such a good feeling when you can sort it yourself 🙌

🤣 you will be an expert if you watch them all! They’ll be about 5 in the series eventually 😃👍

Cheers mi dears 😁 was a bit of a surprise to find some of the stuff that turned up on the van

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Thank you! You too!

Only us what is very elite does drive Mercedes-Benz’s don’t cha know 🤣 I’m more of a white van man tbh 🚐 beep beep 😁

Exactly! Enjoying some good music/audiobook/podcast and suddenly deafened by smashie & nicey about what’s happening on the ‘A28 WESTBOUND SLIGHTLY SLOWLY THAN USUAL…’ 😵‍💫🤣

@@beaulunaedvantures 🤣

I had a guy say to me when I said it a still not perfect going into 1st, 2nd and reverse that it’s the clutch. He worked for a company who serve and repair all sorts of vans including a lot of sprinters and he said it was the clutch. I said I thought it might be the gear linkage cables, but getting it done if it’s not that is an extra expense and his reply was ‘Worth a try changing the cables, as not as expensive as a new gearbox. If it doesn’t work change the clutch’.

@@beaulunaedvantures probably is that, 300.000km on the clock... and the quotation for set clutch+flywheel change is 1400€ :( (BTW.: Try with engine off)

@@nikolatesla4030 I get what you mean now with the engine off, to see if there is still an issue 😃 That’s expensive isn’t it on a van with that mileage. Depends whether it’s worth spending all that money, I don’t suppose it’s worth much without doing it though? Tough call - good luck though 👍

@@beaulunaedvantures I will do it, because it`s a camper conversion with expensive set-up inside. This is the last major service ... I hope (already changed engine, stearing rack, all 4 discs, both leaf spring...) will this ever stop? :)))

🤣 I know what you mean it’s a personal taste. It does remind me of my granny’s kitchen ceiling from about 1981 😁

Hi Victoria 😁👋❤️

Sorry they may have changed place to get it, as yes you are correct my van is a 2014 Sprinter W906. I’ll have a look see if the company are still doing the part.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134100389928?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4_tVYd3jQFG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=e2M6g5LESQu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Try that link I’ve just put on for this exact part I used 👍

Ok thanks 👍

Hi, this is the exact problem we had. This part helped initially, and now after driving 4000 miles it is still improved, but there is still an issue occasionally getting into first gear. Replacing the part will make an improvement, and selecting gear is still better than it was, but it’s not perfect.