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ralphman

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Aug 19, 2009
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pevensey bay
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hymer b544
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4 years
hi evry1 , weve just bought a fiat ducato 1983 maxi motorhome unfortunately on our 1st trip (we got 3 miles):Eeek: before the engine mounts snapped ! so we limped home to collect the tent & jeep as we were going to a festival. as this engine has other problems i.e starter motor , crack in a housing were thinking moneywise & timewise it wld be better to get a recon engine & start afresh, which my search for one led me to this site, i still haven't found one ( well i did but they wanted
£2200 :ROFLMAO:) so if anyone has any ideas or contacts this wld be most useful to us
thanks in advance sam & joe
 

Jim

Ringleader
Jul 19, 2007
36,186
128,603
Sutton on Sea, UK
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1
MH
Adria Panel Van.
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Since 1988
Hi Sam & Joe, what an unfortunate start to motorhoming. Lets hope you can get her fixed up quickly. Meanwhile welcome to the Fun:thumb:
 

Peter JohnsCross MH

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Jan 5, 2008
9,617
6,194
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Autotrail
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1995
Hi and welcome to FUN, google Fiat breakers and see whats about engine wise although a second hand starter motor would be a lot cheaper!

Peter

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hilldweller

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Dec 5, 2008
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( well i did but they wanted
£2200 :ROFLMAO:) so if anyone has any ideas or contacts this wld be most useful to us
thanks in advance sam & joe

Ouch. Well as the saying goes "it can only get better".

But don't think you were badly done to, one guy on here, relatively new Merc MH, blew his motor in France and forked out £11K for a new one.

Back to you, there must be a load of Fiats of that model in breakers and the probably reason for scrapping will be that the rust no longer holds the engine in place, so keep hunting.
 

Wildman

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May 30, 2008
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Hi and welcome to the fun. I would take it back where you got it from, failing that remove the engine and take it to an engine reconditioners. do a scrapyard search for the startermotor. Or maybe put a wanted ad on EBAY. I have a 1971 tax exempt transit CI going cheap (with a recent decent engine) hee hee
 

bald eagle

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4
here,there and everywhere
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5,499
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coach built
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since 1998
Hi sam& joe :welcome: sorry to here about your bad luck,i am sure their will be someone
on here who can help you out.:thumb:

regards
bald eagle

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wildcamper

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Jul 26, 2007
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3
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High Top
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17
Hi & Welcome :thumb:
If you look through Ebay, there's afew donor vehicles, hope you get sorted and back on the road soon :Smile:
 

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