What did you do to your van today?

in h said:
Do you get much tyre noise?
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I have not noticed any difference but then I had them put at the back and my original Continetals at the front. One thing I do like is a smoother ride at a much lower psi. The down side to this is it has upset my TPMS which is something I need to get sorted.
 
Yes, it is vastly better if you can use the correct tyre pressure instead of the daft pressures some camper tyre makers specify.

I'm going to have to get new back tyres in the next few months, so I'm beginning to research which ones to go for. Yours are ruled out because they're not available in my size.

The problem is that there is so much marketing spin on tyre brands. Some of the expensive, big name tyres are rubbish, some of the cheap ones are even worse, but lots of "unknown" brands are really quite good.

Oddly enough, the advice I got from a tyre fitter rather mirrors the advice that tells you which battery is good: the heavy ones are the good ones.

But of course, the weight of a tyre is never specified. Just things like the fuel efficiency rating, which is a stupid measure.

They are rated on the rolling resistance in litres per 100km. The difference between C grade and E grade is just 0.017 litres per 100km. Assuming around 30 mpg overall (7.84l/100km), and you have four wheels, that will be a difference of just 0.86% in fuel consumption.
 
Jenrai said:
I have not noticed any difference but then I had them put at the back and my original Continetals at the front. One thing I do like is a smoother ride at a much lower psi. The down side to this is it has upset my TPMS which is something I need to get sorted.
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You are running BFG All Terrain on the rears only?
 
wildebus said:
You are running BFG All Terrain on the rears only?
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Yes, I appreciate that as a front wheel drive van I am not getting much benefit out of them but the original tyres have enough tread left on them that i want to wear those down some more before upgrading the front ones. I had the rear ones moved to the front.
 
EGR valve fault sorted..
New brake discs and pads fitted.
Worn bearings (or whatever they are called) replaced on rear suspension.

Skint now (work done Professionally).
 
Vanterrier said:
I have been putting it off since I bought the van in November but today decided that the towbar just HAD to come off. I will never tow with the van and have no intention of adding a bike rack, so... Off it came!
Was not a bad job and the bolts and nuts all unscrewed easily. I have left the 7 pin connector still wired up and tucked away behind the bumper for now. I might keep the towbar as it might be of interest to a prospective buyer at some point in the future? But I might offer it for sale on the bay...
The whole lot came to around 32kg which is a useful addition to my available payload.

So, what did YOU do to your van today?

K ;)
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what have u done with the bumper. ok.pj
 
Added two additional USB sockets where they are most needed.
One above the wife's bed (keeping the wife happy is my priority), and the second is where those muppets at Elddis should have put one in the first place.
Looking hard into the project and asking a few questions on here, saved me a lot of aggravation and around £150.
Any help and advice I can give..... just ask.

Job done.
 
after the heat of the last few days and the fridge didn't go as cold as it normally dose on gas I decided to fit a fridge fan lets hope this helps on our next trip fingers crossed, got the kit off amazon
 
wildebus said:
Looks ideal but could be a slight problem with that depending what the numbers means?

USB powered, which means 5V.
5W at 5V should mean a current of 1000mA (1A), which is ok for a typical socket, but they state 4000mA (= 4A).
If it does pull 4A that will be too much for most USB Sockets so you would need a higher current-capable version (readily available and not expensive so not a problem).
A draw of 4000mA at 5V would make it a 20W unit and when I was looking at these, before I thought of just adapting the one I had, I did see quite a few 20W devices, so it could well be that power? (it could of course be 4000mA at 1.25V. That would make more sense for the charging side as well)

Just a potential heads up.
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This thing has two functions. One is the blue light zapper, so far untested with unwilling victims, but produces 560v across the coil. The voltage reading was taken this morning after leaving the second function, warm white night light, on for in excess of 12 hours.

I'll stick it back on charge now and do the same tomorrow morning after a long run on the zapper setting.

Watch this space ...

Cheers

H
 
wildebus said:
Be interesting to see the results.
Don't get a lot of flies and beasties in the van but the zapper I have I am not convinced it is not a CO or a Buddist and refusing to take a life.
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After a full charge and running for thirteen hours the coil voltage went down from 580v to 380v. Never claimed a scalp though ...

Cheers

H
 
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