Hi,
I have searched the forums and done some of the suggested fixes, but here is the problem.

1994 T4 2.5L Petrol (manual) Caravelle. I just bought the car off a mate who had it in his backyard for a year. He tells me it had starting and running problems, but none the less, I still bought it.

I am taking the family in it to QLD (from Sydney) in September.

Basically the issue is, that sometime it will start and sometimes you can sit there cranking and cranking and cranking and nothing. You could be driving along and then nothing, steering becomes heavy and you pull over. I was just at the servo filling up and it wouldn't start for 20mins.

I have replaced:
Fuel pump
Fuel pump relay
Coil Pack
Distributor cap
all leads
spark plugs

Any suggestions would be great.

Also happy to take it to an expert and have it looked at. I am in Riverstone NSW.

Thanks.