What did you do to your van today?

[Trotter]

Mega laundry session yesterday - being 22C makes it bearable!
A convenient closed cafe deck for drying. A local offered us ‘clean’ water from his house too. Twin tub elicited some comments, mostly from older ladies~nostalgia!
And no effort for our lithium batteries and solar panels to provide the power for four hours non-stop! And before anyone asks, I use soap nuts.

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You can go right off some people

 

[2cv]

Drove half an hour for a picnic by Loch Long.

 

[The laird]

Drove half an hour for a picnic byLoch Long.

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Merry Xmas to you both

 

[2cv]

Merry Xmas to you both

Thanks Gordon, and likewise to you.

 

[2cv]

Today we took advantage of the unseasonably dry and balmy weather to give the van a good wash. Really pleasing result bearing in mind that it was built nearly 9 years ago.

 

[Vanterrier]

Finally the weather was dry warm and windless enough for me to get the ladders out and add three bolts in each solar panel bracket to supplement the white adhesive/seal of unknown grade/quality that it is currently held in place with.
Being a Ducato PVC there was always a risk that the roof-paint that the brackets were stuck to was not stuck to its primer as there has been some peeling nearby.
I'm a lot happier now. Roll on the next tour.
K

 

[trevskoda]

Looked at my van today to see some green alga ,time i got some one to wash it of,wives do dam all these days,oh what have i just said,head down.

 

[Markd]

Put my Votronic mppt controller in to replace PWM.
It's working - but obviously at this time of year not a lot to tell

 

[mr brown]

car's nacked ,so took the van shopping. easy parking thanks to blue badge. being a human wreck has some perks

 

[trevskoda]

car's nacked ,so took the van shopping. easy parking thanks to blue badge. being a human wreck has some perks

Have you thought of a restoration job,we can rebuild him.

 

[r4dent]

We have one Gaslow cylinder and one Calor propane. When we bought the van, 5 years ago, the Gaslow was next to the locker door and the Calor was behind it. This meant taking the Gaslow out to change the Calor, a right pain. Today I swapped them round. No pipework changes ; now securing bracket changes; just take both out then put both back.
Five years planning, ten minutes execution.
Never put off 'til tomorrow something that can wait another month.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Finally the weather was dry warm and windless enough for me to get the ladders out and add three bolts in each solar panel bracket to supplement the white adhesive/seal of unknown grade/quality that it is currently held in place with.
Being a Ducato PVC there was always a risk that the roof-paint that the brackets were stuck to was not stuck to its primer as there has been some peeling nearby.
I'm a lot happier now. Roll on the next tour.
K

I made the mistake of having our 07 PVC self build washed at the local car wash, bits of paint missing all over it now, shame I didn't notice til a week later, they denied responsibility, no way I can prove it, I didn't know about the paint problems, but since then I have noticed loads of Sevel older vans with missing paint, good that the primer is stuck ok.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I looked out of our bay window and gave the van a coat of looking at, I started to feel urges of getting out there and doing something to it, then I heard the sound of the kettle boiling and decided that discretion be the better part of valour and succumbed to the tantalising aroma of coffee

 

[Exwindsurfer]

Fitted new pioneer speaker to the rear of the van was a bit of a bugger getting the wires all the way to the head set in dash but it works great.

 

[oppy]

Stripped out all the stupid reversing camera gubbins (I'll just have to back into things), took all the junk off the top shelf over the cab, made a foot rest for Sue all in preparation for our trip to Portugal at the end of Jan. Now comes the task of loading it for the trip. Me? all I need is a few pairs of boxers, socks, a couple of shirts and a corkscrew, Sue on the other hand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The laird]

Stripped out all the stupid reversing camera gubbins (I'll just have to back into things), took all the junk off the top shelf over the cab, made a foot rest for Sue all in preparation for our trip to Portugal at the end of Jan. Now comes the task of loading it for the trip. Me? all I need is a few pairs of boxers, socks, a couple of shirts and a corkscrew, Sue on the other hand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve got a kitchen sink as a freebie if you want peter

 

[oppy]

I’ve got a kitchen sink as a freebie if you want peter

Is a dishwasher included............................................Mine kinda getting worn out

 

[The laird]

Nope

 

[mr brown]

Is a dishwasher included............................................Mine kinda getting worn out

you're giving her too much to do

 

[trevskoda]

They all start of nice and end up a old ---ler