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  1. Millie Master

    INSULATION & MOISTURE?

    The age old question about insulation keeps on going around and around!! My question is, if the insulation material being used is not adhered 100% to the body panel behind it there will be small or even quite large gaps/voids behind or adjacent to it which in low to very low temperatures can...
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    Now this is one hell of a rip snorting conversion!!

    Now this is one hell of a rip snorting high performance conversion!! Slightly mental if not totally bonkers https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1963-volkswagen-type-2-splitscreen-audi-s3-engined-gy73Z4
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    The damnable DVLA are at it again!!

    The damnable DVLA are at it again!! For many a long year I have been a subscriber to the Classic & Sports Car magazine because of my almost from the cradle interest in “classic cars” of which over the years I have owned a few, however back to the title of this post “the damnable DVLA are at it...
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    8mm copper to 10mm plastic water pipe connector??

    After 8 years of faithful service, my 'Millie' is starting to show her build age in one or two places the most recent one of which is the mixer tap fitted to the shower room sink. The pig tails from the tap are 8mm copper whereas the plastic pipe is 10mm plastic. Back in 2013/14 when I built...
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    One very ingenious idea......

    This is one very ingenious idea which as a unit could be used in your estate cars, SUV's or even the love of your life van conversions.
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    A new van which can't be used and is just sitting there on the drive!

    A close friend has recently taken delivery of his brand new Coachman conversion. It is the first of a new model and he was so impatient to get it delivered that it now is sitting on his drive and that is exactly where it will continue to sit as it is still awaiting full type approval by the...
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    Fuse replacement.

    Here is a quick guide to fuse replacement
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    Has anyone ever tried one of these, a burning bog!!

    No doubt all you learned folk are fully aware of these https://lpgshop.co.uk/cinderella-freedom-incineration-toilet-gas-lpg/ However I hadn't heard of them and all I can think of is burning bums!!
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    A right royal PITA of a job! Can anyone help please?

    This is a question which has van building and maintenance connections and in my case domestic ones as well. In the shower room of my home, I have a right royal pain in the assiender problem with the shower, or to be more exact the sealing between the tiled walls and the acrylic shower base...
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    Just to think I had seen it all !!!

    On one of the FaceBook groups I sometimes look at I saw this (er-hum) amazing roof lining and yes the poster of it was serious about it as he had bought new galvanised sheeting, treated it with acid, then neutralised it before applying 3 coats of satin varnish. And I thought I had seen most...
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    Salt batteries, are tehy now the very best?

    I have just seen this:- https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/13/significant-breakthrough-this-new-sea-salt-battery-has-4-times-the-capacity-of-lithium?fbclid=IwAR0Y7YDB4em3L_VdCYlKB5HMys2So4ySe6LcXFsE2Vuz71fcxDZTBqo2oYE
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    Anyone looking to buy a very low mileage Mercedes 811D

    I have just seen this very low mileage, very low price Merc. 811D for sale on a FB group which might be of interest to someone looking for something different https://www.facebook.com/groups/372385169760630
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    is VED payable on old ambulances that people convert?

    I was reading this reply by a member with the name of "Thistle" to a topic on the sister site Wild Camping and thought it was so relevant to members of this Group: - ___________________________________________________________________________________________ "Ah well that's a category I know...
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    Legal or illegal?

    On one of the self builld FaceBook groups, someone has just (proudly) posted this photograph of the spare wheel mount on the back door of his Renault Master. Apart from the fact that I don't like to see wheels mounted in the exposed open air without full covers, I am forced to ask does the...
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    Henry water. Heater

    over in Wales and the bloody Henry water heater has stopped working. Now if you didn’t know these are exactly the same as the Carver heaters and as ours is all of 7 years old, I think it possibly needs replacing. Ideally or rather, essentially it needs to be a like for like replacement... Any...
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    Solar panels for sale

    I have just noticed this advert on one of the facebook groups I follow, someone in our community might be interested? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/678823626659792/?rid=10223603264204043&ad_id&rt=1&refID=0&refType=0
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    Could this be why the DVLA are such an inefficient pain?

    Could this be the reason why the DVLA are proving to be such an inefficient pain in oh so many ways? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3b6710ee-a0a2-11ec-a33b-e5ebed659a52?shareToken=1431c745487d9edd501a83ffe0c69f95 Phil
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    TOTALLY unrelated to self building, but one for a Guru

    I have recently bought a BMW 225XE phve and love it ! My question is that I am charging it at home on the supplied 13amp lead and have installed a special 13 amp external socket which now has a stand alone earthing spike fitted with a 5 mm cable along with the existing 2 mm earthing cable. The...
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    Bloody Stixall Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

    When I originally built 'Millie', for the roof lights and windows I initially used Sikaflex when fitting the windows and roof lights, but then after a few months I checked the adhesion of the Sikaflex and although it was sticking like sh-- to the paintwork of the van it didn't appear to have...
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    Not a self building question, but one for the electrical guru's

    Not a self building question, but one for the electrical guru's of this wonderful place. I hope to be buying a hybrid vehicle in the next few weeks and am looking to install a 32A wall charging hook up point, but with so many out there and having as always a very tight budget, which one should...
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