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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby bulls in transit » Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:03 pm

How are you venting the gas locker?
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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:23 am

bulls in transit wrote:How are you venting the gas locker?

Hole through the bottom (not drilled yet) about 1 inch wide, perhaps 2 holes. Got the vent covers, but not the hole saw ... yet. That's why I left the lino off where the box is.

Holes aren't done because the hatch isn't complete either :D
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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:05 pm

Tonight I came home, and fell asleep. So, today there's a break from working on the van. I am knackered ...
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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:30 pm

The furniture is now in place, although not secured yet :)

Had to do a bit of hacking about with the rear wardrobe assembly. It turned out one side was too long and I had to hack about 4mm off with the coping saw... It now fits better and there's not a huge gap at the top because the side's too long. Also internally braced it at the back and top because it was weak. Had to do the same with the kitchen unit as I'd bust some of the screws moving it around ...

Next job: Figure out how to enclose the space at the back of the fridge, for the fridge I don't have yet ;)

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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:38 pm

Made up 2 pieces of ply to seal in most of the side of the fridge enclosure. The plan is to screw them in, then aluminium foil tape to seal the gaps. Mainly to stop draughts ...

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Also, the gas vent hole has been attended to. That hole is 40mm wide, which is more than sufficient for the drain. It's black, because I masked it all off then gave it a shot of Smoothrite down there to paint the metal I'd cut ...

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Not shown in pictures:
- Internal bracing in the furniture, which was falling to bits.
- Cut a hole to allow the sink hose to get to the waste water outlet.
- 30 mile round trip to get the 80p part to connect the sink to the outlet :P
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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby CamperVanBeethoven » Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:54 pm

It's now finished enough to take away.

240v electrics, 12v electrics and gas all in place.
Furniture screwed down.
Rock and roll bed is in, but squint. I can live with that for now :P

When I come back, I'll be starting all over again ... ;)

At least my next deadline isn't until the end of August!
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Re: CamperVanBeethoven's Mk5

Postby irishtransit » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:28 pm

nice van ya have
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