Hello All! New Delica Owner on Vancouver Island

[lightrider]

Hello,

My wife and I just acquired a '91 Diesel Delica Exceed!
This will be or only vehicle and we are so excited about the versatility of the Delica.


We hope to get a WVO conversion done soon and take care of these few "problems" that is has:

-It as an (apparently common) leak that has water dripping down on the driver-side floorboards when it rains.

-There is a clunk in the front end that happens sometimes when turning at low speed. It probably needs shocks, but I'm not sure that is related to this problem.

-The front 'bumper bar' is pretty rusted. I'll be taking off all the white bars and painting them black. Anyone have any tips for slowing down the rust?

-The stereo doesn't work. It still has an original stereo in it that doesn't tune to the FM bands we use in Canada, plus it has a short that makes it buzz really loud most of the time. Is it very difficult to replace the stereo in these? Anyone done a speaker upgrade? I love my tunes!

-The driver's side front window sticks a bit on it's way up and sometimes gets a little sideways and I have to give it a pull to get one side to unstick and continue going up. Anyone have any suggested places/ways to lube this?

We hope to take care of this van and have it for a long time, so I'm into making it as nice as possible.
Hope to see you on the road!

[White Mule]

Welcome lightrider!

Congrats and all that! Be sure to check out the search tool for tons of info. You have a lot of resources and great people in your neck of the woods! Enjoy!

[after oil]

ya welcome! most of your problems are common and can be found if you search

[konadog]

Welcome! Sounds like your bus is new from Japan? If so it will need a lot of overhaul work if you want it to last a long time. Since you're here on the Island I would strongly recommend you take to ccautos in Coombs for a check-over. Well worth every penny you spend there. Good luck

[lightrider]

Thanks,

I did a search and found a lot of info indeed. This seems to petty active forum

I actually got the van from someone locally and it has already had quite a bit of work done at CCA.
I took it by for an oil change the other day and they assured me that it is in good shape.
It has a cracked windshield and a rusty bumper bar, but I think it'll fix up nicely.

I'm sure you will hear a lot more from me as work progresses.

take care

[snelson]

Highly recommend picking up a couple window clips-allows you to wind up the windows without them getting stuck -you can find the part number listed on this site..
Also, replacing shocks and sway bar bushing definitely improve the ride if they haven't been done already - best part is you can replace these parts yourself for just a couple hundred bucks.
Congrats on the van,gonna be a fun summer! :)

[Kei King]

Yikes.

[josh]

Lightrider,

If you decide to go the WVO route you should PM me. I have an almost complete plantdrive WVO kit that I will give you a deal on. It works great, I am just putting a gas engine in my newer delca, so I have no use for it. Congrats on the new Delica.

Josh

[Golf Cart]

Congrats & Welcome !!!

[Luna-Sea]

Hello and Enjoy!
Where on the island are you?


Right on!

[lightrider]

We are in Port Alberni right now, but will be moving to Victoria in July for my wife to go to school.