THIS week I bought

[Nasher]

I draw the line at anything Lycra though.....

I used to think that the person who invented Lycra deserved a Nobel prize, but then old people started wearing it & I changed my mind

 

[Tanya_and_Mick]

Quest pop-up, collaspable drainer, windscreen bug remover stick and dog smelly stuff......those pesky Motorhome Shows.

 

[scousebird]

Quest pop-up, collaspable drainer, windscreen big remover stick and dog smelly stuff......those pesky Motorhome Shows.

Phew, I thought you were going to say a new MH

 

[Minxy]

We bought some mirror protectors from the Seaflow stand, they had 2 types, black ones for £30 and some nice white ones with reflectors on top and bottom facing the rear and another one on the front, a bit more substantial than the black ones and for £40 feel they are very good value for money ... much better quality than the Milenco offering and not far off the MirrorGuard ones.

 

[FIDGET]

We bought some mirror protectors from the Seaflow stand, they had 2 types, black ones for £30 and some nice white ones with reflectors on top and bottom facing the rear and another one on the front, a bit more substantial than the black ones and for £40 feel they are very good value for money ... much better quality than the Milenco offering and not far off the MirrorGuard ones.

Hi Mel, @Minxy Girl ,please let me know how you get on with the mirror protectors as I am interested in them, will they fit long reach arms

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[Minxy]

Hi Mel, @Minxy Girl ,please let me know how you get on with the mirror protectors as I am interested in them, will they fit long reach arms

The ones we have are for short arms which is what we need, they had run out of long arm ones so did do them too. We've just temporarily put them on our mirrors so I can take photos for you so they do fit better than they appear! Once on they are secured with 2 small plastic plate/strip with 2 screws and sticky pads so can't be easily nicked. If you want some best to ring Seaflow and ask if they will be getting any more of the long arm ones in.

 

[FIDGET]

Thanks Mel, @Minxy Girl ,
I will do that tomorrow , they look quite good.

 

[dosser]

Just bought solar panel and a couple of 12v sockets for the back. Thinking of bringing cable through the roof into area above sliding door then down b pillar to batteries.

 

[Minxy]

Just bought solar panel and a couple of 12v sockets for the back. Thinking of bringing cable through the roof into area above sliding door then down b pillar to batteries.

That's what I did, the hardest part is working out where to drill the hole through the roof! After that it's fairly easy.

 

[dosser]

Good to hear at least im heading in the right direction.

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[lorger]

The ones we have are for short arms which is what we need, they had run out of long arm ones so did do them too. We've just temporarily put them on our mirrors so I can take photos for you so they do fit better than they appear! Once on they are secured with 2 small plastic plate/strip with 2 screws and sticky pads so can't be easily nicked. If you want some best to ring Seaflow and ask if they will be getting any more of the long arm ones in.

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@Minxy Girl do you have a link to their website as I can't seem to find anything under Seaflow.

 

[FIDGET]

https://www.seaflo-uk.com/

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Just bought solar panel and a couple of 12v sockets for the back. Thinking of bringing cable through the roof into area above sliding door then down b pillar to batteries.

don't forget your solar regulator/controller

 

[Jaws]

A Nikon Flash ( SP 800 ) to go with the new camera

 

[dosser]

don't forget your solar regulator/controller

Cheers Jim yeah got one on its way. Fitted one on my T5 before.

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[Two on Tour]

After many months of, do we really need them and can we really justify spending that much money on them, we finally bit the bullet and have had the E & P levelling system fitted by Mick and the boys at S.A.P.

While parked up at the free Doncaster aire, fellow Funsters @peterc10 , Peter and Angela turned up to have levellers fitted to their Hymer, so very nice to have their company and put world to rights.

 

[Fred..]

Well this week ive bought;

4 Tickets to Pilton Village Party to see liam Gallagher & others

1 cross member

2 genuine Hahn Haki window struts ( removable end will mean i dont need to remove btm plastic grommit making life easier)

A couple of Glow Plugs

1 Carver Fusiable link bolt

1 Headlight glass

2.5L Rust Converter

1 trailer lock

& i cant remember what else.........



Oh, A T5 intercooler

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

After many months of, do we really need them and can we really justify spending that much money on them, we finally bit the bullet and have had the E & P levelling system fitted by Mick and the boys at S.A.P.

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While parked up at the free Doncaster aire, fellow Funsters @peterc10 , Peter and Angela turned up to have levellers fitted to their Hymer, so very nice to have their company and put world to rights.

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Would love to hear how you get on with the system as it is something we have considered too

 

[Two on Tour]

Would love to hear how you get on with the system as it is something we have considered too

The main factors that made our mind up to have them fitted were, the stance of our motorhome on flat ground is nose down which means 9 out of 10 times we need to run up onto under wheel levellers which invariable would still leave us nose down, resulting in the shower not draining due to the plug hole being at the rear in the shower tray and without boring you with the details to sleep we both need to be feet down and this was uncomfortable due to the seating cushion layout.
Pre-fitting of the E&P levellers, moving around in the van caused it to rock and this was exaggerated with the bathroom being on the rear overhang. I'm a very light sleeper so Yvette getting up in the night would wake me up as the van moved around. I had fitted air assist to the rear suspension to improve handling while driving and hoped that pumping the air bags right up would help to steady the the van while parked but in fact this did little to reduce the van rocking either by us moving around in the van or windy conditions and the pumping up of the air bags would increase the height of the rear of the van, only making the nose down situation worse.

