new hijet owner

Hey all, brought a hijet panel van the end of last month so though I'd join up as seems like a good bunch on here.
Got the van cheap 'with head gasket issues' which turned out to be two leaking pipes which was causing it to start pressurising

In the process of converting it to a camper i will post up pics as soon as I work out how, but for now hello all

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Hello CPK. What have you bought yourself? A 993cc or a 1300? Well done for getting it sorted out. I have bought a couple of Hi-Jets that 3 garages told the customers it was head gasket and in both cases was leaking Radiator Caps.

Mastering the Dark Art of Posting Pictures is another subject altogether. Best of luck. If you are a young'un you should be able to sort it out pretty quickly. Only took me three and a half years. Now there's no stopping me.

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Thanks for warm welcome. its the sowing machine of 1200 D. uploaded afew pictures of the conversion...theres alot missing but you get the idea of what its like so far. will try sort out some more pics out if anyone is interested that is haha. the paint work is abit rough but as a whole its not a bad van. I still have loads to do but im getting there! anyone got any window runners for sale or a drivers door mirror? i would very much interested if anyone has  thanks,  conor.

I like a man who knows how to use a piano hinge
1.2 d eh? Same as mine except my head gasket was buggered
£30 quid off egay for a new one but you need to know your knotches

looking good, its not easy to make the most of the small inside but you made a good start. keep posting pics of the progress.

I was lucky with mine really head gasket wise but i got the van on the risk of that so i was expecting to have to do it. Nice to see someone else with the derv lump haha. Progress will be slow over the next couple of weeks but i hope to get a few small jobs done on her. want it done for end of April really well usable anyway.

Yeah lombo diesel is the way forward
Just one wire going to the stop solenoid
No pcm no bcm just a good old fashioned engine guv'nor

Yep!! And a stick of Dynamite on the other end of the wire.

cool topic with nice amount of pictures, i love it
keep the updates comming

I have always had diesels so seemed only right. defiantly less to go wrong but not very refined..which im used too tbf as any owner of old pug lump sherpa would know lol

I don't know about that they are weird things 4 separate pump/injectors things
And a very odd way to set them up ,bloody Italians I had a single cylinder lombo engine in a geni once brand new 6 months it lasted before it rattled itself to bits

Just a little update..was on the hunt for a cooker that was small enough to fit in the unit but still have two rings and a grill. Couldn't really find anything at a good price that i liked the look of! so I ended up buying a folding camping cooker drilled the rivets out and made a box/frame for it to sit in. Still needs lining and fitting in the unit but its progress nontheless!

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Fantastic progress CPK. You don't hang around do you. As you might gather I loathe the Diesel Hi-Jets. 34 bhp isn't exactly inspiring for performance and worse on fuel consumption than the 1300 version.

But when you look at the design of the Lombardini lump it is a very clever, tidy looking engine, with OHC and everything hidden away under the Cam Cover.

Keep the pictures coming. Have you had a look at Raggy's project Skylark? Absolutely amazing job and featured in Campervan last April.

I remain unconvinced of the benefits of combining an injection pump with an injector though, but there you go who uses injection pumps these days ? they run happily off kerro , peanut oil ,butter tizer and love juice
I wouldn't fancy the chances of my common rail vans running on dat shit

Woodie wrote:Fantastic progress CPK. You don't hang around do you. As you might gather I loathe the Diesel Hi-Jets. 34 bhp isn't exactly inspiring for performance and worse on fuel consumption than the 1300 version.

But when you look at the design of the Lombardini lump it is a very  clever, tidy looking engine, with OHC and everything hidden away under the Cam Cover.

Keep the pictures coming. Have you had a look at Raggy's project Skylark?  Absolutely amazing job and featured in Campervan last April.  

Defiantly not the best but it runs okay so il live with it haha. progress is slow going atm but i have some draws to go in the main unit just need to make up some fronts for them and then there ready to be fitted in.
I havent...il have a look for that now!

Renovation of Skylark
Here's the link if you can't find it

Raggy wrote:Renovation of Skylark
Here's the link if you can't find it

Nice one thank you! had a look through the thread and what a good one it is too! good work there for sure!

Little update on the hijet aka Nigella. Got the cooker into the kitchen unit, it will have to come out again to get it lined but wanted to cut it to size and make sure it was going to fit okay. I then made a start on making some draws to underneath the cooker, just making them out of ply. Not much nor the best but its progress!

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If the weather holds up tomorrow i hope to get the storage sorted in the main unit and do afew other bits but we will see how i get on. Il be getting spanners out soon as she is due an mot and wont pass as is but i will keep everyone posted on that

good work so far, keep up the progress, reports and photos.

Well sods law...got a day free to spend on nigella and its peeing it down! trying to find something i can make/do inside so im still making some progress

looks like a nice tidy design, good work !

Got abit done in the end even tho is rained on and off all day. Smashed my phone in the process so haven't got and photos :/ will take some more tomorrow and post them up

just remember that the seats lift backwards so you can get to the water,windscreen wash and check oil,so make sure that cooker unit can be moved. It is possible to forget this vital point...cough...cough! However I now know I can check the oil from the passenger side (saves taking drivers seat out each time) and the seat storage behind passenger seat is movable after unlocking some quick lease clips so all well in the end.

Raggy wrote:just remember that the seats lift backwards so you can get to the water,windscreen wash and check oil,so make sure that cooker unit can be moved. It is possible to forget this vital point...cough...cough! However I now know I can check the oil from the passenger side (saves taking drivers seat out each time) and the seat storage behind passenger seat is movable after unlocking some quick lease clips so all well in the end.

Oh i haven't forgotten thankfully haha. The unit isnt fixed in place, i will be putting it on some sort of runners so it slides backwards and forwards. not fully worked out exactly how im going to do it yet but il sort it

Hi all, not sure how this works as I've never joined a forum before. I've recently purchased a daihatsu s70 pick up 1986 and boy am I struggling to find parts. Does anyone know if I can use parts from another vehicle to fit mine ? I'm after shock absorbers and a wheel cylinder?? Please help......