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Re: The..... What did you do to your Motorhome today thread!

 ·  Posted: 15.01.2020  ·  #1201
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Are you going to Downpatrick or Newtownards? Best wishes for the test, most of the guys are very interested. I talked to the 2 guys doing mine for about 5 minutes or more after the test was complete and they generally know that we look after our vans very carefully, so there a few things not tested. The previous Motorhome that I had was usually driven by me over the pit and brakes and steering wheel operated by me. Now a tester drives the van, so if you are lucky you can chat to him for the ten minutes or so while they test it.

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It’s Newtownards for me. power hosed the underneath today. Replaced a corroded tail light bulb and found that I need a new side marker light. Might try soldiering it as a new one is £28. Now I just want to double check the handbrake tomorrow.
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1202
Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1203
Looking forward to seeing your new van John.
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1204
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)



Big trial now tomorrow John. Happy travels.
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1205
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)



Big trial now tomorrow John. Happy travels.


Yes Norman.....Big reveal to fellow Craicers tomorrow :D ....It did have it's maiden weekend away last week though up in Antrim :-)
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1206
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)



Big trial now tomorrow John. Happy travels.


Yes Norman.....Big reveal to fellow Craicers tomorrow :D ....It did have it's maiden weekend away last week though up in Antrim :-)



John i bet that left a few storeys to be told.😂
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 ·  Posted: 17.01.2020  ·  #1207
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)



Big trial now tomorrow John. Happy travels.


Yes Norman.....Big reveal to fellow Craicers tomorrow :D ....It did have it's maiden weekend away last week though up in Antrim :-)



John i bet that left a few storeys to be told.😂


I'm sayin nattin !!! :-/ :lol:
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 ·  Posted: 18.01.2020  ·  #1208
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)


As I hear you are handy with a spray gun my advice to you would be paint the milenco covers, mine stained and then started to break down from uv degradation.
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 ·  Posted: 18.01.2020  ·  #1209
Washed the roof, then the whole van. Amazing the crap that gathers on the roof in a few months
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 ·  Posted: 18.01.2020  ·  #1210
Put a bit of a frame in the garage so I could bungee the folding chairs against the rear wall.
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Fitted the Milenco mirror protectors/covers earlier.....Very pleased :-)


As I hear you are handy with a spray gun my advice to you would be paint the milenco covers, mine stained and then started to break down from uv degradation.


Good advice :up:
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 ·  Posted: 21.01.2020  ·  #1213
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Put a bit of a frame in the garage so I could bungee the folding chairs against the rear wall.


Any chance of a photo as I'm currently open to ideas for a better organised garage. i bought a set of the folding hooks from IKEA that were mentioned in a previous post but haven't fitted them yet.
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1214
It is only a few pieces of wood glued and screwed to the rear wall to screw the eyelets into to take the bungee. Hopefully I ll post later
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1215
JMAC. Heres a photo. Its rough but does the job. Might put a couple of brackets on the uprights so I could put my skis on
 
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1216
Neat job Tommy. :up:
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1217
A man would nearly give his left nut for a garage that size in the Motorhome 😬😬
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1218
If I took the chairs out I could put it on Airbnb
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1219
Or rent it out to students like they do in the housing estates near colleges!
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1220
When you said in your garage, I thought it was in the Garage you store your Motorhome in :lol:
That's a great Job Tommy :up:
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1221
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 ·  Posted: 22.01.2020  ·  #1222
You could bring a pallet in that 😂😂
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #1223
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JMAC. Heres a photo. Its rough but does the job. Might put a couple of brackets on the uprights so I could put my skis on
 



Hi tommy
What's is the electrolux thingy in the corner
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #1224
It's an Elecrrolux 2500 Traveller generator with a fuel tank above it. Mainly used by my wife to plug in her hairdryer
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #1225
Cool... that's handy for wild camping
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 ·  Posted: 23.01.2020  ·  #1226
Yes I can charge the leisure batteries while using it for something else.

Like drying the wifes hair :(
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 ·  Posted: 29.01.2020  ·  #1227
Just had a Propex 2000 heater fitted to the RV, Cheers Ally, who put me on to it and Simon, who fitted it. It doesn't heat as well as the US furnace heater, but, then again, I hope to be able to leave it on overnight and not wake to flat batteries and an empty gas tank...👍😁
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 ·  Posted: 30.01.2020  ·  #1228
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 ·  Posted: 30.01.2020  ·  #1229
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It doesn't heat as well as the US furnace heater


You should find it will, maybe not as fast to heat up as the furnace but it will get there and be more than enough.