Although the E&P levellers have only been fitted for a few days the advantages for us are very obvious in that we can now with the press of a few buttons rather than the stress and arguing that normally accompanies getting the van up on ramps we have the van level so the shower now drains and we now have a comfortable sleeping position. With the levelling jacks deployed the van is now rock steady when moving around inside and with the gales we have been having over the past few days, this has been a good test as well.

Although the levelling system adds weight to the van we can trade some of this weight off by not needing to carry the old levelling ramps (we used to carry 4 of the Fiamma Jumbo ramps) and in turn this frees up some valuable locker space and we no longer need to carry a weighty jack as the levelling system allows us to lift any of the wheels off the ground if we need to change a wheel.
Our jack was the factory supplied one which was stored in a box under the passenger seat. Now this has been removed this has freed up yet more storage space.

We had our system fitted at S.A.P. due to the great feedback S.A.P. have had from other Funsters on the forum and when we are spending that kind of money I want it right.
One of a neighbours had an E&P levelling system fitted to their motorhome the other week at another E&P supplier and I will not air my views on the fitting of their system publicly but will say that I was very glad I travelled the 120 miles or so to go to S.A.P. as I feel that they went the extra mile to do a cracking job.

 

[FIDGET]

The main factors that made our mind up to have them fitted were, the stance of our motorhome on flat ground is nose down which means 9 out of 10 times we need to run up onto under wheel levellers which invariable would still leave us nose down, resulting in the shower not draining due to the plug hole being at the rear in the shower tray and without boring you with the details to sleep we both need to be feet down and this was uncomfortable due to the seating cushion layout.
Pre-fitting of the E&P levellers, moving around in the van caused it to rock and this was exaggerated with the bathroom being on the rear overhang. I'm a very light sleeper so Yvette getting up in the night would wake me up as the van moved around. I had fitted air assist to the rear suspension to improve handling while driving and hoped that pumping the air bags right up would help to steady the the van while parked but in fact this did little to reduce the van rocking either by us moving around in the van or windy conditions and the pumping up of the air bags would increase the height of the rear of the van, only making the nose down situation worse.

Although the E&P levellers have only been fitted for a few days the advantages for us are very obvious in that we can now with the press of a few buttons rather than the stress and arguing that normally accompanies getting the van up on ramps we have the van level so the shower now drains and we now have a comfortable sleeping position. With the levelling jacks deployed the van is now rock steady when moving around inside and with the gales we have been having over the past few days, this has been a good test as well.

Although the levelling system adds weight to the van we can trade some of this weight off by not needing to carry the old levelling ramps (we used to carry 4 of the Fiamma Jumbo ramps) and in turn this frees up some valuable locker space and we no longer need to carry a weighty jack as the levelling system allows us to lift any of the wheels off the ground if we need to change a wheel.
Our jack was the factory supplied one which was stored in a box under the passenger seat. Now this has been removed this has freed up yet more storage space.

We had our system fitted at S.A.P. due to the great feedback S.A.P. have had from other Funsters on the forum and when we are spending that kind of money I want it right.
One of a neighbours had an E&P levelling system fitted to their motorhome the other week at another E&P supplier and I will not air my views on the fitting of their system publicly but will say that I was very glad I travelled the 120 miles or so to go to S.A.P. as I feel that they went the extra mile to do a cracking job.

Hi @Two on Tour , out of interest how much extra weight ?

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[Two on Tour]

Hi @Two on Tour , out of interest how much extra weight ?

E&P quote 55Kg for the system we had fitted but this was countered for us by removing the 4 levelling ramps weighing in at 11.5 Kg and the jack at 6.5Kg so the extra weight added was 37Kg.

 

[FIDGET]

Thanks ,I'l give it some thought !!

 

[Two on Tour]

Thanks ,I'l give it some thought !!

Don't forget to take into account the smug face you will have as you press the button and your van does the rest while others around you curse and swear as their engines rev as they roll up and down their ramps trying to find the sweet spot.

 

[peterc10]

Thanks ,I'l give it some thought !!

I can echo what Paul said about the job SAP do. I have only used mine in anger once, and that was at the FF meet I went to as soon as I left SAP. Stopped at the allocated space, switched on the supplied remote and it said I was already level!

 

[cruiser]

But he still used it. Very posh. And Pete we made it home under our steam. Enjoy the USA.

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[Tanya_and_Mick]

Outeredge 20 inch Folding Bike Bag x2

 

[Kevan]

Two case's of fosters lager, and drunk it, so there

 

[Two on Tour]

Our local Lidl are selling off window vacs for £12.60, so at that price I grabbed one for the motorhome for sucking up the condensation in the mornings from the inside of the windscreen and from the shower cubical after showering.

 

[Emmit]

After two hours trying to get the Reversing light on,
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A Gearbox Reversing Light Switch!
Doh!

Oh! I forgot.
Today I got an Anti Nee Naw Cerfiticate (sic)
Apparently this piece of paper, available at all good Garages, stops the Police putting their sirens on to stop you when they discover you haven't got one.

 

[Stephen Franklin]

A Dethleffs Alpa. We only went to have a look. Oops.

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