RedFrame
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While "Wandering Star" has been laid up waiting for her up-plate we've been busy reading here and thinking about what changes we'd like to make to mould her into our way of living away (Yes, we're already being moulded by the MoHo way of life, by her, but a happy life is, after all, about compromise when required, and she has to change a little too).
The first thing we noticed was that the Sat nav and fitting had to be removed whenever we wanted to close the blinds... 1st world issue I know (in fact all here are), but if there's an alternative... The original Rear View Mirror was still affixed to the windscreen, it gave a great view of the rear island bed, but was pretty much useless other than that. I removed it and the gimbal ball that the mirror rotates on looked like it was the same diameter as the Sat nav gimbal ball, so I separated the mirror from the mount and "Hey Presto" the Sat nav now sits on the Rear View Mirror mount and the blinds close without fouling on anything...
Photo was taken from a high angle, it sits in the same position as the mirror so no extra vision is lost, and with it's positioning it's almost natural to check it with eye movement.
Next one was the "Case of the disappearing credit card" (Pen, Parking Ticket or anything else that will fit), luckily we read on here about this one before we had any mishaps, we ordered a length of 10mm Neoprene Cord and fitted it into the gap between the windscreen and the dash...
During the short time that we were up and running, we realised that we only had USB charging from the engine battery, AND the ignition had to be switched on to provide power. We took power off the leisure setup, and positioned a switched USB "charging station" out of the way but next to the table so that it's practical, we also included an "On/Off" switch so that we can control drain when stagnant...
Again after reading on this Forum about refillable LPG Gas systems, we decided that that was the way to go for us early on, after all we're planning on wilding a fair bit, so we may aswell start saving straight away, I have to say that fitting a replacement twin 11Kg bottle system, and auto change regulator from GasIt was child's play. The worst part is tank cutting a hole in your belov'ed MoHo (measure at least Four times then cut...)
When driving down to Pembry the biggest "squeak", "noise", "thing" seemed to emanate from the drop down bed, Chris noticed that it was "swinging wildly" as we negotiated roundabouts or navigated unpaved roads... We made up four "Chock's" out of closed cell foam and they have proved to be brilliant...
We're "outside" people, so want to make the most of the awning, we've been warned about the awning being "taken" by wind by good friends, but... we still want to be outside if we can, so we came up with a plan for "Guy Lines" for the awning, we reckon four will do the job in most circumstances linked with 10 inch re-bar pegs...
The first thing we noticed was that the Sat nav and fitting had to be removed whenever we wanted to close the blinds... 1st world issue I know (in fact all here are), but if there's an alternative... The original Rear View Mirror was still affixed to the windscreen, it gave a great view of the rear island bed, but was pretty much useless other than that. I removed it and the gimbal ball that the mirror rotates on looked like it was the same diameter as the Sat nav gimbal ball, so I separated the mirror from the mount and "Hey Presto" the Sat nav now sits on the Rear View Mirror mount and the blinds close without fouling on anything...
Photo was taken from a high angle, it sits in the same position as the mirror so no extra vision is lost, and with it's positioning it's almost natural to check it with eye movement.
Next one was the "Case of the disappearing credit card" (Pen, Parking Ticket or anything else that will fit), luckily we read on here about this one before we had any mishaps, we ordered a length of 10mm Neoprene Cord and fitted it into the gap between the windscreen and the dash...
During the short time that we were up and running, we realised that we only had USB charging from the engine battery, AND the ignition had to be switched on to provide power. We took power off the leisure setup, and positioned a switched USB "charging station" out of the way but next to the table so that it's practical, we also included an "On/Off" switch so that we can control drain when stagnant...
Again after reading on this Forum about refillable LPG Gas systems, we decided that that was the way to go for us early on, after all we're planning on wilding a fair bit, so we may aswell start saving straight away, I have to say that fitting a replacement twin 11Kg bottle system, and auto change regulator from GasIt was child's play. The worst part is tank cutting a hole in your belov'ed MoHo (measure at least Four times then cut...)
When driving down to Pembry the biggest "squeak", "noise", "thing" seemed to emanate from the drop down bed, Chris noticed that it was "swinging wildly" as we negotiated roundabouts or navigated unpaved roads... We made up four "Chock's" out of closed cell foam and they have proved to be brilliant...
We're "outside" people, so want to make the most of the awning, we've been warned about the awning being "taken" by wind by good friends, but... we still want to be outside if we can, so we came up with a plan for "Guy Lines" for the awning, we reckon four will do the job in most circumstances linked with 10 inch re-bar pegs...
