What have you fixed on your motorhome this week? (5 Viewers)

[Hettie's Crew]

Wiper arm
Didn’t do it today but it rained on the way to our destination and it works.
The three wipers always wiped cleanly on the up stroke but the drivers one juddered and screeched coming back down leaving a smeared screen. I’ve put up with it since purchase, always meaning to sort it out and getting very annoyed I hadn’t sorted it when it rained.
All it needed was two adjustable spanner’s to grip the wiper arm and twist it to get a better wiper to screen angle. It took about three minutes.
Now we have quiet wipers and a clear screen. Should have done it ages ago.
I might even treat her to new blades in celebration.

 

[Madcaravanner]

No fix
an addition we had some triple LED stick on lights in some cupboards we rarely use in the house so moved four of them to the motorhome two are in the wardrobes and two are in cupboards over the cooker/sink area - all areas where we needed extra light

 

[Wildbill]

just ben doing some thread admin giving every one a like or what ever on this thread wouldn't want to leave any one out at page 55 and working my way back to page 1
bill

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[Louis]

Fixed the fridge, failed to work on gas when at Canterbury P&R last week.

 

[Jev88]

Replaced crusty top red running lights high on the rear. Ordered some Red strip lights from eBay and they patched in lovely. Even happen to wedge in place against part of the old light fitting and added a blob of sealent either end to add support.
Became adventurous and tried to clean High middle brake light...... Discovered three different moss and slime species growing in there and know why light was so dim! Had a spare larger LED strip which by miracles lines up with lens cover screw holes! Really pleased with result. Photo looking is pink/purple but they are Red.

 

[cranky]

Photo please.

one of Eddies stickers came in handy to cover up the hole that was left!

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[Silver-Fox]

100 watt solar panel replaced with two panels and total of 300w.
MPPT controller also fitted along with upgrade in size of cables.

What a pain feeding the the main cable in

Alls good now though

 

[Neckender]

100 watt solar panel replaced with two panels and total of 300w.
MPPT controller also fitted along with upgrade in size of cables.

What a pain feeding the the main cable in

Alls good now though

We can use some of your spare leccy now at Retro etc.

John.

 

[Peskyrabbitt]

We removed seats from MH to take off old and dated re- covers which have probably been on for many years, I think they have come up pretty well considering how bad they were.

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[Just smiffy]

100 watt solar panel replaced with two panels and total of 300w.
MPPT controller also fitted along with upgrade in size of cables.

What a pain feeding the the main cable in

Alls good now though

Nice one ...
Where did you put them....

 

[rangi]

Indicators went, blinkers no longer blinked!

Sorted now after a lot of head scratching, sheer luck and trial and error, turned out to be the Relay.
In the past , if you parked on the street you had to leave a rear light and a sidelight on, VW had such a system which enabled you to do that, and it worked on the indicator stalk.

So! the relay wasn't the usual £3, oh no! Not as easy as that mate!

£41.03 later

Ned Kelly is alive and well and running a VW dealership in Cornwall (Elvis runs the chippie next door)

 

[Easyliving]

I use my Amazon Fire tablet tethered to my phone for accessing the internet. My phone died recently (battery kaput) so I was at a bit of a loss as to what to do. I am getting a new phone shortly but in the meantime I tried putting my Tesco sim card from my phone into my basic Huawei mifi unit.

Much to my surprise, it works fine!

Paul

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[Madcaravanner]

OH YES

I got CRUISE CONTROL

Thanks to Dave Newell and Stephanie is very impressed and considering driving down there to have the motorhome annual services done
as this year we are VERY unhappy with what we paid for

 

[Madcaravanner]

I'm spitting feathers

Went into Maxine to turn fridge on and ...................................... it wouldn't
got "error code 18" - now that is No Fault so started searching the web
whilst doing so tried again and again then got "error code 9 "

Now error code 9 has a work list and everything checked out until it read

Replace
Power board
SES version
part 631219
​

Now that message struck dread into to Stephanie as the unit costs £149

So removed said unit from the fridge dismantled it and it had a puddle of water in the base and some Copper Sulphate crystals
as I removed it I noticed the fridges frost free system drained onto the box for some reason