My only gripe with the Propex was that it let the temperature drop to much before kicking back on again.
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 ·  Posted: 05.02.2020  ·  #1230
Just cleaned the fridge shelves. Over the years they have oxidised and looked chalky. I tried everything to no avail and decided to buy a new set of shelves until I was quoted £50 per shelf. I got a wire brush attachment on my drill and spent a couple of hours. Not like new but turned out well
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 ·  Posted: 05.02.2020  ·  #1231
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Just cleaned the fridge shelves. Over the years they have oxidised and looked chalky. I tried everything to no avail and decided to buy a new set of shelves until I was quoted £50 per shelf. I got a wire brush attachment on my drill and spent a couple of hours. Not like new but turned out well


Kevin ( Blag ) could probably tell you how to replate then.
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 ·  Posted: 05.02.2020  ·  #1232
Just to add 're the Propex heater in an RV. I'm quite pleased tbh as I does what I wanted and I'm looking forward to a warm night's sleep without being woken by the oem furnace heater cycling on and off and waking up with batteries that still have life in them and LPG left in the tank. It doesn't heat as fast as the oem heater, but having tested it this week on frosty nights, I just put the oem heater on for ten min and the Propex maintains the warmth very well. Very happy with it.
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 ·  Posted: 05.02.2020  ·  #1233
8 hours later, 1 roll of .9mm mig wire, and half a sheet of 3mm steel and the Duke is rebuilt underneath with rotten corroded steel removed. Ready for CVRT on Saturday. Can't understand how it passed last February in the state it was in at the chassis in spots. We picked it up last August and during December I threw it up on the lift to spray schutz underneath, and I nearly got sick!
Steering column gaiter was so badly worn on one side, the grease ran down the pump! As a member of Irish Engineering Institute I'm dissapointed that some boy passed the Duke last February 2019! The poor auld fella that we bought it from was never aware of the state it was in and you don't want to know what I pulled out of the chassis channels and bulkhead that was used to fill gaps!! Jesus wept!
Anyway, that's my rant over, all sorted now, comfort knowing there is solid steel down there and welded solid for a good many years to come,
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 ·  Posted: 06.02.2020  ·  #1234
Good luck on Saturday 🤞
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 ·  Posted: 06.02.2020  ·  #1235
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8 hours later, 1 roll of .9mm mig wire, and half a sheet of 3mm steel and the Duke is rebuilt underneath with rotten corroded steel removed. Ready for CVRT on Saturday. Can't understand how it passed last February in the state it was in at the chassis in spots. We picked it up last August and during December I threw it up on the lift to spray schutz underneath, and I nearly got sick!
Steering column gaiter was so badly worn on one side, the grease ran down the pump! As a member of Irish Engineering Institute I'm dissapointed that some boy passed the Duke last February 2019! The poor auld fella that we bought it from was never aware of the state it was in and you don't want to know what I pulled out of the chassis channels and bulkhead that was used to fill gaps!! Jesus wept!
Anyway, that's my rant over, all sorted now, comfort knowing there is solid steel down there and welded solid for a good many years to come,


It's great also you done the work yourself and know it's a good un :up: .....Saved a lot of money too....Good luck on saturday!
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 ·  Posted: 07.02.2020  ·  #1236
Spent the last few days spraying all the handles, knobs and moving parts we can find on the v.w. sliding door as it often won't unlock first time.
We're assuming that getting it fixed professionally will cost a bomb!
It happened a year or so ago and that worked but doesn't seem to be this time...ho hum.
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 ·  Posted: 10.02.2020  ·  #1237
 


Got this lock fitted to habitation door. As there was just mm to spare didnt trust my measurement so got Simon from LTS to fit it. Agh it's on its side
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 ·  Posted: 21.02.2020  ·  #1238
Replaced the engine thermostat, engine has been running cold since we got it. It got up to operating temperature for the first 😁

It then carried on very very slowly, then temperature warning light came on 😠

Out of the ashpan and into the fire. 😂

All part of restoring a classic, probably the fan temp sensor.
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 ·  Posted: 21.02.2020  ·  #1239
While not exactly doing something for it, I’m bringing it for a trip tomorrow. Just for the night. It’s been so hectic that I haven’t been away this year, only to Ferrybank, which hardly counts as it’s so close. The van needs a run, and I need a rest. I have no idea where I’ll head for, but at least then, I can’t get lost😂😂
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 ·  Posted: 21.02.2020  ·  #1240
You'll want to find some shelter from the wind, it's been gusting strong here in the Hook all day and gone up into the mid 50mph after dark, same forecast for tomorrow into Sunday morning , due to drop right down by teatime
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