Van Go

[Jim]

Whoa!!

One of the problems the van came with is the brakes. 'Bout all they'd do is slow your eventual arrival at the crash site.
Rest of the shipment should be here tomorrow... fingers crossed.

 

[Mailman]

Whoa!!

One of the problems the van came with is the brakes. 'Bout all they'd do is slow your eventual arrival at the crash site.
Rest of the shipment should be here tomorrow... fingers crossed.


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Those look like some pretty big discs, I see they’re eight lug. Is your van a one ton?

 

[jetmechmarty]

Rock Auto?

 

[Jim]

Those look like some pretty big discs, I see they’re eight lug. Is your van a one ton?

I believe so. I'm not well versed in these vans... yet, but it's an E-250. They came in E-150, 250 and 350. So yeah, I'd guess it's a full ton.

 

[Jim]

Rock Auto?

Amazon. The cost was a wash, but Rock Auto wanted me to ship the cores back. Amazon said meh... keep 'em.

 

[46th Georgia]

I believe so. I'm not well versed in these vans... yet, but it's an E-250. They came in E-150, 250 and 350. So yeah, I'd guess it's a full ton.

E-250 is 3/4 ton, E-350 is 1 ton. At least that's the way it used to be.

 

[Jim]

E-250 is 3/4 ton, E-350 is 1 ton. At least that's the way it used to be.

Sounds good to me. 3/4 ton it is.

 

[Adamc]

Hey Jim, A little inspiration! Yikes!!

 

[Jim]

Hey Jim, A little inspiration! Yikes!!

500K...

 

[Jim]

Last bits of the brakes is 'sposed to be here today. I'll do an update after...

 

[Jim]

Gimmie a brake.

New rotors and pads. Cleaned and repacked the front wheel bearings... new seals too. New master cylinder. Complete fluid flush. Went through a half a gallon of brake fluid.
I didn't replace or rebuild the calipers. Dust seals were still intact, no leaks and the pistons compressed easily when I retracted them. I hope I don't come to regret that decision. Anyway....

VanGo now stops as well as he goes.

 

[Mailman]

That oughta haul you down! But aren’t you going to clean and paint all those rusty parts? You’ll never get in the calendar that way!

 

[FB71]

Went through a half a gallon of brake fluid.

Only a half gallon? Service standards for a typical flush for any full size vehicle is a full gallon. Please remember that without a suitable scan tool, you can't properly flush the ABS hcu. Without one, you can safely and successfully flush the primary fluid circuits, but you're not replacing any of the fluid in the isolation and dump valve circuits, nor the pump circuit. After you get it on the road, I'd recommend finding someone with a scan tool that can run the service bleed function in the ABS, the manually flush the brakes again. The Kelsey Hayes units on those Econolines are prone to internal corrosion issues, and cycling fresh fluid through them often is imperative.

Great work so far!!

 

[bosco659]

I was having ongoing issues with brakes on my 4Runner. Bit the bullet and installed EBC yellow pads on new rotors. Stopping power is outstanding. Downside was cost of the pads and they generate more dust than ceramic pads. No brake fade at all. The hotter they get, the harder they grab.

 

[Raymond]

. . . VanGo now stops as well as he goes . . .

Luv it! I believe that is how N Americans mispronounce van Gogh?

Apologies for digression, in England, people tend to say van Goff and in Scotland van Goch, like loch.

Here's how the Dutch say it: https://www.google.com/search?q=van...#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4be0b696,vid:F4evx1oXZCE

 

[Jim]

Only a half gallon? Service standards for a typical flush for any full size vehicle is a full gallon. Please remember that without a suitable scan tool, you can't properly flush the ABS hcu. Without one, you can safely and successfully flush the primary fluid circuits, but you're not replacing any of the fluid in the isolation and dump valve circuits, nor the pump circuit. After you get it on the road, I'd recommend finding someone with a scan tool that can run the service bleed function in the ABS, the manually flush the brakes again. The Kelsey Hayes units on those Econolines are prone to internal corrosion issues, and cycling fresh fluid through them often is imperative.

Great work so far!!

Wow, thanks for the info Jim!
I have FORScan loaded on the laptop. Never even thought to look at that. Maybe I'll revisit the flush another day when it's cooler. 100°+ days forcasted for pretty much the next week or so. Prolly not doing much out in that stuff.

You know off the top of your head if FORScan will do the job? I do know it'll read the ABS hcu, so I assume it will??

 

[Jim]

So, the memory jog from Jim D in MD.... FORScan is a free tool for Fords. I loaded it on my laptop a while back because my '10 F-150 has a dead pressure sensor in one of the wheels. That in turn means a constant tire pressure warning on the dash. FORScan not only reads faults, but allows you to change/disable functions too.
It's not exactly user friendly, but it does the job. Disabling it involved rewriting one line of the hex code for the GEM. Here's my notes on when I did that....

Here's a screen shot from their website.

I ran a cursory test on VanGo shortly after I got it. Didn't keep notes. The only thing I remember was there was no major faults, just a minor one on the fuel gauge sensor. Guess I need to hook the laptop back up when it cools down.

 

[Jim]

Luv it! I believe that is how N Americans mispronounce van Gogh?

Apologies for digression, in England, people tend to say van Goff and in Scotland van Goch, like loch.

Here's how the Dutch say it: https://www.google.com/search?q=van...#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4be0b696,vid:F4evx1oXZCE

Never knew all that Raymond. And although I'm half English, it's the wife's choice of a name, and she's American... so VanGo it is.

 

[jpdevol]

Similarly, George Brough - of Brough Superior fame - is pronounced "Bruff"; very foreign to this hillbilly's learnin' of the language

 

[Jim]

Similarly, George Brough - of Brough Superior fame - is pronounced "Bruff"; very foreign to this hillbilly's learnin' of the language
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Yeah, the British language takes a bit to get used to. I lived just on the edge of a little town called Bicester, in Oxfordshire.
The C and E are silent. It's pronounce Bister. Go figure...