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    American RV on EBay

    One sold here a few years back at auction for under 2 grand,prob bought to live in while a house was built.
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    Has Anyone Made a Boat / Camper Combo ??

    May have to keep an eye on the rust,remember to we open amphicar car in the sixties,all fell to bits.
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    40A Smart Mains Battery Charger for under £15?

    Mine has a fuse and works 100%,i do see a price rise on some,i was lucky at 20 bucks,yes there is crap out there but stuff in shops here is crap to these days,prob all from china but cannot blame every thing made there.
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    40A Smart Mains Battery Charger for under £15?

    Or you could buy one from ebay for 20 bucks as i did.
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    Mechanic Labour Charges, also posted on other forums

    Thats for the wasted electric running the coffee vending unit in the waiting room along with the recepsionists weekly hair do
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    Mechanic Labour Charges, also posted on other forums

    My solicitor is £150 an hr just to talk,maybe i should have changed jobs,i charger £35 an hr for marine outboard work,prob why i cannot afford a new A class.
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    Do you carry a scooter or motorbike in your garage?

    When they say a scooter im thinking they mean a mobilty one as apposed to motor cycle,time will tell but im sure stricter enforcements will come into play in near future.
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    swb vivaro budget build

    Looks good though you could have had the wheels shotblasted /epoxy 2 pac prim and then poly 2 pac finnish,we used to do them for £15 a rim which was a good price as a co down road from us did crappy powder at £100 a rim. Handy we van i must say but do make sure you have the correct size plates...
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    Driver / Passenger Armrests

    I took mine of and binned them,always got in the way and found no use for them as both hands on wheel,maybe i missed something.
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    Thistle - Ex Ambulance to...... well hopefully something else

    YEP no hair driers etc though you can buy 12v ones,hair straightners,all are hair grows straight out and down. What you do is build the van 12v but have a ehu socket to a fuse board for charger and say two 230v sockets for use on hookup,you may use an inverter but will require a large bank of...
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    Thistle - Ex Ambulance to...... well hopefully something else

    What on gods earth would you want a inverter for,all should be 12v and gas,yes a lot of rewiring on any van to use as a camper,this is the bit most folk fail on,many a classic m/bike i bought was all sorted ex wiring at which point folk gave up and sold on. Site down with a sheet of paper and...
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    Which one?

    I worked most of my life on cars vans,i would keep a transit at the end of a pointy stick,never mind them being nicked for parts,i wonder why,just my point of v.
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    CBE DS300-UK wiring

    Why bother,i would start from scratch using a new led fuse block ans sep wires to each unit,ie ,lights toilet ,tv,and any heaters etc. use a up to date charger and a mains switch over in case you find a site with x wiring. If solar is on roof then a mppt unit as in pics as this will also charge...
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    Any idea where I can buy Omnistor wall brackets

    Caravan breaker is your best bet.
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    Powered terrestrial tv aerials

    Most boosters are 12v and can be got from a old caravan,then use a end feed yagi from asda at around 6 bucks
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    What jobs did you do on your van today?

    Flow coat is what you use with a waxing agent in it,if you dont use it will stay sticky. If you wish to paint then a two pack acid etch primer is required,it has a slight yellow tinge to it and smells like cat piss,mixed 1 part base 1 hardener to 1 cel thinner low grade,spray on very very light...
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    Hi there

    Hi and welcome,would just like to point out one conversion above shows a m/bike in side van,this is not allowed in uk unless it is classed as a living /day van and not a motorhome,you can though carry a m/bike on the rear,all seems daft to me but there has been a court case here and...
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    DVLA requirements for change to motor caravan

    My iveco was a iris bus/library,but after change it says motorcaravan, body type iris bus
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    Renewing/changing brake fluid, bleeding sequence?

    Be carful as some times working a old master cyl as i did doing mine last year lead to it failing and brake pedal going down slow to floor,in the end i got a new unit in germany for about 60/70 bucks as iveco here wanted £400.
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    Uprated alternator

    Just remember not to let a engine idle to long as it glasses the bore,engines are ment to work under load not idle.
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