Went free camping on Dartmoor

Website · Post by **syncrosimon** » 05 Jul 2008, 15:19

It was very stormy which added to the fun of it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suucojrX-Po

Post by **SyncroSwede** » 05 Jul 2008, 15:21

Beat you! I also had a quality stormy night there. I'll have to sort out my photos to link to this. Doesn't it all taste better when it's free?

Website · Post by **syncrosimon** » 05 Jul 2008, 15:35

It's what syncro's are for. We saw your tracks where you turned around by the clapper bridge. Nice place.

Post by **Macflai** » 05 Jul 2008, 22:48

You slept well there? las time I slept in UK was in Wales and was al ot of humidity there, inside the Syncro was 5ºC! (Heater had a failure!)

Website · Post by **syncrosimon** » 06 Jul 2008, 08:17

We slept really well, having pitched up in the gathering darkness I failed to spot the large dead tree under which we camped until the morning

Lots of trees down elsewhere, pays to bring a big torch!!!

There is nothing like a mugfull of coffee and a full english breakfast cooked in the camper, in the pouring rain. Another British Summer

Post by **Macflai** » 06 Jul 2008, 14:35

Maybe in a future when I install the new TDi engine, I will go to UK again and maybe work there... Hope people like you can teach me some tips about winter and cold, remember I am from Canary Islands... warm and sunny almost all the year...

Post by **SyncroSwede** » 06 Jul 2008, 21:56

Hi Victor, I was in Gran Canaria in May and I had to deal with the cold... I had to turn the car's aircon off once the sun set!

Actually, it was quite warm over the last three nights out and the duvet was fine with no heater on. Come winter I'm sure I'll have the eberspacher running though!

Post by **Macflai** » 06 Jul 2008, 22:14

Sometimes some cold comes from the north and maybe raining for 2 hours but no more, some days are cloudy but in the sputh of the island almost the year sun shining. Our weather has too much humidity sometimes, and that makes you feel really cold!
My webasto is not working anymore and one of the hoses was leaking so I took off the heater from the engine bay and joined the hoses together again... The heater has 2 blue wires, they are cut/broken dunno why... Anyone has Instructions manual for a DBW46 (diesel one)?

Post by **Macflai** » 06 Jul 2008, 22:35

Ok! Just have read this...

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2 ... /bbw46.pdf

I have to investigate and try to clean first the heater and then install again in the van to test it... Another question: Is needed to install it on the van to test main functions?

Thanks!