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You might want to consider putting some kind of curved front to the leading side of the habitation box so as to make it slightly more aerodynamic because otherwise it will hit your fuel consumption for six! Phil

That's good news One of the reasons I am so very interested in your build is that several of us on here used to very active members of another self building forum (before the great impasse!!) and over there we all had a great friend named Peter who sadly died after a lengthy battle with the...

@hybridcovers there are 3 very important things for you to consider: - 1. Put up loads of photographs of your conversion as. 2. Don't forget building in lots of high efficiency insulation as it is just as important in hot climates as it is in cold. 3. Become a full member and reap the...

Now that will be a mind fudging series of questions for the DVLA to answer, I hope your letter lands on the desk of someone with brains rather than a jobsworths! There are quite a lot of demountable pick up based vehicles around and as such it would be nice to know if there are any members on...

Well hopefully for you, the guru of anything electric, namely @wildebus will see this post and come to your assistance. If it were me, I would think about having a solar panel mounted on the roof, and the size/power ought to be as large as will fit and you can afford. You will obviously need a...

There is a lot of nice, clean work in your build so far, however I feel I have to ask 2 questions:- 1. What kind of insulation are you using as all I can see so far is a very thin wrap over the wheel box and nothing else? 2. Why did you go for an on-board fresh water tank rather than an...

Actuator, yes that's what it is called, thank you Chris for jogging my soggy grey zone.............. As an aside, can't you simply live wire your door locking mechanism simply to isolate the problem as that is what I did once when I had a problem with my sliding door lock? Phil

A few weeks ago when I was working on the locking mechanism of the back barn doors on my 2008 Renault Master I came across something which really surprised me! After first taking off the the O/S lower door trim which hides the lock mechanism I was very surprised to find a lot of water and more...

I had a very similar problem recently with the back barn door lock on my Renault Master which turned out to be the electric activating thing which when locked/unlocked from the key pad made a strange noise. Sorry, but I can't give this device the correct name as I can't find it on my eBay...

As the expression goes "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink". And by way of adding to that comment, we have a member on here by the name of @activecampers who has posted quite a lot of material on here and then only today I see over on our sister site Motorhomer a...

Honestly, as this is such a diverse subject, it might help heaps of people if you did share your mods on here?

Very unfortunately a forum like this needs a wealth of members who are either planning to or are actually in the process of converting their vans, added to which there must be always a wealth of people who have already done a conversion or who are actively involved in the commercial world or...

What a thick so and so I am, I had never heard of a "split point" drill bit before, I had better start throwing away even more kit in my house moving, down sizing move as I had wondered why the drills I had were so bloody useless and not only didn't cut, but used to snap like a carrot if the...

That is always a problem for a tradesman such as you Dave being supplied parts by a penny pinching customer. Totally different scenario, but in my commercial past we built an exhibition unit for one of the major agricultural tyre manufacturers on which were displayed 12 drive axle tyres mounted...

What a complete mess!

Having had a relatively sleepless night thinking about the problem, I attacked with aggressive vigor this morning and am pleased to say I found an answer to my problem which turned out to be a an almost impossible to get to and small broken return spring on the levers of the main rear door...

Over the past few weeks I have been noticing a strange wuurrring noise from the back barn doors when unlocking. So on one of the facebook groups I sought advice and have now purchased a new one of these...

Thanks for that Dave; but actually my magical most beloved sat (quite literally) for hours on end with some 'T' cut and she was able to get the plastic back to a very smooth finish indeed. But the semi-crazing is still there which you can't actually feel, just see, so in the long term I might...

Brilliant, I haven't seen you in ages and a half................. how are you doing?

That is one thick floor you are putting in, are you going to similar lengths of thickness when insulating the walls and roof? Phil