What have you fixed on your motorhome this week? (9 Viewers)

[SIFTA SAM]

A rocket powered female passenger ejector seat.

 

[PP Bear]

Brought this from Argos (Broken Link Removed) and replaced the fixed bed mattresses.

Laid the old mattresses onto the new one and marked it up. Easily cut with a new blade in the Stanley knife.

Even stripped the covers from the old mattress and squeezed them back onto the memory foam, so no more lumps and bumps

 

[Badknee]

300watts of solar panels with help and info from Phil @Scout

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[PP Bear]

Chasing a wiring fault that was shorting out my power socket.

 

[wizzer59]

Chasing a wiring fault that was shorting out my power socket.
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Bloody hell, how many bits did you have left over when you put it back together

 

[PP Bear]

Bloody hell, how many bits did you have left over when you put it back together

Luckily none. One heck of a dash to dismantle I can tell you, they're certainly built well!!!

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[wizzer59]

Made me some screen covers

 

[Rockcrawler]

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Made me some screen covers

That must have cost a fortune, gold leaf isn't cheap

 

[wizzer59]

That must have cost a fortune, gold leaf isn't cheap

Exactly and takes me a little while to peel off too

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[Badknee]

Bloody hell, how many bits did you have left over when you put it back together

And how many rattles and squeaks did you put in?

 

[wizzer59]

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Made me some screen covers

Not so spectacular looking on the inside though

 

[Badknee]

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Not so spectacular looking on the inside though

Errrrrrrr, don't mind me mentioning this but wouldn't it be a better idea to get the bigger dog to drive 'cos the little one can't see over the steering wheel?

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[mitzimad]

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radiator removed after leak returning from france

 

[mitzimad]

rad removed

 

[Wildbill]

Just Ben sorting out a small damp problem on my new to me camper van
Restoration project
Bill https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/foru...sorting-out-a-damp.159512/page-4#post-2483663

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[Sheddy]

Fitting a full awning rail to the wagon, to take a tailor made Spanish (more UV resistant) awning for our winters away.
The rail is a Bailey one and will be screwed and sikaflexed, ordered the Herzim strip today.

Cheers
Ed

 

[bungy]

Chasing a wiring fault that was shorting out my power socket.
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Looks like our cab this morning on a site in lourdes. Had to strip it apart to get at the blower switch and do a bodge to get fan and aircon working...it died 2hrs after getting off the chunnel driving in 34c with no aircon aint much fun!

 

[wizzer59]

Errrrrrrr, don't mind me mentioning this but wouldn't it be a better idea to get the bigger dog to drive 'cos the little one can't see over the steering wheel?

The little one is the female, I don't have a problem with female drivers even little ones, although I must admit I would prefer she wasn't a dog

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[Wildbill]

Hopefully back on the new to us motorhome making it water tight.
Progress has been slow owing to work commitments
But nothing booked in tomorrow so shuld get sumthing done
Bill

 

[Gromett]

Made a start on redoing my sills today.

Started wire brushing a week ago and it went straight through...

As you can see this is well rotted.

I bought a bunch of tools and a new sill... The Spot weld cutter was brilliant. http://amzn.to/2wkUiQz

Once the top spot welds were removed I wanted to get better access so ran a slit the full length of the sill
using my angle grinder with a cutting wheel on it. From here I could see that I need to do some work on
the inner sill.

I have a large sheet of 1.2mm steel and was going to cut a patch panel for this, but then realised it was
a couple of inches too short. A quick check with my supplier and £27 later I have a full new inner sill on the way.
You can see the existing spot welds at the top of the inner sill. I just have to drill these out and plug weld
the new one in the same places.

This is going to be the hard bit.. I have to remove the door to get to this. But once out of the way. The
New inner sill and outer sill should go in fairly easy. Although the existing one does go under the side panel
so will have to patch and seam weld here..

I am enjoying this....

 

[BreweryDave]

Erm........a new bloody engine !

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[Gromett]

Erm........a new bloody engine !

You haven't blown your engine up have you dave?

 

[BreweryDave]

You haven't blown your engine up have you dave?

Yup! The awning was the least of my problems!
Blew a hose on the way to the tunnel, got it fixed, then blew another! Head gasket gone, melted thermostat so no warning of overheating, and am now 'piston broke' in its truest sense lol!
Should be sorted by next week then try again!

 

[Gromett]

Yup! The awning was the least of my problems!
Blew a hose on the way to the tunnel, got it fixed, then blew another! Head gasket gone, melted thermostat so no warning of overheating, and am now 'piston broke' in its truest sense lol!
Should be sorted by next week then try again!

Awww Crap Sorry to hear that...

It never rains..... Hopefully this is the last of your bad luck...

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[Gromett]

New fuel tank ordered... Current one is leaking when over 3/4 full.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281884863081

 

[Wildbill]

Yup! The awning was the least of my problems!
Blew a hose on the way to the tunnel, got it fixed, then blew another! Head gasket gone, melted thermostat so no warning of overheating, and am now 'piston broke' in its truest sense lol!
Should be sorted by next week then try again!

Bloody hell Dave thaught I was the only one that blew engines up on here

Bill

 

[Wildbill]

Seald the skylight on new to us camper
Bill

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[thehutchies]

£700 for a new gearbox controller.
But, as it's the only real expense we've had in six years of ownership, I can't complain.

 

[peterc10]

Sorry to hear about your problems Dave. Are you still stuck kn Kent or are you in France by now?

 

[Emmit]

When we bought the 'van, I didn't immediately notice but, above the front o/s of the windscreen there was a water/rust stain on the headlining from a previous ingress of H2O. (via the above cab front marker lights, since replaced and resealed.)

I resigned myself to not being able to get the ugliness out of it, However;
This afternoon I had a rummage, (cracking word) under SWMBO's sink cupboard. Not a mistake. I paid for it but it is HER sink.
I found this product purchased from Mercadona in Calpe.

I gave the affected area a good soaking and left it for a while, later dabbing the same with a series of paper towels.
Tah Dah!!!! Rust stains vanished as if by KH-7

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