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4.5 volt
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How can I get 4.5 volt out of my house battery is there an easy way to get it ? thanks all ready for your input Cheers John
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Cruising Cruze
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Cordless drills..advice please
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I need to do some small mods to my caravan and want the drill to be part of my tool kit. All suggestions appreciated. Cheers JulieM
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JulieM
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Ford Territory SZ Tx RWD
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Just purchased a 2012 Ford Territory SZ Tx and would like to know what gear in the six speed box, is most economical to tow a 17.6 Single axle caravan.
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Pykee35
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Autogas Usage in LPG Fillable Bottles
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While staying at a Caravan Park in the Flinders noticed that the "Large Autogas Tank" was fitted with a Bottom Pipe Fitting which was setup to "Refill" Portable Camping Cylinders. Then when talking with another Nth Flinders Park owner that the Gas delivered is the same used fo...
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KevKim37
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Lemon Laws
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Mate just got back from Rocky with his 3 week old Bit's -R -Missing Triton Spent 5 days in and out of no less than three dealers and now waiting for a transmission change. Wouldn't pull the hat off your head almost had to leave the 1500Kg van at Tweed Heads due to violent shudders through the transmissi...
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Wombat 280
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RITA battery question
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Went to buy a new deep cycle 120AH van battery - knowing a lot of RV use the RITA brand battery, I had a look on the RITA web site and their detail papers show that a DC series is for marine , RV type use - when at the battery supplier they insisted that the RITA RA series was what went into RV use . The confusion fo...
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UPO
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Conversions of Buses
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Question without Notice. Is there any publications that have plans or general ideas on converting a Coaster of bigger bus and what the rules are in each state regarding certification of electric and gas fitouts . What makes me ask is I have a number of books on fitting out small boats and thought one o...
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Wombat 280
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Tyre pressures & load ratings
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I was searching for a bit of info about tyre pressures as well as what various numbers and letters printed on the sidewalls meant. I found this article which is very informative.
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GaryKelly
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Front storage on van
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On Myrtle at the front on the bullbar is a strip of plumbers piping? with screw caps on the ends. I find I don't have anything to store in it. Today I saw on a friends van a neat tool box shape in the same place. It sat behind the top of the spare tyre and was still the length of the pipe on mine. I thought it what a...
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Happywanderer
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air conditioning and heating?
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can a motor home heater/conditioner be run from solar power ? or are they more suited for generators? ie in a motor home situation
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milo
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GM 8V71T
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Hi all i am looking to buy a bus/motorhome and am interested if any one is running around with a two stroke GM and if so what sort of fuel useage
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Lomes
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Interior Dimensions Toyota Coaster SWB/LWB
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Hi folks, my turn to ask a question of any Toyota Coaster owners out there. Thinking of buying a second hand Coaster '93 on wards but cannot find the interior dimensions I need to nut out a layout to suit Sue and me. Plenty of pictures of completed units but no drawings. Need the interior length from rear o...
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Ontos45
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Regulations - State to State??
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With the varying towing regulations that are in place from state to state, how does that affect people travelling from their home state to one which they are visiting?? Would each state police expect somebody from, let's say, WA to comply with the towing regulations in victoria just to travel...
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Mark
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Cracked Chassis....................
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Sorry, I tried to find the previous thread but couldn't locate it, hopefully the original poster will see this and think again. The original thread was discussing the virtues of buying, a demountable, motorhome, caravan or a pre-owned Ex-Rental vehicle that had already been converted and, since...
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Mark
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Caravan size suggestions,recommendations ?
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Hello All, At the moment we are getting away from it all towing a camper trailer for 2 to 4 days at a time. In 12 to 18 months we plan to make a lifestyle choice and go on the road full time. When we do that we want to tow a caravan. The tow car we have we want to keep. It is a 4x4 Hilux twin cab fitted with a Commodore E...
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chopit
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A better FM radio antenna ?
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The standard Jayco FM antenna & radio / CD we have is less than wonderful - as SWMBO likes ABC FM in the mornings, looking to install a higher efficiency antenna and a better radio. All suggestions appreciated. Will putting an FM antenna on top of the TV antenna improve the FM reception ( yes I apprec...
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UPO
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Dometic airtronic diesel heater
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Would anyone have one of these installed on the Bellarine Penninsula that we could have a look at please? Or if anyone has one installed could you please send a photo of where you have the exhaust positioned? is it on the side or back?
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gooba53
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Plug Connections (Tug to Trailer)
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You'd be surprised how much dust and 5h1t gets into the plug connectors. A good spray with an electrical connection cleaner does wonders for ensuring a good connection. CRC spray or WD40 also works a treat and keeps the pins nice and clean ready for the next hook-up. Mark
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Mark
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Water supply quick fit connectors
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G'Day, I currently fitting a new mixer tap to my van - ended up buying the original crappy plastic design as no other will fit. (Dometic Cramer) $110 with fittings for about 100gm of plastic which will last according to the sales lady at least 4 years. Anyway, the new one has a better method of attachi...
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hako
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I GOT A GAS NON COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
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Bummer. I got the fridge fixed but he gave me a gas non compliance certificate because there wasn't a 40mm internal hole in the floor behind the fridge as the bottom vent was 25mm above floor level. Something about possible gas leaks could be a problem. He ticked the box saying not a risk and another say...
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Dougwe
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