Can you achieve faultless reliability?

Okay so I’m replacing lots of items on my bus, I’ve done brakes, cables, exhaust, carb, coil, oil, elects, starter etc...
Old for new.
So much money- Jesus!
Eventually there must be a time when no more needs to be done and I am good for 100,000 miles?
Right?
Wrong?
Or this this just par of the course?



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Just be glad your not the sort of weirdo that feels the need to paint everything he’s removed

 

new cars dont last as long as these ole vans

 

I ran my van for nearly 10 years and only fitted a fuel pump, I can tell you making sure all the good original stuff is ok is better than replacing it, new definitely does not mean reliable.

 

Par for the course. Need to check/f ix just about everything, then they’re back to their reliable selves.

 

More panels have been replaced in mine,than mechanical bits...although,must have them have been replaced over time,but yes,mine starts on the button,and stops when you want it too.What else is there?

 

If you look after it, regular checks (pipes, valves, plugs etc) and drive it with care it'll give reliable miles on and on and on

 

Well they’re new so they haven’t had time to “last” yet.

 

I drive mine like I stole um

 

Define "faultless reliability"?

Even when these things were new back in the 70's you'd not expect to go 100k miles without issues.. Assuming a motor vehicle can cover 100k miles without any sort of problems is something we've come to expect with modern vehicles that have extensive reliability testing and modern production / engineering standards and tolerances, but it certainly wasn't the expectation 40 yrs ago

 

Even when new bays needed a lot of maintenance compared to new vehicles now.

A lot of parts available now are built to a cost and are not as reliable as some of the 40 year old parts

 

I don't see it as a realistic concept. No matter how much maintenance you do, and how carefully you drive, you can't do anything about a new coil failing after less than a year, and that is just one example.

 

One of the reasons I've still got my bay is becuase I know if everything else fails that'll start.

I'm not careful with it, I tend to drive it like I stole it.

I give it an engine service once a year, check the lines and about every two years I take all the brakes apart and clean them up fresh copper ease and really that's about it.

This year I need to clean up the starter connections and that'll probably clear up the lazy starter motor when it's hot issue. Other than that it's not needed major surgery for about ten years

 

Of course all things break, break down, fall apart a bit, f*** up now and then...

 

My brother in laws T6 has been back twice in the last year .... problems with the electric sliding door and roof.
Doesn't bode well, but it's still under warranty.

 

Can you achieve faultless reliability?

My wife says you can, she’s got me

 

A friend of mine has had his 1972 Devon cross over bay for 28 years and every year does a good service but last year it broke down when the original (he believes) coil failed! ~Still looks like new but was resprayed 15 years ago!

 

Mine is 100% reliable except when the engine blows up beside the sign for the Fareham junction on the M27. Done it twice so far, once westbound in 2015, once eastbound in 2018...
Both ways about 30 seconds after a hill climb ends.



So you may take care of all the stuff you see.. then another little bit breaks off...

Both times at 30k ish miles on each engine and a few weeks after a 1000 mile or 2000 mile trip..