The fuel filter is a service item that is often overlooked, but it very cheap and easy to replace – and a neglected fuel filter can cause all sorts of engine running problems if it becomes blocked from not being replaced on time. Continue reading
Tag: Technical (page 4 of 5)
Earlier this year we were trundling down a French motorway in our old Hymer B544 motorhome on our way to the mountains for a couple of weeks of snowboarding when suddenly an ominous metallic rattling noise started…. Continue reading
Quick preventative maintenance job this time – The sump on our old Fiat Ducato based Hymer was looking very crusty so I thought I would renew it while I was changing the oil before it rotted through completely and dumped all the engine all at an inopportune moment! Continue reading
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Trav-L-Cool air conditioning system
Like a number of old vans (and possibly some new ones!) our Hymer B544 came to us with a Trav-L-Cool air conditioning system installed. These are ‘evaporative’ coolers so work differently to compressor driven air conditioners like you would find in cars and offices everywhere.
‘Wild camping?’- This is what you need (in our humble opinion)
Generator Review – If you are going to spend considerable amounts of time ‘Wild camping’ your are going to need some way of re-charging your 12v batteries – while solar can be a good solution in the summer we needed something to support winter use in the mountains, where the sun is often too low to reach down into the valleys even on cloudless days!
Continue readingHere are some torque settings I have found around the web for the Fiat Ducato 230 with the 2.8td engine – they are not my numbers so I can’t guarantee the accuracy but hopefully they will be useful:-
Most L322 Range Rovers come with a heated steering wheel, and it’s one of those little luxuries that you don’t think you need – then once you’ve had it you wonder how you ever survived without it!
80 Series Land Cruisers come with an electrically actuated centre diff lock, and depending on specification locking front and rear axle diffs too (my Japanese import HDJ81 had all three diff locks fitted).
Both me and a buddy of mine recently bought L322 Range Rovers, and both of the had faulty parking sensor systems! – here is some info on troubleshooting the system:-
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