What did you do to your van today?

[Greengrass]

Engine back in situ re assembling should be fin Fri then mot and chassis wash

You wont be using it much this year your be working as a white van man driver to pay for all of it, And I use the word driver loosely

 

[The laird]

You wont be using it much this year your be working as a white van man driver to pay for all of it, And I use the word driver loosely

Dave you are probably correct ! That's what I like about you nought and that's the polite version ,you are awful but I like you ! As dick emery would say

 

[AlyJay]

You all know that yesterday was National Polish (the front of) your Motorhome day, don’t you? Well today was National Wash Your Motorhome Roof day. Tomorrow might be National Polish Your Motorhome Roof Day. Depends if it’s raining or dry-but-not-sunny.

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Looks really well.

 

[Exwindsurfer]

I know the theory, but then you have to buy 4 at once.

It's only money Kev lolol

 

[gasgas]

Today is National Polish The Back Of Your Motorhome Day. Many cups of tea will be drunk and maybe a doughnut or two will be eaten to while the hours away.

(You don't get the impression my life is a bit dull do you?)

I keep wondering if there is such a thing as the following:
Mercedes Sprinter Automatic. Or possibly Ford Transit automatic. But the MB was of course better built . . . . . .
Preferably coachbuilt but open to being surprised . . .
Pullman seating - i.e. nearside has a long bench bed, offside has two two seater facing sofas which convert to a large bed, still leaving a gap between beds for gettingupinthenight activities.
Less than 6.6mtr
Within 3500kg
Years about 2010 to 2013 when they got unnecessarily complex computerised engines.

If there ever was such a thing I would like to know, and I would seek it out as the Holy Grail. Other than that I'm not parting with Hardly,, my Automatic Ford Transit with Pullman seating, 5.6 mtr long 3500kg. When did you last see one of those?

EDIT: It is now persistering down with rain so the polishing is hereby on hold . . .

 

[Mr and Mrs Tupcox]

Sticking the German clean air sticker on wind screen, 5 days from payment to delivery,
That's us legal for our June / July trip to Belgium Germany poland,,

 

[Lee]

I've just fitted a Thetford Separater toilet kit.
It wasn't as easy as the video showed but it's in, now let's hope it's as good I hope.
It should be less smelly and easier to dispose the waste.
I'll report back in a few weeks when we've used it.

 

[Geek]

Sounds interesting!

 

[Rosehip]

What is the volume of the liquids tank?


Took the van for MOT and service, nice shiny new ticket with no issues or advisories, always a relief!

 

[Geek]

What is the volume of the liquids tank?


Took the van for MOT and service, nice shiny new ticket with no issues or advisories, always a relief!

Mine failed the time before last, with just one fail item, no advisories. Unfortunately it was a tricky repair: it needed a new chassis. All sorted now, though.

 

[Rosehip]

that is frightening! glad it's all sorted

 

[Geek]

Well, it had been looking iffy for a few years.
When it was on the floor of the workshop, it looked more like damp weetabix than steel.
It should be good for many years to come now it is fixed.

 

[marchie]

Filled up with Sainsbury's diesel ay £1.869 or £8.50 per gallon in proper money

Steve

 

[Geek]

I've just fitted a Thetford Separater toilet kit.
It wasn't as easy as the video showed but it's in, now let's hope it's as good I hope.
It should be less smelly and easier to dispose the waste.
I'll report back in a few weeks when we've used it.

Hmm. I had a look at the price. At well over £400 you'd need to be fairly certain you like the idea.
I do have my reservations about putting bags of human poo in the dustbin. Feels more appropriate to flush it down the toilet.
However, for me it's not an option in any case: they don't make a kit for my old toilet.

 

[Molly 3]

Had new track ends last Saturday , had tracking done this Saturday

 

[marchie]

Sterilised the freshwater tank yesterday [still have to do the final draining flush with fresh freshwater]; today started the water heater descaling, including drawing the water through to each hot water tap. In previous years, I had followed the Truma instructions [from the time when Truma sold its own descaler] of heating the boiler to 60 degrees and leaving it for 30 minutes for the residual water heat to raise the water temperature to 70 degrees to kill any bacteria; but the Clear Tabs [Purasil makers] DScale makes no reference to the heating - in fact it says to turn off the water heater and just leave the solution in the boiler for 3-4 hours before flushing the descaler out of the boiler. The only tweak I made was to use 50ml more of the DScale solution to compensate for having to add more freshwater than the suggested 15 litres of water to fill the boiler from the freshwater tank. The 15 litres was insufficient to draw water up into the taps and the pump was wheezing away like a knackered asthmatic ...

Steve

 

[Geek]

I'm not clear about the purpose of this. Is it to kill bacteria, or to remove limescale?
Our water is really, really soft, so I try to fill anywhere else whenever possible (obviously on a trip longer than two weeks, this is unavoidable) and as a result there is almost zero scale in the system.
I've never really bothered too much about bacteria. I never put non-potable water in, and I assume that my body is used to dealing with the bacteria already in there. After all, people with cats and dogs have better health as a result of higher bacteria levels.
I'd have assumed that heating water would be bad for resident bacteria but would make limescale worse.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Today is National Polish The Back Of Your Motorhome Day. Many cups of tea will be drunk and maybe a doughnut or two will be eaten to while the hours away.

(You don't get the impression my life is a bit dull do you?)

I keep wondering if there is such a thing as the following:
Mercedes Sprinter Automatic. Or possibly Ford Transit automatic. But the MB was of course better built . . . . . .
Preferably coachbuilt but open to being surprised . . .
Pullman seating - i.e. nearside has a long bench bed, offside has two two seater facing sofas which convert to a large bed, still leaving a gap between beds for gettingupinthenight activities.
Less than 6.6mtr
Within 3500kg
Years about 2010 to 2013 when they got unnecessarily complex computerised engines.

If there ever was such a thing I would like to know, and I would seek it out as the Holy Grail. Other than that I'm not parting with Hardly,, my Automatic Ford Transit with Pullman seating, 5.6 mtr long 3500kg. When did you last see one of those?

EDIT: It is now persistering down with rain so the polishing is hereby on hold . . .

Yes, I have an ebay search on those and get an email when they pop up

 

[gasgas]

Yes, I have an ebay search on those and get an email when they pop up

Yesterday I went and bought a 204,000 mile Sprinter for £1500 partly converted to a campervan. It had been stood for 4 years since the guy got bored and eventually put it on eBay. It has nearly all the characteristics of someone who wants a camper but no experience of campering. But it came with at least £1000 worth of new parts including truma heater, water tank and all the plumbing and electrics, inverter, all the wiring and a cassette toilet.Today I started to discover that it is white underneath. It will need stripping inside and re-starting with insulation on walls and roof.

 

[gasgas]

Filled up with Sainsbury's diesel ay £1.869 or £8.50 per gallon in proper money

Steve

You mean £8/10s. Or half a weeks pay for a qualified worker.
What I do is to divide current prices by ten, I.e that would be 19p, which is about right for diesel. I remember five star petrol costing 3/11 per gallon and thinking well I suppose Rolls Royce owners can afford that.
The contrary thing is my cost-of-living standard. A Mars bar should be 6d. Or, in today’s prices multiply it by ten making it 60d. 60d /12 = 5s = 25p. Since when could you buy a Mars bar for 25p? They are typically £1.25 AND smaller than they used to be. Like Club so-called chocolate biscuits which are thin and not even chocolate, just a thin brown sugar coating.