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engine upgrade
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Hi I own a 1985 shortwheelbase coaster with a 3b engine and are looking at doing an upgrade to 12ht landcruiser engine can anyone tell me wether the gearbox and bell housing are combatible and what mods I will need to do I am a tradesman with my own workshop.
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arlo
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Towball weights - again
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Firstly, I am not an engineer but I am a practical thinker and I hope the following might make other people think about what I am about to say and give their opinion. Let's say your vehicle has a 300kg ball weight limit. For the sake of argument, you hook up and you are well within 'legal' limits at 250kg....
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Captain
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replacing batteries
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Hi I have to replace my house batteries in my 2009 A Van Motorhome.I would like to go as big as possible (ah). Any suggestions would be appreciated Many thanks Graeme
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helnick
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Fiat Ducato Motorhome Entrance Door Problem
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Hi, I have a 2014 Avan Ovation M7 Motorhome on a Fiat Ducato base. I have a problem with the entrance door, as the spring on the top catch appears to have broken. Does anyone know how easy it is to remove the door trim/panel so that I can get access to the mechanism to see if the spring or broken has fallen ins...
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Splottboy
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Solar ?????
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Hi guys need some help please.I have 300watts of solar panels on my van roof feeding 2x120 amp agm batteries with a 30amp pwm controller that gets very hot to touch is this ok or should I purchase one with higher amps ???If I do need a new one what is a good brand?? Also is it ok to plug a seperate folding 200wa...
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dickymate
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Grey water
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Will a 40lt portable grey water tank. Of proper design and containment be ok for self contained sites.
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bowser
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3 way fridge - better on 240 or gas?
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Have a 'base model' Thetford 3 way fridge in the Jayco. Recently installed a thermometer to monitor the internal fridge temps. Sensor is at a bottom back corner. I have noticed that it seems to run much better on 240 v. Fridge is only partly filled with some drinks for test purposes. Hovers around 8...
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Moose2
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Batteries losing charge
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Have 120w panel and 2x110AH batteries. Only run Cpap machine at night and have just started having problems with batteries running down and cutting out during night despite having freecamped easily over the past 9 weeks. Could our batteries be dying or some other cause?
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Olivegirl56
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Pipe volume
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Hi everybody. Can some one help me. A pipe 1.mt.95 cm in length.x150mm round. How much water will it hold. Regards Bowser.
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bowser
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Avida slide out
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The rollers on my birdsville slideout are going through the floor has anybody had this problem
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Chipper
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Solar mounting brackets
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Going to make my own solar panel mounting brackets. Wondering what size angle is best and aluminium or stainless??
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Bas + Eve
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solar panels working ?
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What is the best ( easiest ) method to check if my solar panels are working individually, we have three 80amp panels .
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mezza56
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Lithium Graphene Batteries
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Been reading about these for a while, likely next big thing in RV batteries on the market. still short of giving prices. Main advantages Lighter than Lithium ion. Charging 4-5 times faster than Lithium (less solar) About 45% more capacity. will be seeing them in the next 12 months from info obtained...
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billy botswana
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how to clean degraded plastic or rubber pieces on side of caravan. (if it were a boat would be gunnale rubbers)
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I have noticed that the rubbers are getting fairly degraded on my van I would like to restore as best I can. Replacing myself would be too much for me and I guess it would be expensive to take in to repair shop. Help much appreciated. Cheers Mim
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pastaqueen
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Replacement house battery.
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I have one well n truly knackered house battery and need a replacement. Has anyone got any recommendations about brands? The old one was an AMP-TECH (120AH) and appears to be from the original build of the caravan so that would make it between 8 & 9 years old so that may be as good a recommendation as I...
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Marken
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Mobile signal boosters??
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A lot of adverts for these keep popping up. Are they legal and used at all? Aussie Paul.
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aussie_paul
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TV reception
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Hi All We now have our van and have done 2 short trips. The 2 caravan parks I picked had no tv reception. The one just out off Ballina did have cabling for every caravan so we did have tv the one at Wooli did not an no one with a normal caravan set up had tv. So I am batting 100% this is ok for me as I am happy having a w...
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Mackayak
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240v switching mains to inverter
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Hi there, is there such a switch/terminal that can be used to switch 240v input between mains and the inverter. I thought of a battery 3 way switch, but no one is game enough to say "yes you can" ...any ideas? Peter
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Peter and Jian
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battery setting
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I have a projector battery charger with several battery settings,my battery is an AGM so iI have set it to AGM makes sense eh, but looking at another forum the gurus seem to think that an AGM battery in a caravan should be set to the GEL function any thoughts ?
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Ron-D
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5th Wheel Tug - GVM - clarification.
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Scenario:-5th Wheel trailer and tug.The tug is an imported F Truck which had an original GVM of 5171 Kg. The owner had this downgraded to 4450 Kg, presumably to allow the rig to be driven on a car license. The vehicle is a 5 seat dual cab and has a 230 lt fuel tank. Registered GVM of tug 4...
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Captain Ron
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