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I've been using outsunny compressor coolboxes which are awesome, for the last few years. Cheap and they work as a fridge or freezer They do them as 30,40 or 50 litre, 40 is physically a good size in a camper On Amazon the 40 is currently £143.99 50l is £165 Run off 12volt or mains adaptor which is a...

I have a small portable induction hob, run at half power it pulls about 350watts and boils a kettle in a few minutes, work great with my lithium solar setup. It's a streetwise one from eBay about £40 I got it as a back up for gas. But may well use it more often Sent from my Pixel 10 using Tapatalk h...

Yep that's rjes kit, the orange pipe is the fuel return by the looks of it so yeah, not ideal!!

Coolant will be VW pink stuff, which is fine.

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Rik wrote:Toyo Observe Van. They're winter tires, but the only ones with deep profile and M+S that I could find from a proper brand. And as I have them on the rear only I'm not too worried about braking performance.

Looks like a nice chunky tyre that

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You might get away with it But I'd just get them rebalanced to be sure they won't give a vibration.

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Just to close up this topic: In the end I decided to go for 205/80/r14s. Definately an improvement over stock for my usecase. A bit more quiet on the motorway (still do ~83 kph gps) and slightly less revvy on roundabouts and junctions in 2nd. Thanks all for your replies. What make and model? Sent f...

Mine on 15" Tolimans and Falken AT3WA tyres, just need to figure out some centre caps https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250105/3ac6d417eef428e66883f3a1c267ce59.jpg Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk Domed stickers on raised Merc centre caps (debadged) for my Tollimans https://uploads.tap...

Mine on 15" Tolimans and Falken AT3WA tyres, just need to figure out some centre caps


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Finally got my Doka back on the road, passed MOT first time with no advisories (MOT place is 150 yards form where the doka was), drove it a couple of miles and it started making a horrible noise from the rear brakes, rear left, NS to be precise. The right hand side is fine in all of this The noise o...

go with a Victon smart solar charger

Check the rad for blockages

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Try MidsummerEnergy, excellent customer service and UK based

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Hi Everyone, My van has sprung a leak. After a drive in the heat and traffic I parked up and heard a hiss I looked under the van to see coolant pouring out of the pipe that connects the subaru engine into the vw cooling system. The temp gauge hadn't got to high prior to th leak. The conversion is d...

steveo9007 wrote:I have heard of this method and seen a video where someone used bread. Do this actually work ??

I've used bread to get a blind bearing out and it worked a treat.

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I used chopping board too

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