What have you fixed on your motorhome this week?

Fixed a faulty DAB aerial - by pressing the reset button on the radio :swear2:. Replaced the 'orn. My dog managed to burn out the original :Eeek:.
 
My Hymer door lock... fitted new spring inside.

Took over a year to think about it and then ten minutes to fix it...

(The spring cost 50 centimes from one ferramentas shops in Silves.)

JJ :cool:
 
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tonyidle said:
Fixed a faulty DAB aerial - by pressing the reset button on the radio :swear2:. Replaced the 'orn. My dog managed to burn out the original :Eeek:.
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I had to disconnect my orn or risk being murdered by a nabor
 
Flap covering fuel cap, bit snapped two weeks ago. Superglued, seems ok. Bin on interior hab door, bit snapped off two days ago, superglued, seems ok. Throttle management control went three days ago in Sardinia, van limped to garage the following day and now 400 English Pounds lighter. Superglue of no use. Just thankful that one of the garages I emailed replied stright away and fitted me in, I was so grateful and the mechanics were brilliant. They diagnosed the fault with a large computer-type thingy and were most impressed when I showed them I had recorded the same problem using a cheap OBD2 bluetooth adapter from Ebay and an app on my tablet!
 
Got to fit a new front lite getting delivery today.
This was one of three faults fund on the mot
1No pattern front near side head lamp?
2 rear brake balance arm sticking
3 Front near side brake binding
No advisories
All theas jobs have Ben Don exept headlamp it will get delivered today
Bill
 
Changed front brake pads would have got this year out of them but changed them for pice of mind
Bill
 
"Fixed" fridge gas problem. I think, after a year of on & off trying, I've finally nailed it. The wrong burner was installed prior to my owning the van.
 
@funflair just those flies to sort now then Martin, I never did see the answer to whether you are not properly dressed on your avatar o_Oor get Mrs Funflair to help you dress (y)

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DavidG58 said:
@funflair just those flies to sort now then Martin, I never did see the answer to whether you are not properly dressed on your avatar o_Oor get Mrs Funflair to help you dress (y)

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David, to answer your question yes I am properly dressed, to explain the picture. It's at Stratford and the wardrobe malfunction is my race day enclosure pass, but you are correct it looks very wrong so possibly time for a change.

Martin
 
funflair said:
David, to answer your question yes I am properly dressed, to explain the picture. It's at Stratford and the wardrobe malfunction is my race day enclosure pass, but you are correct it looks very wrong so possibly time for a change.

Martin
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No Don't your image will be destroyed as a poor dresser
:rofl:
 
The bl**dy fridge. After two years of (not continuous :)) cleaning & replacing bits then testing whilst away I have finally got it working properly on gas. It always lit, always stayed lit, always appeared to be working. But the lowest temperature ever achieved was 7.5 degrees overnight. It warmed up from there throughout the day.

I replaced a faulty gas thermostat, cleaned the burner and flue until they shone, then decided that as it was the only thing left I'd change the burner. Which looked to be in good order and burned properly - but it was the wrong burner!!! Whilst I was checking spares lists & part numbers it became apparent that someone had fitted a burner for a bigger fridge (for Thetford aficionados it was a 5 slot burner and the correct one is a 4 slot). Anyway at mid-setting on the 'stat it has stayed below 4 degrees for the last two days and nights. That'll do me. Bl**dy fridge :mad::mad:.

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Changed all the interior lights to LEDs
 
I fixed the heter problem that we have had since we have had the van it would not switch to could air.
The arm had broken on the change over valve I made a new one from a old 10mm ring spaner
It was a bitch to get to under the dash had to tacke out the valve to clean it as well as it was full of crap and it had jamed this seems to have Ben the original problem
Bill
 
Fixed a nice LED strip light in the awning case.




.....and it works!!
 
Gas locker floor
Reversing camera
Scooter rack lighting board (reversed into a fence and split it in half (reversing camera problem)

Swing arm on TV bracket
Loose wires under floor

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I also done this or should I any finished off what I started it was fixed till we were in a airs in the franc and we reversed in to a bolard I dident see in the dark
Refilled it and sanded down
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Now fixing the sill panel when I got the van it had had a very bad repaired ones I got sume of it done before lines struck so I am now fit and well enough to get on with it
Hers a picture of my work so far
Bill
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Replaced the near side mirror mounted indicator repeater that a kind lorry modified for me in France ( and who promptly buggered off ! )
Got a replacement from fleabay for £8.. Only to find while the original one had an orange dome inside it thereby allowing standard clear bulbs to be used, the new lens had nothing of the sort and needed an orange bulb
Me being me, I removed the broken lens from the old body ( immersion in a bowl of boiling water soon released it), then removed the lens from the new unit which I fitted on the old body ( using a glue gun as usual )
The only issue was that while the original had been put together using hot glue as is the norm for these things, the new one had been superglued
I ended up using the Dremel and CUTTING the new lens off its body.. No biggy really but a bit of a pain making a 10 minute job a half hour one !
 
not so much the van but a bit of bike kit.
We use Scala team rider pro bluetooth headsets
Late last year my unit decided not to talk to anyone..
I could hear Woman, hear the GPS, hear the phone, but no one could hear me..
Started to investigate but need a T2 torx to split the unit open.. Unable to get one at the time I shelved the thing
Tonight I decided to take another look.. Either drill the bloody heads off or use some other method involving brute force.. After all, it did not work so nothing to loose..
Tried a drill.. the screws are as hard as diamonds ! tried a few other things and gave up in disgust !

Sat it beside me on the bench and started searching for a replacement..
Where it sat was under a desk light.. And I noticed the light glinting off most of the contacts but not the last one,,
Had a closer look and somehow it had become very slightly bent out of wack
A quick fettle with a really small screwdriver got it back more or less straight..
Not holding out for too much I slapped it all back together and YES !! Darned thing started working..
WELL pleased to say the least !

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