2001 upgrades

[davids]

Where can I find a list of all the 2001 upgrades that should have been done to a 2000 model as I want to buy one second hand. Are the upgrades being done to every 2000 car at no extra cost or what?

[Mark_Blackmore]

I bought a year old Tuscan about 6 months ago.

The dealership made some upgrades before I took ownership, however, it seems to be more a case of they do them as and when I have a problem.

The BIG one is to make sure that the engine modifications have been made if they need to be as this can take a whole lot of time.

All of the modifications to date have been completely free of charge.

As far as a comprehensive list, I asked the dealership about this and they said that they couldn't/ wouldn't give me one.


Edited by Mark_Blackmore on Tuesday 11th December 11:37

[MikeE]

Apparently there is no such thing as an 'engine modification' for the Tuscan. There were some engines built with duff finger followers but the factory has been replacing these with ones manufactured to the correct (original) specification.

Some time back I advertised my Tuscan for sale and had a couple of people ask me if I'd had the engine mods done. I've since had my car serviced at the factory. Whilst I was there I asked the factory about the engine situation and they told me the above (there are no mods), they also checked my engine over and told me there was no problems with it AT ALL.

But still I keep hearing people talking about engine mods......

[davids]

thanks chaps. How many other non engine upgrades have you heard of? I understand the list includes rear suspension, roof clips and door openers.

[Mark_Blackmore]

On mine they changed the whole speedo console, door openers (moved to by radio) and the gear stick (apparently too short/long?).

David, What's the deal with the rear suspension? I haven't heard about that one.


Edited by Mark_Blackmore on Wednesday 12th December 09:02

[loknlode]

quote:
Apparently there is no such thing as an 'engine modification' for the Tuscan.

Perhaps I can help here (similar problem, same car). The engines that were rebuilt earlier this year will be slightly different from the "late 2001" engines. As far as I can gather apart from different valves and followers, the recently rebuilt engines have a differently profiled camshaft.

I must say that my car feels much smoother, some 1,500 miles after having a recent rebuild done. Run in again and having huge fun!!


Edited by loknlode on Monday 17th December 10:59

[jamer]

The main thing is that your Tuscan comes with a two year engine block warranty and as many earlier Tuscans are nearing this threshold it is very important that you point out any faults now and not later when the cost will hit your pocket.