Time for a change.......

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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by zs&tas »

Thanks stu that really explains it , yeah its such a different feel. The brakes work fine though.

What colour is dextron 2 anyone ?
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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by chinkostu »

From factory they have a strange spring arrangement behind the brake pedal to give it a bit of travel. Some people replace it with a length of pipe to get the old style "on off" citroen brakes.

Isnt all Dextron red? Correct me if im wrong
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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by zs&tas »

I dont know, thought id check, read some different threads of people having a nice goldy colour box oil ?
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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by zs&tas »

So weve got dex2 it is red weve changed half the oil to try not to damage anything so at the mo its got a 50 dont know and 50 new dex2 mix lol. Feels beter already actually. Still no dash lights although good fuse and checked dimmer switch ?
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Re: Time for a change.......

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Dextron 2 is bright cherry red. And its quite a drawn out process changing it as you can't empty the box all in one go.

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Re: Time for a change.......

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I could tell the difference more or less straight away when I started changing mine on the Bx. Changes were smarter and at lower revs.

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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by RPWC »

Considering a change myself, I have had to spend money on my 04 Dispatch recently,and lost two days work when it was off the road, been looking at vans , but nothing really is available for my budget.
Transit is too big,as is the Vivaro really, Berlingo too small,Transporter too expensive, so really only left with a newer Dispatch/Expert/Scudo.
Plenty of 1,6 hid available, but the 2 litre is like hen teeth,unless I spend upwards of £5K, which Im not prepared to do,a £5k van won't make me an extra 5 grand a year.I have had conflicting reports about the new shape, the 1.6 is supposed to be a troublesome engine,compared to the 2 litre. What say you lot? Anyone have any experience?
PS sorry for thread hijack o p
Cheers Rich :wink:
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Re: Time for a change.......

Post by zs&tas »

No worries highjacker !
I dont know anything about vans but
I would ignore most coments about issues on models of cars, fact is people wont tell you how good they because they expect that anyway, but when something goes wrong they all shout about it and it gets put all over the net, we all do this when were mad something dont work and want advice ! Ill hold my hand up to that.
Out of the thousands of vans sold im sure really not many would suffer any major issues , unless of course it was made by rover ........ but that is another matter !
Just find something that suits you and fits your budget and be done .
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