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    Thought this quite funny 😁

    This was found on Utube.
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    Sale of self built

    My Son has just sold the van we built about 4 years ago. Due to the fact that he and his wife have just recently had another daughter plus they have just exchanged on another house so finance and leisure time is tight. We did a fairly good build which cost him circa £22000. He advertised it on...
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    Uprating my van weight.

    Yesterday I took my van to the public weighbridge in Cardiff as I'm due to go down to Pompeii on Sept 1st, so as I've added stuff to it over the years and I'll be towing my Bonniville too I thought I'd check the vehicle weight and train weight. I've always been close to max so it was beginning...
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    Uprating my van weight.

    (Posted in error)please read my other UPRATING MY VAN WEIGHT.
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    Camos self seeking satellite dome

    I've got this advertised in various places and suddenly thought it might be of interest to someone on here. It's a Camos self seeking satellite dome with the satellite search box module, I removed it off my van when I fitted the 85cm dish. The dome picks up Freesat and sky about half way across...
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    Cam belt time (Again)

    Well the van it's now close to 8 years old I really can't believe it and so the time has once again come round to change the elastic band. Fiat recommend changing the belt on 2.3's every 4 years, the last time four years ago I only changed the belt and tensioner + roller guide, this time round...
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    Sticky solar panel

    Well, I decided after 7 years to replace my 120watt solar panel with an upgrade. Not absolutely necessary as I haven't had to use my Honda generater for the seven years since I built this van, mainly because of the 120watt solar panel, ( We do alot of off grid and use the Sky Q box too). But I...
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    Remis Cab blinds

    Over the years I have tried several cab blinds the usual silvered and cushioned material that either sits outside and is attached by door handles and rear top of front doors and the inside suckered held blinds which I'm using at this present time. I've held off from buying the fold away Remis...
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    Calor gas insanity

    I've just been reading about this insane. move by calor gas to discontinue 3.9 and 4.5kg bottles which in turn has caused a Massive shortage of 6kg propane bottles Due to thousands of people switching to 6kg, self builders have also been blamed due to the vast in rease of self built...
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    Hydrolift motorcycle trailer

    Last October I travelled to Loughborough to purchase a Hydralift trailer from the manufacturer. He's a one man band who has developed and built these trailers for a number of years. He was very welcoming and a knowledgeable guy and helped me to fit the special tow plate to my towbar in place of...
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    Triumph Bonniville T100

    As some may remember I have a Triumph Bonniville T100 Hinckly verity. My son who's T5 I have just worked on has a friend who has contacts in China and has imported LED headlights specifically for Triumph Bonnivilles of the classic sense. John was given two headlamp units to try out on our...
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    VW T5 electrics

    At last I have time today to post on fitting Mains hookup and charging system to my sons T5. He intends to live in his van for a year while he completes his University coarse. So we ordered all from Amazon ( Believe it or not it was cheaper or the same price as Screwfix). First off was the...
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    Mounting chinese diesel heater on VW T5

    Last week during the cold spell here in Wales I fitted a Chinese heater under my sons T5. Firstly I have to advise that running the front wheels up onto a set of standard ramps was not enough to lower the fuel tank and remove it from under the vehicle due to the filler neck not quite clearing...
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    The Dreaded DVLA

    My Sis in laws V5 has been returned today with "Van with side windows" Oh well. I do have to say that with full blackout side and rear windows it actually describes the van " At first glance" but if studied fully it is unmistakably a Motorhome. What really upsets me is the builders such as...
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    240v vs 230v

    For many years and even now I refer to 240volts for the mains voltage in the UK, however on the occasions that I've had to test the mains over the last 10 or 15 years I've noticed that the value has been less than 240v and closer to 230v. This I have always assumed was due to mis reading of my...
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    240v vs 230v

    For many years and even now I refer to 240volts for the mains voltage in the UK, however on the occasions that I've had to test the mains over the last 10 or 15 years I've noticed that the value has been less than 240v and closer to 230v. This I have always assumed was due to mis reading of my...
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    Creepy crawlies

    Hmmmmm, over the last two years I've battled with spiders, I'm adverse to killing anything so have endured them as they only usually build the odd cobb Web and do catch the odd mosquito and fly, but over the past few months the common garden spider has been swapped out by these ginormous False...
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    Satellites and the fitting of

    Morning all, after our trip down to the South of France recently we lost our satellite signal about half way down, not the end of the world but really annoying as we lost not only Sky, freesat but also the radio stations, luckily we had arranged Smarty sims for our phones before we left so could...
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    LPG in France

    As some might be aware I'm touring France at the moment actually in South of France now. Although the gas We set off with is still plenty and will probably last us till we get home, started with about 16ltrs and have only used about a quarter of that in two weeks so far, its absolutely...
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    Fiat Ducato gearbox

    Hey ho, Great weekend this weekend at Brecon in Wales lovely sunshine. Reversed off the pitch at home time and drove the fifty odd miles back home went to put it into reverse to park it up on the back drive and it refused to go into reverse. Did a few checks under the bonnet and all was well...
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