What did you do to your van today?

[Donny Mac]

Removed the original broken coat hanger and an ugly additional one and fitted a wooden replacement that almost matches the toilet door.
Got it in the Spotty bag shop last weekend when we were in the Cullen aire.
Would recommend the Cullen aire as well as Linda's chip shop.

 

[marchie]

Small stonechip in windscreen repaired. Drove M/Home to the garage to take VW Tiguan for service/timing belt/water pump and new tyres. VB Semi-Air suspension had dropped from 1.2 bar to1.0 bar in almost 4 weeks so quick top up applied. Strange thing when the Stone Chip was repaired - Fitter pointed out that the door hinge bracket was loose - 1st time that has happened in over 4 years of use. He tightened the hinge whilst waiting for the screen repair glue to cure, but maybe something to keep an eye on ...

Steve

 

[wildebus]

Small stonechip in windscreen repaired. Drove M/Home to the garage to take VW Tiguan for service/timing belt/water pump and new tyres. VB Semi-Air suspension had dropped from 1.2 bar to1.0 bar in almost 4 weeks so quick top up applied. Strange thing when the Stone Chip was repaired - Fitter pointed out that the door hinge bracket was loose - 1st time that has happened in over 4 years of use. He tightened the hinge whilst waiting for the screen repair glue to cure, but maybe something to keep an eye on ...

Steve

which door? habitation or cab?

 

[marchie]

which door? habitation or cab?

Cab door, David. My innitial thought was that the hinge had not been retightened after the compressor for the semi-air suspension had been installed, but the garage said they had only accessed the door trim. The passenger door hinge is still tight, so there is either a poltergeist at play, or the hinge was slacked off and not retightened, or there's a problem that might need some loctite screwthread or similar. 'Keep under observation' on Brunhilde's medical notes ...

Steve

 

[AlyJay]

Removed the original broken coat hanger and an ugly additional one and fitted a wooden replacement that almost matches the toilet door.
Got it in the Spotty bag shop last weekend when we were in the Cullen aire.
Would recommend the Cullen aire as well as Linda's chip shop.View attachment 77060

Ah - the spotty bag shop.
We were over that way for a rake a couple of month back.

 

[AlyJay]

Cab door, David. My innitial thought was that the hinge had not been retightened after the compressor for the semi-air suspension had been installed, but the garage said they had only accessed the door trim. The passenger door hinge is still tight, so there is either a poltergeist at play, or the hinge was slacked off and not retightened, or there's a problem that might need some loctite screwthread or similar. 'Keep under observation' on Brunhilde's medical notes ...

Steve

It might never of been tightened properly from the factory - Friday afternoon job.

 

[Geek]

Removed the original broken coat hanger and an ugly additional one and fitted a wooden replacement that almost matches the toilet door.
Got it in the Spotty bag shop last weekend when we were in the Cullen aire.
Would recommend the Cullen aire as well as Linda's chip shop.View attachment 77060

Don't miss the ice cream shop just below the town square.

 

[wildebus]

Cab door, David. My innitial thought was that the hinge had not been retightened after the compressor for the semi-air suspension had been installed, but the garage said they had only accessed the door trim. The passenger door hinge is still tight, so there is either a poltergeist at play, or the hinge was slacked off and not retightened, or there's a problem that might need some loctite screwthread or similar. 'Keep under observation' on Brunhilde's medical notes ...

Steve

I think you may be on the right track thinking about linked to the Air Suspension install. If the vehicle is not jacked up correctly that can twist things around. I found something similar happen with my Toyota RAV4 where the jacking points were different when sidesteps were fitted and when I jacked the front to change the wheels the door no longer fitted. Fortunately self-corrected.

 

[Donny Mac]

Don't miss the ice cream shop just below the town square.

Went there after the chipper, home made vanilla

 

[marchie]

It might never of been tightened properly from the factory - Friday afternoon job.

No, it was OK before the Air Suspension. We have had the M/Home for nearly 5 years and I have checked hinges etc when I was looking for ways to tighten the O/S Door Mirror [there are none - a new Mirror was fitted].

Steve

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

Striped out all our lithium battery stuff ,puting van back to standard ,ready for the swap next weekend.
Panel vans just dont cut for us.
To hot in summer to cold in winter ,lets try a A class this time.

 

[Geek]

Although panel vans do lack insulation, the biggest mistake is not finishing them in white or light silver colour.
Makes a huge difference to how much heat you gain and lose.

 

[AlyJay]

Although panel vans do lack insulation, the biggest mistake is not finishing them in white or light silver colour.
Makes a huge difference to how much heat you gain and lose.

My coach built lacks decent insulation, its white and it is still bloody cold.

 

[Geek]

My coach built lacks decent insulation, its white and it is still bloody cold.

Paint it dull black and see how much worse it gets.
No, best not to!

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

Sods law, never had problem with water ingress, in 2 years of owning our van,
2 days before we part exchange it roof light starts leaking and it's pissing down.

 

[Geek]

Sods law, never had problem with water ingress, in 2 years of owning our van,
2 days before we part exchange it roof light starts leaking and it's pissing down.

Is it leaking through the roof light, or round the flashings?

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

Is it leaking through the roof light, or round the flashings?

Just around the seal to van, It stoped raining and managed to dry and remove area of silicone, over seal with some sikoflex , hopefully that will get us through handover..

 

[Geek]

At least that's a simple fix that doesn't have a huge cost.
I'm not a fan of silicone sealant. That's probably why it was leaking.
Ideally, you'd remove the skylight and reseal with proper non-setting sealant.

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

At least that's a simple fix that doesn't have a huge cost.
I'm not a fan of silicone sealant. That's probably why it was leaking.
Ideally, you'd remove the skylight and reseal with proper non-setting sealant.

The problem is that the product autotrail have used to bed roof light to van,
Is starting to crack away from the sky light forming small pockets which water sits in then over time cause leaks.

 

[Geek]

Yes, the good sealant is expensive, and the cheaper sort will normally be good long enough to outlast the guarantee.