How To
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The Ultimate Guide to Fitting All Terrain Tyres on a Campervan
Its been a long time coming, but I have finally managed to get enough cash together to fit BF Goodrich All Terrain tyres to my campervan. It’s always been a plan of mine to do this to the Movano, but the tyres I have chosen are not cheap! Therefore I…
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An essential guide to installing a woodburner in your campervan
I have a new woodburner for the van. I went back to Dave at Glastonbury Burners and got a new “mini-cyclops” burner which is based on my old Gnome. In this video and article I am going to show you how I removed my old wood burner and installed the…
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How to install a hammock in a campervan
Ive been wanting to install a hammock in the van for some time, but never got around to doing it. But now I have, and here is how I did it! Firstly, you are going to want to install the eye bolts into the main body structure of the van.…
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Fridge Installation: Dometic Coolfreeze CDF-18
It was time to bite the bullet, the fifty quid coolbox from Halfords was not longer going to cut it anymore, it was just too power hungry on the leisure battery – and it wasn’t chilling my cider enough! So I summoned up the courage and parted with 400 quid…
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Registering your converted van as a campervan
So you have just completed your self build camper van, and it is still registered as a panel van with the DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency). Now comes the time where you want to change the the V5 logbook form from “panel van” to “motor caravan”. I have just…
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Changing the mass air flow meter on a Vauxhall Movano
So it had to happen at some point, the first real problem with van occurred recently, one which resulted in reduced power, shuddering and black smoke from the exhaust. Basically the Movano was off the road until I could diagnose and fix the problem. My first instinct was to check…
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How to wire in a volt meter, usb and lighter socket in a camper van
One of the most common questions I have been asked via social media and email has been how did I wire up my USB/volt meter/cigarette lighter panel in the van. As the demand seemed to be out there for wiring instructions, I thought it was about time to write a…
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LED Christmas Lights Installation into a campervan
Just in time for Christmas, I installed some multi-coloured battery powered LED Xmas lights into the van to add a bit of festive colour. It was only meant to be a short term install over Christmas and the new year, but I have now grown to like the lights in…
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Roof insulation and wood panels: Vauxhall Movano Camper Conversion
So after the hassles fitting the roof light, it was time to turn my attention to insulating the roof, and fixing more tongue and groove wood to the ceiling of the van. As was noted in the last blog post, the roof is buckled where a previous owner has walked…
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Fitting the roof vent – Vauxhall Movano Camper Van Conversion
So I was hoping to write a blog post about how easy it was to install a roof light in my self build campervan, but instead I will be writing about the problems I encountered. Looking online, a lot of people said they fitted a roof vent to their vans…
