What did you do to your van today?

[AlyJay]

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. View attachment 78063View attachment 78064View attachment 78065View attachment 78066

Chassis and floor looks solid, potentially a great buy if mechanical stuffs all ok?

 

[AlyJay]

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.

Any photos of your old chassis?
Is your new one galvanised?

 

[AlyJay]

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.

It's legionnaires disease I'm slightly concerned about, it's a big thing with stored water and pipework not used ie, for me it would be the shower as this in the moho is never used, motorhomes especially older ones the water changes temp all the time which legionnaires bacteria really like. On saying that I've never heard of legionnaires poisoning from a moho water supply but technically it is possible. I agree a bit of bacteria is probably beneficial but I just avoid drinking water from moho tanks even though I do flush it twice yearly with purification powder and drain water after a trip or if its been in and not used more than 3 days.