What have you fixed on your motorhome this week?

rebuilt the cylinder head for my van will transport it Scotland tomorrow remove the old one and fit the reconditioned one looks like a week spring on the old one and the valve burnt out :cry:
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Put a 60A circuit breaker in the wiring between solar regulator and batteries. I realised that if a short circuit occurred in this wiring, the only fuse 'protecting' it was the 300A fuse of the battery output. The wiring is very substantial but not that substantial. The maximum normal current in good sunlight in that circuit is 30A so I shouldn't get any nuisance operation of the circuit breaker, but it will protect the wiring.
 
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More tinkering.......

Can see into the wardrobe now at night.

The more I do to the van , confirms to me even more that the Concorde is built like a proverbial brick s@@t house.
 
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Just read the last two pages of this thread .....and it's scared the eebyjeebies out of me! What clever people you all are .. I couldn't do ANY of that! It really worries me that I have bitten off more than I can chew with my mh at times. :(

You are amazing.

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A free wife and child free afternoon results in this....

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A nice oil change and service first I have done on this van. Oils and filters all changed just brakes etc to check. Deeply dislike that stupid plastic fuel filter even with the special tool.

Downsides found a bit of rust under battery tray on wheel arch seam
And bulkhead, will return to that but have sprayed over with some bilt hambler to stop it getting worse also the remnants of a mouse nest under there as well

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After the debacle of the Peterborough show and having to replace among other things the TV, I tried to source a bracket for the telly.
Nope.. It seems to be a special that only Avtex make.. Much MUCH bigger than normal ones.
Well Avtex aint the only ones to make a suitable bracket now..
Got busy with a spare bit of ally plate and made my own !

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Fitted thermostat to the fan on the back of the fridge. Set to go on at 30c and off at 28c. I'll see how it goes and adjust if necessary. Also remounted the fan which was wobbly. I've kept the pre-existing manual switch so I can turn it off if it becomes a nuisance at night. It is a 5" brushless dc fan and reasonably quiet.
 
Finally replaced the perspex lamp surround over the drop down spare bed with a decent polycarbonate one (laser cut thanks to really nice guys at Inplas in Uxbridge who did it as a favour and deserve a plug) and sorted out the dreadful seatbelt catch effort that holds the drop down in place whilst travelling, plus stripped down the CPU for the rear parking sensors and found the dry joint that was making it intermittent

Carpet clean tomorrow, then all ready for the hab check
 
Fixed the spluttering taps which got really bad at Peterborough. Turned out the filter on the inlet side of the pump was almost totally covered up with a black grunge. No idea what it was but the taps now work at full flow.
 
mexican pete said:
Fixed the spluttering taps which got really bad at Peterborough. Turned out the filter on the inlet side of the pump was almost totally covered up with a black grunge. No idea what it was but the taps now work at full flow.
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Our taps also have filters at the outlet. Unscrewed them a couple of weeks ago and was amazed at the amount of muck in them.
 
RichardB said:
They look great, I need to do this to my van - was it a kit and was it easy?
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Hi, no it wasn't a kit but kits are available and simple enough to install.
 
DRL's are indeed required to switch off when headlamps are switched on. DRL's are not covered in the current MOT testers manual so can not be part of an MOT test and therefore the incorrect operation of these will not cause an MOT failure.
Due the the brightness of DRL's so they can be seen in daylight they may cause unnecessary dazzle or discomfort to other road users at night which gives the police the authority to prosecute for the offence.
I retro fitted DRL's to our 2004 Ducato camper and fitted a little box of tricks that senses voltage to the headlamps when they are switched on and turns the DRL's off.
DRL's should also be switched on and off by sensing when the engine is running and this is normally done by sensing an output voltage from the alternator.
 
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Is that your headlight on at the same time as the DRL's, I thought the DRL's had to go off when headlights are on.
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CCC said:
DRL's are indeed required to switch off when headlamps are switched on. DRL's are not covered in the current MOT testers manual so can not be part of an MOT test and therefore the incorrect operation of these will not cause an MOT failure.
Due the the brightness of DRL's so they can be seen in daylight they may cause unnecessary dazzle or discomfort to other road users at night which gives the police the authority to prosecute for the offence.
I retro fitted DRL's to our 2004 Ducato camper and fitted a little box of tricks that senses voltage to the headlamps when they are switched on and turns the DRL's off.
DRL's should also be switched on and off by sensing when the engine is running and this is normally done by sensing an output voltage from the alternator.
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Hi, this was just to test the lights, I fitted the control box to the headlight wire afterwards and they do, as you say, go out when the head lights come on. Also they do only work when the engine is actually running as they are fed directly from a fuse in an ACC slot in the fuse box which is only live when the engine is running.
 
Why would you go to all the trouble of adding DRLs to a vehicle that doesn't need them? They don't serve any useful purpose, they're just something that the EU imposed on us without any reason or justification. It's bad enough that we have them fitted on newer motorhomes but at least they can be switched off.

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Poohbear said:
Why would you go to all the trouble of adding DRLs to a vehicle that doesn't need them? They don't serve any useful purpose, they're just something that the EU imposed on us without any reason or justification. It's bad enough that we have them fitted on newer motorhomes but at least they can be switched off.
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You're obviously entitled to your opinion but my own is that it increases visiblity/presence in all weather but particularly in bright weather.
Studies quoted by the RAC show a decrease in accidents in the USA of 7% in vehicles with DRL's fitted and studies in Europe quote up to 15% reduction in same.
Anything that reduces, even slightly, the possibility of having an accident has to be a good thing, but as I said you're entitled to your opinion.
 
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Just found another setting on the control box where the DRL's stay on but the brightness is halved when headlights are switched on. This is exactly what my Merc. does when the headlights come on.
 
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And the finished rears
The fronts to go ...

all the dirt in the arches is stuck to the waxoyl that the dealer covered the wheel arches with when I asked them to rust proof it .... I hose them out every time I wash it !
 
danielf said:
View attachment 161436 View attachment 161435 Tidy up of brakes so they look better with the alloys ....
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You can come and do mine! I will be changing brake pads in a couple of days.
Anyway, I fixed our hab step yesterday. It was getting a bit bouncy and a quick look underneath showed the ally and wood supports were broken. I removed the ally and wood, made up a new wooden ( ash, if it's good enough for a Morgan chassis.....) support and fitted it back together. Solid as a rock now and should outlast the van.
Then, took off the spare wheel and carrier, cleaned and painted them both, they were getting a bit rusty after sitting under the van with little protection for 20 years.
All back together now, just an oil and filter change to do later today, then off to the south Brittany coast for a few days.

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Couple more little jobs... with a spare five minutes today.

Non slip tape on the ladder to the top box

And plastic press studs on the shower curtain to keep them in place.

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Poohbear said:
Why would you go to all the trouble of adding DRLs to a vehicle that doesn't need them? They don't serve any useful purpose, they're just something that the EU imposed on us without any reason or justification. It's bad enough that we have them fitted on newer motorhomes but at least they can be switched off.
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Looking at your avatar, wonder if you ride the bike without lights
 
Today has been the day of the reversing sensors. I have dual cameras etc, but I like the audible warning, and the existing system appears to have become intermittent

Ebay, £13 lighter, and an almost identical system has now replaced the original. Thank goodness for those “wago” connectors, job that I thought was going to be difficult became a complete doddle
 
Plastic slider on the side-facing seat that makes up the "spare"bed - which is never used so how the hell did it break? Of course you can't buy just one, you have to have the two - £28 for 2 bits of plastic! I suppose I was lucky I could still get them - thanks Brownhills.
 

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