What have you fixed on your motorhome this week?

Not exactly fixed but I screwed a piece of 4” soil pipe to the garage ceiling so I can stow the wind break that keeps getting in the way!
 
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Gromett said:
@Wildbill Power file works ok then?
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Just whis I worked as well sum thing that would take a day has taken me three days
Almost finished
 
Doh!
For the second time I forgot to take a 'Before' pic.

For those of you that have the Fiammi 'Swivel' Door Security device (see photo) you will know that after a time the paint seems to dislike the Aluminium metal and starts to fall off.

Ours was in such a state and was starting to be embarrassing.

Yesterday I took it off, rubbed it down, took a Dremel to the embossed Logo and repainted it. (as much Etch Primer as was left in the can after doing the bonnet and God knows how many passes with the spare Fiat 210 left from the same job)

If I say so myself, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between ours and a new one.
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My next job fis the missing bit of trim above the wind in awning
The bit is missing so I will have to make a new one
Bill

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well I went to my usual DIY shop seem the shade of paint got home put it on the repair sitting thinking that doesn't smell like gloss
I had only gone and picked up feking emulsion :doh:

Bill
 
A new cambelt kit .... Well the garage did.

Thankgod I did as the previous garage who did it 4 years ago before I got the van ( by the motorhome dealer I bought it from ) put the bottom tensioner in with the top hat washer in wonky. Which meant the roller wasn't running straight. Garage say lucky it hasn't let go..... My lucky day maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

Daniel
 
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I got a price to fix this five years ago as I was I'll at the time £1780 its taken £30 pounds in materials and abut 8hrs of work over three days it has completely knackered me .
But should feel btter in a few days
Bill

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The van we bought had been converted by the previous owner. They had paid a professional converter to do the fit out and most of the woodwork is of a pretty good standard. It was fully certified as a motorcaravan with 4 seats, two captains chairs in the front and 2 passenger seats behind. As the front seats in the cab are on a raised level, to share the table the rear seats also had to be elevated. It meant that unless you were about 7 foot tall, your legs would dangle and it became pretty uncomfortable after only a few minutes. So they were rarely used even for lounging.

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Then I started to modify the van, which included putting an underslung LPG tank in. The only space I could get this to fit was the bay immediately below where the seats were, and the bolts for the seats were protruding into the area. On inspection, the whole seat unit turned out to be a death trap. The coach bolts holding it in place were terribly small and only went through the thinnest bits of the floor. The worst thing was that the frame that had been created to mount the seat base on used skinny box sections and the frame had absolutely no cross-bracing. There is no way it would have stood up to a crash... so the rear seats went.

Originally we were going to replace it with a settle type seat with no pretenses of being for travel. But then my wife and I started to really appreciate the extra room. After lots of discussions, I decided to try wood working for the first time, and came up with this:

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The lower door and the table top are recycled from what we had before. Everything else is from scratch in 15mm birch ply. I learnt to use a plunge saw and pocket joins.

Only issue to solve now is the drop-hinges rattle like buggery... I'm sure some foam and sticky-back felt will sort that out.
 
Turned up at the Yeovilton Air Day weekend and the missus said the fridge wouldn't work so I took the covers off etc. I fixed it

I turned the bloody gas on...!!!!!:confused:

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Few more off the list ,

Driver's electric window now closes on command , wired in a couple of cooling fan's to keep the air inside moving .
Discovered the radiator fan's had a fault , all sorted now , rad switch at fault .
Strange one , puncture , tyre had gone down while in storage , i thought it was the tyre , turned out to be what can be best described as a knackered wheel .
Tidied up the rear panel removed an old , dunno what it was , i think it was some kind of bike support , but it was all rusty , didn't work properly and generally looked a mess . Lost the holes and splashed a bit of paint , it's not a perfect match , but i'm pleased at how close it is . Thank's @scotjimland , your right fiat 210 is really close , disappear's in sunlight . Now thinking about getting shot of the stickers , i hate em , but their covering dent's .
Finished off with a brand new fiamma bike rack , but mounted it with pip pin's to make it quick release . I can still use the window for ventilation , but more importantly i can still get the glider in .

New job on the list , van ehu plug need's replacing , lid won't lock closed , but overall list is getting shorter .
 
I have been trying to replace my shurflo water pump but the bolts holding it to the top of the tank are giving me grief. Got one bolt out as fairly loose but other three frustrating me. Bolt head is between a 7mm and an 8mm but appears not to be metric. Bought a imperial set but now its between a 5/16 & 9/32.
I have now ordered a BA set and hope that fits.
I think one of the diaphragms has split on the old pump and as the repair kit is nearly as expensive as a new pump I am just going to replace it, if I can ever get the old one out. Access is too cramped to use an adjustable spanner so has to be a socket.