So PCB's cleaned and dried (ain't sunshine wonderful)
unit reassembled and reconnected
It turn on straight away on gas , then after a while switched it over to 240v and that worked and is still working

so I have saved Stephanie

£42 per hour for around 2 hours work
£149 for replacement unit
£40 approx VAT

so I'm definitely in the good books today

 

[Bill and Tracey]

Went to local scrap yard for some bits for the runaround/shed. Missus went for a nose round and found a 2b Ducati. Had both door lock mechanisms and both window regulators with motors for £20. Plus a nice ceramic plant pot that she found in the back of a car. And 61 pence. Off to Exmouth for my birthday last week of May. Can't wait. See you on the road.

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[TheBig1]

Went to local scrap yard for some bits for the runaround/shed. Missus went for a nose round and found a 2b Ducati. Had both door lock mechanisms and both window regulators with motors for £20. Plus a nice ceramic plant pot that she found in the back of a car. And 61 pence. Off to Exmouth for my birthday last week of May. Can't wait. See you on the road.

never knew they fitted doors and windows on a motorbike

 

[Jev88]

Finally had my old Carver boiler pulled out and replaced with nice new Propex Malaga unit "easy replacement". Yes right. Took some fiddling with screw holes and re routing of some pipe and annoying loss of a chassis member cover to allow drain pipe to run somewhere. Very quick to heat water though and did just squeeze into old Carver space.

 

[jollyrodger]

Replaced exhaust from the cat back .
Fitting a scooter rack newly acquired from another funster.
Cutting to length to fit "Howi" and replacing fixed brackets to same with proper welding .
Priced up for new front struts and springs, to a heavey duty after stripping down lower dash to get at top securing nuts/bolts.

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[TheBig1]

ducati dont make such things

 

[TheBig1]

ducato

ducati

very similar

 

[gus-lopez]

rectified water leaks from cross drilled plugs in cylinder head. Whilst at it fitted 4 new rubber air filter mounts, new rocker gasket, exhaust/inlet gasket. Replaced sump gasket earlier in the week.

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[whiskyman]

Fitted new gear box on my new to me Cheyenne 840se the parts cost £68.00.
I bet you think that's cheap for a replacement gear box.

Well I didn't as it is the bit that fits on the end of the Omnistor wind out awning

Should have checked it when viewing said M'home and could have had a bit more of a discount.

 

[Jev88]

Fitted new gear box on my new to me Cheyenne 840se the parts cost £68.00.
I bet you think that's cheap for a replacement gear box.

Well I didn't as it is the bit that fits on the end of the Omnistor wind out awning

Should have checked it when viewing said M'home and could have had a bit more of a discount.

Any pictures and link to where purchased?
Suspect mine is worn as have to pull a bit on winder to engage gears.

 

[whiskyman]

Hi Jev
No Pic's but loads come up with a search, I think one of the best was on Fun of coarse.

It Is very easy, just remove end cap which should give you access to the two screws that hold the gearbox on then just take those out pull off the gear box and fit the new one, 20 min's tops.
Mine is on a Autotrail so had to remove the bolts that hold it on to the M'home at the gearbox end and the middle then could pull the awning out from the recess in the M'home by about three inches which was enough to allow access to do the job.

Hope this helps

Cheers Colin

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[movan]

My mh kitchen tap ...

.... but it's a bit scew whiff so not perfect ..

 

[TheBig1]

My mh kitchen tap ...

.... but it's a bit scew whiff so not perfect ..

Well done Joy, it may be slightly crooked, but you fixed it

 

[vin0114]

Reseated grey waste empying pipe to run downwards from the waste tank instead of uphill??? also did the same with the drain from the water heater. Painted mirror covers fluorescent orange.

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[tonyidle]

Re-fixed sagging sliding doors runner (bedroom doors) so they meet at the bottom as well as at the top.