Monthly Archives: October 2007
Making a Campertop Bed
Our camper van has a penthouse top which raises to give a full 7’2″ of standing room. It also leaves a long opening in the roof of the van that has a steel reinforcing ridge. This ridge makes a perfect … Continue reading
Transmission Fluid: Also Neccessary!
A few minutes after getting propane, our navigator directed us across the freeway we were supposed to turn onto and into a hilly suburb. Our transmission had been acting a bit squirrelly, but on one of the hills it completely … Continue reading
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Auxiliary Fuel Pump: Necessary
After getting a propane fill up in preparation for our camping trip, we heard an unfamiliar clicking noise coming from the back under the sink. After we tested the refrigerator fan and house water pump, we decided it was the … Continue reading
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Propane fill up requires jacking….
We decided to take the van out on a shake-down cruse this weekend (it’s fall break at GaTech, so it was a 4 day weekend) and as the first step we decided to fill the propane tank. The first place … Continue reading
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