The old pump still works but flow is reduced and its noisy. I shall keep it as an emergency spare.
 
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Reallyretired said:
too cramped to use an adjustable spanner so has to be a socket.
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Socket is always my tool of choice , followed by a ring , then an open ender . Adjustable is bottom of the list and probably a sign of desperation , do way too much damage with them things and if they slip ! ! ! .
 
I need to fit a spare wheel carrier. I had a gash in the side wall of a tyre on a French or Belgian motorway. Cost 258euros for a tyre that I could get for 60-70 quid in the UK plus Mega inconvenience.
Checking it out I think a wheel - rak will fit on the tow bar even with the bike rack/back box in Place. I will order one tonight.

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Reallyretired said:
I need to fit a spare wheel carrier. I had a gash in the side wall of a tyre on a French or Belgian motorway. Cost 258euros for a tyre that I could get for 60-70 quid in the UK plus Mega inconvenience.
Checking it out I think a wheel - rak will fit on the tow bar even with the bike rack/back box in Place. I will order one tonight.
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Watch your loading! With the weight of a rack and spare wheel on the tow bar, as well as the bike rack/box, you're going to be very close to, if not over, the rear wheel loading. Unless of course you've a tag axle, but even then I would be careful.
 
I fixed my Project 2000 step today. We were in Bamburg Stellplatz where I was rushing to fill the water tank as we were blocking the road. In my haste I stepped out of the van and I assume stood on the step when it was not fully extended.
The step would not retract, a big issue when you see how far out it sticks. I stuck it up with duct tape but knew that would never hold. A quick call to Morelo who explained the step has an emergency pin which can be engaged to hold the step in the closed position. It is located on the RHS of the step and when turned 90 degrees it moves forward engaging in a hole in the step holding it in position.
Made our way back to Morelo to be informed the step has a shear pin to protect the motor and the symptoms were indicative of the pin having sheared.
Unfortunately, Morelo were fully booked. They offered me the option to drive 40 miles to a dealer who could fix it on Friday or they could fit me in anytime they found a spare hour.
I asked what involved, sounded straight forward so asked for a pin and required tools. It took me 30 minutes and I was very proud to have done a great job. Workshop Manager was sceptical I had fixed it and came out to check.
 
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TerryL said:
Watch your loading! With the weight of a rack and spare wheel on the tow bar, as well as the bike rack/box, you're going to be very close to, if not over, the rear wheel loading. Unless of course you've a tag axle, but even then I would be careful.
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Yes, but should be OK. The back box only has light items in it and the axle closest to its weight limit is actually the front one due to the larger engine option so may actually improve matters. I will weigh it afterwards of course, can always shed a bit of junk if necessary.
 
On my seemingly never ending quest to reduce wind noise from the goodies on the roof, I fitted a Fiamma wind deflector in front of the Heki rooflight a couple of months back which helped but now I have gone a step further and fitted another Fiamma wind deflector in front of the Snipe sat dish, and made a couple of wind deflector out of ally and fitted them in front of the other two rooflights.
The one in front of the Snipe sat dish made a big difference, so out for a test run in the morning to see if the other two help and yes I know I need to finish cleaning the roof.

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@Two on Tour ... you could go into business with your alloy ones ... nice job!
 
Minxy Girl said:
@Two on Tour ... you could go into business with your alloy ones ... nice job!
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Thanks for the kind words. I only made these as I only wanted to close off the small gap around the front edge of the MPK rooflights as I'm sure that's causing some of the wind noise and there was nothing out there suitable to buy.

They are not a big deal to make as I have a sheet metal folder (I still have all my gears from the classic car restoration business I had before I retired) but I would imagine the time to cost ratio would not make them viable to knock out. If any one really feels they need one then PM me and I'll see what I can do.
 
Two on Tour said:
Thanks for the kind words. I only made these as I only wanted to close off the small gap around the front edge of the MPK rooflights as I'm sure that's causing some of the wind noise and there was nothing out there suitable to buy.
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I've got the same MPK 400mm pop-up rooflight. It likes to whistle quite a bit. A couple of those spoilers would also lift the air over my solar panel. I don't have any sheet metal cutting or bending equipment.
 
Mr Mousy said:
All the taps conked out. A bit of an inconvenience as we are in week 4 of 8 weeks in Portugal. Quickly solved by a 'search' of previous posts on MHF to see where the fuse is. During my search I saw a post from @JeanLuc about the speed of water flow being affected on Hymer by the way the pump is wired (blue being live), I swapped the wires around and the water flows 4 times as fast! Thank you @JeanLuc.
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Does anyone have a link to the post where this pump wiring is mentioned please?
Thanks
Lloyd

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