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Good Tyres
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Hi All, With my new van came brand new tyres as expected, however they are made in the land of cheap everything. I'm not keen on blowouts and changing tyres roadside. Can anyone advise their number one pick for tyres? I wonder, has anyone had really good mileage / service from Chinese tyres? Should I ju...
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Wiring for diesel heaters
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Hi Sparkster and others that have installed a Eberspacher D2. The wiring diagrams that came with the unit don't match the wiring colours of the harness. Am waiting on dealer to reply but wondering has anyone else had this problem and as to what colour wires connect to what colour wires the main harnes...
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BLINKING LED VAN LIGHTS OUTCOME
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Some might remember I put a question up here in "Techies" about my van lights blinking every 5 seconds when hooked up to my Colorado. Well, I had the Collie serviced here in Townsville yesterday and I took all the comments received from fellow GN members and handed to the service tech. "No problem we wil...
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Dougwe
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Eberspacher heater running flat out
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Hi heater, installed, fired up straight away, but only runs flat out, even with temp set at 21 temp in van got to 30 but still kept running full bore. Have now run it twice for up to an hour, pulled fuse, re start from scratch but still only runs flat out. Any ideas please as to why it won't go into slow mod...
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Stl
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Caravan batteries
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what are your thoughts on Having caravan batteries on mains power and solar power at the same time .We have the van parked up at home here and have it conected to 240v as well as solar on the roof of the van.Just noticed a sulfer smell coming from battery compartment yesterday .Should it be one or the othe...
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Mains water hose.
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Hi, as we have always bush camped we have never needed a hose to connect straight to the mains water. We are about to leave on a 2 week road trip and will need to use CP water some days. For the CP taps do you usually need a screw on fitting or do they have the cilp in type fittings ? . Also the fitting to attach t...
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Granty
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Dometic WMD 1050 Washing Maching
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Mr D tried to open our washing machine today in a bit of a hurry - it was not "unlocked", and it appears he may have broken the lock, so now I am unable to open the door. We have rung the Dometic agent in Launceston, who has suggested how to open it - to no avail. We have arranged for a washing machine tecno to co...
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Dunmowin
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Running caravan lights from12V system
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I have had two different answers from auto electricians for this question. Can anyone help? Our caravan does not have a wiring harness for 12V battery. I've installed a battery with solar panel. Is it possible to run a wire from the battery to the caravan 7 pin input connected through the auxiliary pin...
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Jaytee
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portable power stations
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Hello, I have just bought a 95 litre fridge freezer Waco brand.I need a portable power station and I am looking at 2 brands . I need some feed back on the ARKPAK AP 730 or the more expensive BAINTECH 100 AH. Being a solo female free camper with Caravan I need to power laptop phone and large portable fridge fr...
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Aux Power Pack
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Out riding the trails with the son in law and when we stopped for an overnight camp in the scrub his bike wouldn't start in the morning . After a lot of uphill down hill pushing we got it started and headed home. Thought to myself I'll get one of those Mini Max battery packs about the size of a mobile phone...
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Wombat 280
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WDH- 4 Bars or 2
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We have an'84 Jayco popup. Friend gave us one of the above gizmo's. It has 2 bars on each side. Found very hard to fit...hernia time almost. Now we see a lot of these with only 2 bars. Q. Must we use all 4 or can we do 2?
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Snippy
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Connecting our Vast set top box
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Hi All, The van is almost complete. I still have to install the Vast set top box in the cuboard below the TV. My Question is this.1. Is it best to wire it back to the house battery with its own inline Fuse holder. Or 2. Can I cheat and piggy back off the existing wiring from the TV or Radio. Regards Jim
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Tow hitch tolerance
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Hi All Should the tow ball be a tight fit in the female receiver or should it be able to move. The vertical movement can be reduced or eliminated via the bolt in the tongue, but does nothing to prevent sideways movement. I ask as my Pajero Sport has quite a lot of lateral movement. Thanks Ally
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Allyoops
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Roller Rocker suspension issues
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Hi Guys Went to service my roller rocker suspension this morning and noticed that the grease nipples that feed the actual rollers at both ends would not accept grease. I removed the nipples and they worked fine. Do these rollers seize up and if so what do I need to do. Any help would be greatly appreciate...
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Outback
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Canopy query
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Am in the process of getting a new tow vehicle and am wondering if it's better to get a tray fitted and then the canopy on top of that or to get the canopy with the floor fitted? If I get a canopy with the floor fitted what happens to the original tray body? Any advice appreciated. Thanks
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Sundance
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Tandem Rocker Bushes
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Any one out there know where I can purchase a good set of bushes to replace my Tandem Rocker leaf Spring worn out ones
I have heard about new ones that last 40,000 ks
Thanks
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Dolly
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newbie
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Been following this site for 3 years, fantastic information.
Finally will be on road end of june, excited and bit scared at the same time.
Hope to meet up on the road
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Using Foxtel IQ2 box with satellite TV
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Hi All,Was wondering if anyone is using a Foxtel Satellite set top box (Std, IQ 2or 3) while travelling.We have brought our home satellite IQ2 box away with us this time and have it working well except for an annoyingly long start up time.In our van we have a portable Sat system picking up the satellite w...
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Waeco compressor fridge
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our 215 ltr waeco 12volt only in caravan compressor fridge runs almost non stop in the hot weather. The cooling and freezing efficiency is fine, of 5 settings it's set on 3. is this normal? A seperate but relevant and main question , perhaps for the solar section , is we feels the compressor fridge c...
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gooba53
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Update on "power" issues from last week
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tested batteries after sitting for a week with no load on. (aim was to be confident batteries ok) the three of them were 12.9 and it was after sunset . Put a bit of load on and only dropped to 12.8, (but fridge isn't running ) purchased 200wt portable solar system with seperate regulator and seperate fe...
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