What did you do to your van today?

trevskoda said:
Its the rear w cylinders that seeze up with sitting long times, shoes do also as you say require a bit of a burn in, rolling road is the only true way to test brakes.
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Rolling road . . . . or drive down an Alp pass alternately brake / scream down in first gear / brake / scream down in first gear (because your brakes have overheated and faded) and arrive at a T junction at the bottom. You can't stop because the brakes have overheated. You swing the van round to the right and luckily there was nothing on the road at the time.
At least, that is how I once tested the brakes. I vowed when I got home to renew them all .
 
gasgas said:
That sounds like the stuff that car and motorhome dealers give you when you refuse to pay their asking price? They say it is worth £650 ish including the labour of applying it. I had that on one new motorhome I bought. They allegedly applied it before I collected it, then they gave me a Very Posh satchel sort of bag with lots of ceramic coating sounding stuff with lots of made up chemically names. It has some of what I think must be the ceramic polish. I kept it when I got rid of that camper so one bright day I might apply it to Hardly.
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This had a ceramic coat applied 12 years prior to the photo. It can be very effective.

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That's what Kirstie Allsopp thinks about property, telling us she bought the worst house in the best road.

She's not your sister, is she Trev? 🤔
 
Removed the fresh water tank water level sensor
Got cheap cola from Aldi sat sensor in cola and wow some reactions from it,spotless clean refitted and bingo level working perfectly
Put tank fresh into waste tank,had put a few bottles of cheap cola into tank at Carlisle after the last meetings ,drained the g7nge and put some nice tank fresh in today
 
I took Hardly to the garage on Monday asking them to rectify an oil drip from the automatic gearbox. I thought it was from the front oil seal and expected a bill for remove box / remove/replace seal / replace box / refill ATF, filter and sump gasket. I expected about £600 - £700 bill. Instead it was £59 to remove a gearchange shaft, and replace an O ring. Ooh I'm happy. So I left my car with them for an MOT and carburettor tune up.
When I got home there was a shiny new LiFpo battery waiting for me on the doorstep. Tomorrow there will be a PSW inverter waiting . . . I won't be fitting them yet though as we are off on holiday to Madeira and you can't very well drive there.
 
The laird said:
Removed the fresh water tank water level sensor
Got cheap cola from Aldi sat sensor in cola and wow some reactions from it,spotless clean refitted and bingo level working perfectly
Put tank fresh into waste tank,had put a few bottles of cheap cola into tank at Carlisle after the last meetings ,drained the g7nge and put some nice tank fresh in today
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Recently I fitted a larger fresh water tank. The level sensor system was two parallel stainless steel rods from top to bottom of tank. As the new tank was deeper than the old one I had to think of a way to extend the rods. I got some long staniless steel screws and drilled down from the heads the right diameter for the old rods to be an interference fit so the rods now are the full height of the tank. What surprised me was the incredible photos I got with an iPhone of the rods. Bear in mind this is my arm going into an almost arm-diameter inspection hole in the top of the tank taking a photo inside a thick black plastic tank, and it didn't use the flash. I must have had it switched off.
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The water level gauge now works perfectly.
 
Scrubbed the microwave outer housing at the very top ,no bad really but thought I'd put heating on and do jobs I don't like today as it's snug in there f
Flushed out waste tank and from sinks back
Fitted some new Velcro to head restraints and cushion backs
Charged up Vtoman power station (20 mins ) to max from 52%
Sorted out food cupboards and new salt cellar
Took out hand towels and dish towels to wash
What a boring day esp after shopping
 
The laird said:
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What a boring day esp after shopping
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And it was cold and cloudy all day.
Makes you want to get a plane to Madeira.
Oh. I am. Next week. :cool:
Today: I looked at and wrote down the tyre specs so I could get the wagon upgraded to 3500kg. I have never heard any explanation for various manufacturers to plate their wagons at 3300kg. WHY? Does anyone know? The tyres are rated to 1120kg each which x 4 = 4480kg.
 
I will be getting one of those tomorrow. Renogy 2000W inverter. LiFpo came yesterday.
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I see that cable end is stamped 100A. Are they redefining Ohm's law? 100A at 12v = 1200W. So how are the other 800W going to get to the appliance? Exwindsurfer is quite correct.
 
Having said that, if the cables really are capable of 100A they would be useful from alternator to LB. Assuming your alternator is 100A or less. Or you could put them in parallel with the existing Alt - LB cables.

by the way does anyone know when a wire becomes a cable?
 
gasgas said:
Having said that, if the cables really are capable of 100A they would be useful from alternator to LB. Assuming your alternator is 100A or less. Or you could put them in parallel with the existing Alt - LB cables.

by the way does anyone know when a wire becomes a cable?
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I use one of those cable to double up the earth strap for the body to the engine .
 
Motorhome is still in the garage being worked on ....
As well as the Alternator to be sorted out, there is the MOT which will need the Handbrake improving (why are the Ducato handbrakes so bleeding awful to get working reliably??) and the Front Discs replacing (was due to be replaced in the spring but with the non-existent summer we had, hardly used the van so didn't bother).
Plus a bit of a service - Oil and Filter change.
On the plus side, looks like Alternator sorted (presumably swapped for new one) at 4PM today. I can tell by logging onto Victron VRM and look at the Starter Battery voltage ... first time it has been over 14V for a week without it being plugged in :)
 
What did you do to your van today?
I nearly sold it instantly to webuyanymotorhomedotcom when I saw a P&O cruise deal: 99 days circumnavigation of the world from £3089 per person.
So I went to look at the itinary and then it said from £18,830 per person.
So how does £3089 become £18,830? It's not even a slip of a decimal point. It's not even the staff rate, I don't suppose. Pity the law doesn't entitle me to take it at the offered price. Advertising something at a price you cannot buy it for is merely an 'invitation to treat' meaning an invitation to start negotiating.
 
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