About to start month 9 and this is what 8 months and 42,000 miles looks like.
Average diesel price is now around $3.75 = £0.78 litre drop in US fuel prices after Christmas and £ = $ creeping up.
50,000 miles driven by end of January.
26.8 MPG
Last 9 litres of AdBlu lasted 1,500 miles, a new high. Usage is very sensitive to temperature it would seem.
A new one on me while staying in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
We noticed the vast majority of vehicles had the bonnet/hood open?
Enquiring relieved the local Pack Rats like to explorer and engine bays are a popular playground so not only
bonnet/hood open many had encircled their vehicles with lights ot had lights in the engine bay.
This is an issue throughout the senora desert area, so should you happen to be in the area, when in Rome.
Sadly no flashing lights
I did post this image on Outside from Inside but in case you missed it.
Image while driving Interstate 19 in Arizona.
What is "wrong" in this image.
When the toilet door handle came loose for the 3rd time I decided to also reduce its intrusion into the limited space and apply a small amount of expanding Gorilla glue to the screw thread and a dab to screw head once refitted.
After a few days and nights of sub zero (-10C overnight) travelling back across Texas we burnt through 1 x 11kgs of propane.
And upon arriving in warmer climate discovered the fresh water drain pipe had frozen and pushed a joint apart.
The amount of dead water held in fresh and waste pipes between the tank and electric release valve has always been an issue
for me. When Swift replaced the manual taps (we have a manual fresh tap as the electric one was removed by a packing strap on the
motorway a few months after buying the van) with electric valves, guessing no one thought they could actually relocate the valve and
eliminate the dead water and a less vulnerable location.
Waste valve has started to drip, guessing it been hit by road debris 1 too many times.
By end of Jan water was dripping from multiple locations around valve, going to have to take a closer look.
Lost the manual fresh water tap last week, guessing it vibrated loose, luckily being a prepper I had our daughter bring 2 out when she visited in
September. Fitted replacement and some Gorilla tap to hold it is place, we also have the original damaged one, just drips.
Still getting some garage water ingress
Replaced the cleat plastic boxes with some new "Hefty" ones from Walmart. 8 litres larger than originals but having a locking lid the middle one
can be placed in upside down reducing the total depth of the 3.
Also with usage of things we've now packed all tools & equipment into 1 box and the other 2 are packed with souvenire T-Shirts and stuff.
Not seen this in a Walmart or any store before caveat emptor, very strange aisle combination
Rear video camera been out for nearly 2 weeks now very, very heavy rain in Natchez Mississippi.
AV1 "No Signal" message AV2 appears for a few seconds then screen goes blank.
Submitted warranty claim.
We had to abandon our planned 3 nights on Rutherford Beach, Cameron, Louisiana.
Following the heavy rain the Mosquitoes were swarming, they were large and after killed dozens in the van we have to presume they
"found a way in" as were fully closed up.
Average diesel price is now around $3.75 = £0.78 litre drop in US fuel prices after Christmas and £ = $ creeping up.
50,000 miles driven by end of January.
26.8 MPG
Last 9 litres of AdBlu lasted 1,500 miles, a new high. Usage is very sensitive to temperature it would seem.
A new one on me while staying in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
We noticed the vast majority of vehicles had the bonnet/hood open?
Enquiring relieved the local Pack Rats like to explorer and engine bays are a popular playground so not only
bonnet/hood open many had encircled their vehicles with lights ot had lights in the engine bay.
This is an issue throughout the senora desert area, so should you happen to be in the area, when in Rome.
Sadly no flashing lights
I did post this image on Outside from Inside but in case you missed it.
Image while driving Interstate 19 in Arizona.
What is "wrong" in this image.
When the toilet door handle came loose for the 3rd time I decided to also reduce its intrusion into the limited space and apply a small amount of expanding Gorilla glue to the screw thread and a dab to screw head once refitted.
After a few days and nights of sub zero (-10C overnight) travelling back across Texas we burnt through 1 x 11kgs of propane.
And upon arriving in warmer climate discovered the fresh water drain pipe had frozen and pushed a joint apart.
The amount of dead water held in fresh and waste pipes between the tank and electric release valve has always been an issue
for me. When Swift replaced the manual taps (we have a manual fresh tap as the electric one was removed by a packing strap on the
motorway a few months after buying the van) with electric valves, guessing no one thought they could actually relocate the valve and
eliminate the dead water and a less vulnerable location.
Waste valve has started to drip, guessing it been hit by road debris 1 too many times.
By end of Jan water was dripping from multiple locations around valve, going to have to take a closer look.
Lost the manual fresh water tap last week, guessing it vibrated loose, luckily being a prepper I had our daughter bring 2 out when she visited in
September. Fitted replacement and some Gorilla tap to hold it is place, we also have the original damaged one, just drips.
Still getting some garage water ingress
Replaced the cleat plastic boxes with some new "Hefty" ones from Walmart. 8 litres larger than originals but having a locking lid the middle one
can be placed in upside down reducing the total depth of the 3.
Also with usage of things we've now packed all tools & equipment into 1 box and the other 2 are packed with souvenire T-Shirts and stuff.
Not seen this in a Walmart or any store before caveat emptor, very strange aisle combination
Rear video camera been out for nearly 2 weeks now very, very heavy rain in Natchez Mississippi.
AV1 "No Signal" message AV2 appears for a few seconds then screen goes blank.
Submitted warranty claim.
We had to abandon our planned 3 nights on Rutherford Beach, Cameron, Louisiana.
Following the heavy rain the Mosquitoes were swarming, they were large and after killed dozens in the van we have to presume they
"found a way in" as were fully closed up.
