Daily Race Van

 The Iveco daily III sliding door is designed to not close properly and generally look crap. It is worth acknowledging that this has taken effort to make something this bad and we should all be grateful that it gives us the opportunity to waste hours trying to rig it properly. fig1 I have spent hours on and off faffing with the sliding door. I was clearly not the first as the van came with a new door latch, a couple of pin cavities and a gutter had been fit above the door.  The gutter is a great work around for a leaky door regardless of fit. A fair bit can be achieved with the rigging available in the door which I will give a quick overview of here. The door adjustments available are as follows: Forward upper arm  - extend retract via pinch bolt. Forward lower arm  - raise/lower front edge via 3x mounting bolts and a small amount of adjustment via 2x arm attachment cap head bolts. Forward pin cavities  - move to accept door pins by...

This is a fault diagnosis blog entry for my IVECO Daily Mk3 35S12 2.3 XLWB. I present them in a set way so that f you have the same symptom you can find my fix for that problem.  It is formatted in three sections  Fault Symptom, Fault Invest  &  Fault Fix.  This will give you the freedom to read through or pick out the info you need more easily. Remember: there is no one one answer to each problem (well not often) so although this might have fixed my problem, that isn't to say it will fix yours. Also I am no subject matter expert so I may not know a system to the highest detail.  Fault Symptom The sliding door is not fully closed. Fault Invest A bit of looking at the van and a bit of looking  online. Fault Fix So far I haven't fixed this issue but here is what I know. Fully service the sliding door . Remove all crap from runners and cavities of the sliding door mechanisms (top middle and bottom). These need inspecting for damage (th...