Monday, 8 June 2015

Shropshire

Took the van on a small 235 mile trip to Newcastle-under-Clun in Shropshire

Van was well behaved and we had no issues.

Only thing of note was that I had to use second gear on on particularly long steep hill!



Since we went the van has passed its MOT - few advisories but nothing major

This winter or sooner I will do a full service - I think the fuel filters are poor ....

Off to South Yorkshire in two weeks!

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Internal Blinds fixed

I We noticed that the internal blinds are slow to rewind and do not in some cases fully rewind

So having taken them off the van, time to investigate.
At each end of the blind are two screws - remove them to allow the caps to come off
Look inside with a torch to see which end is active - there is a metal rod trapped in the end cap, and which is non active - the roller is just allowed to spin freely


The above image shows the inactive end.

The active end is sprung - keep hold of it to maintain tension!


Keeping the tension on, wind the end to tighten the spring back to allow the blind to fully return.

Secure the active end back on the end cap, and screw the two grub screws back in. 
Then reattach the non active end and insert the two grgrub screws


It's that simple - though you do need some spare hands - kindly supplied by my dad in these images.

To refit the blinds reassemble them as a whole on your table - uses string to keep the frames straight and that makes it easier to line everything up on the runners. Once refitted cut and remove the string

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Security....

So we decided that we needed some kind of wheel clamp

Had a good look around and weighed up the options - being honest a visible deterrent is what was needed - so the 40 quid model from Argos has been bought and fitted - actually very pleased with it - good fit on the front wheel.

Been out today and ran the engine for half an hour and had a good look around - love our van :)