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Heavy Rain Downpour – No Leaks

We checked inside the RV this morning after a heavy downpour of rain yesterday, and we are happy to say there were no water leaks at all. The solar panel gland was sealed solid to the rubber roof membrane. Both roof vents were prefect, no signs of wetness at all. Plus the areas where weContinue reading “Heavy Rain Downpour – No Leaks”

Fitting Solar, Two Roof Vents and a Fibreglass Repair

This week we install a Canadian 300 watt A grade solar panel to the RV roof, then move onto fitting two opening roof vents, then finally we tackle some fibreglass bodywork repair work where the rear of the RV has previously suffered accident damage to a curved shaped plastic panel rear corner. See our latestContinue reading “Fitting Solar, Two Roof Vents and a Fibreglass Repair”

Red Coloured LED Lamps

RED coloured LED lamps for the rear of the RV. We have 8 of them to use as we need them. Are we going to use all 8 across the rear of the vehicle? We are not sure, but this would certainly light up the rear of the vehicle and show some presence when outContinue reading “Red Coloured LED Lamps”

Two RV Leisure Batteries Arrived

Our pair of leisure batteries have arrived, which are going to be used as part of our small off grid 12/240v power system for the RV. We chose a pair of XV190MF Powerline Leisure 12V Batteries from Tanya Batteries which came in at £54.99 each plus delivery. Tanya Batteries were chosen as our supplier, firstlyContinue reading “Two RV Leisure Batteries Arrived”

Finally … the RV has a name

Our RV finally has a name … It is fitting that ‘she’ should be named after the place she was built in the United States of America

Disaster when installing the new membrane roof

Today we tackled the job of installing the new Firestone EPDM rubber membrane roof on the classic 1986 American Ford E350 Coachmen RV. But, disaster struck! Have we destroyed the roof membrane, and have we thrown away more than £200 on materials? Watch our video –> https://youtu.be/-H4_UKdPi7Y <– and find out.

Onan GenSet 4KW RV Generator

We took this Onan GenSet 4KW generator out of our RV project yesterday. We are not sure whether to spend time getting it running or not, right now we have a big enough project as it is What values would you estimate for this on resale, working and not working? Shall we just put itContinue reading “Onan GenSet 4KW RV Generator”

Our New RV Fridge

We take a look at the fridge that we have just bought for our RV rebuild project. Due to its low power consumption, the Russell Hobbs RHTTF67B is an ideal 240 volts fridge for anyone converting a van into a campervan and wishing to operate an inverter to convert leisure battery 12 volts into 240Continue reading “Our New RV Fridge”

Rock Autos Parts

We were advised to try Rock Auto, an American vehicle parts supplier based in Wisconsin USA. For a first order we asked for the following items; 8 Motorcraft spark plugs total $12.64 1 set of Centric metallic front brake pads total $11.37 2 Motorcraft engine oil filters total $7.38 The items were picked up byContinue reading “Rock Autos Parts”

Removing the old interior

We have begun the task of removing the old interior from the RV, and while not an easy task, it is very rewarding to see a blank canvas coming together for our rebuild. The roof timbers were very rotten. When removing these it became very obvious to us how heavy the air-conditioning unit actually wasContinue reading “Removing the old interior”