Spare parts?

[harveyorom]

I have a 1998 Sprinter 312D Westfalia James Cook. Maybe the only one in Canada. I can find and order parts from Europe, but rarely from North America. My only concern is being on the road sometimes thousands of miles from home on a camping trip. I carry spare parts but there is a limit of course. Any suggestions for the most vital spare parts? I have replaced the turbo, the injectors, the EGR valve, the alternator, the driveshaft support bearing and the exhaust system (all as preventative maintenance) and I carry a spare thermostat, water pump and harmonic balancer pulley and some of the engine sensors. Any suggestions?

 

[Blobcat]

Hello and welcome

 

[00slk]

Hello and welcome.
Maybe add drive belts and fuses.
Apart from that you should be okay, there not that unreliable vehicles. I used to drive a Sprinter pick up and during my time with it and all the deliveries it never broke down

 

[harveyorom]

Thanks!

 

[harveyorom]

Hi,
I am thinking of purchasing a 38 pin diagnostic adaptor (OBD1 to OBDII), thinking that adaptor might not be available at your average remote repair shop. However the adaptors always come with a list of compatible chassis numbers. e.g. Covered chassis: 107, 124, 126, 201,202,210,208,170,129. If my chassis number is buried in the VIN, I don't see any numbers like these. Does any one know what the chassis number would be for a 1998 sprinter 312D with 2.9 liter engine?

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[00slk]

You could look on your V5c logbook, or in your case the title? Vin numbers are usually at the bottom of the screen on the left.

 

[harveyorom]

Thanks... The vehicle was imported from Germany to Canada, so no V5c.

 

[LostKiwi]

I am thinking of purchasing a 38 pin diagnostic adaptor (OBD1 to OBDII)

Don't bother. They only give you engine data and even then only a subset.

The only reliable way to read these is with something that talks to the 38 pin connector natively and has the vehicle listed in the supported vehicle list.

 

[harveyorom]

Thanks,
It looks like the Mercedes 38 pin 1998 OBD1 output in Europe was digital, and before 1996 was analog. All of the native-mode devices I see on the internet are for the analog connector. So now I don't know what the OBDI 38 pin to OBDII 16 pin converters expect - analog or digital. I would be happy just to have the engine and SRS codes.

 

[LostKiwi]

Thanks,
It looks like the Mercedes 38 pin 1998 OBD1 output in Europe was digital, and before 1996 was analog. All of the native-mode devices I see on the internet are for the analog connector. So now I don't know what the OBDI 38 pin to OBDII 16 pin converters expect - analog or digital. I would be happy just to have the engine and SRS codes.

Since it's a converter to 16 pin OBD2 it will expect digital.
Like I said, no adapter will give you all the codes and it won't give you anything in a module that's not the engine ECU.

The 38 pin connector uses one pin per module. The code reader must therefore have a multiplexer to switch to each of the 38 pins. OBD2 readers cannot do that. OBD2 cars have the multiplexer built into the vehicle. The code reader therefore simply has to tell the car which module it wants to talk to and the car sorts it out. 38 pin cars can't do that.

The only code readers I use on my 38 pin cars are Star (DAS) and Carsoft (NOT iCarsoft). Both are PC based systems.

Carsoft are here:

CarSoft - OnBoard Diagnostic Systems

Carsoft – Professional Car Diagnostic Tools

www.carsoft.com

 

[harveyorom]

Thanks!