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Converting my van

My DIY camper – from rusty van to cosy home in 5 months

March 4, 2014 by Mike 61 Comments

My van conversion is finally complete. Here are some more of the details and specification…

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All the details of the van conversion

March 2, 2014 by Mike 48 Comments

  OK not ALL the details. I’m gonna liken this post to that kitchen draw where you just throw all those batteries, screws and paperclips in. Maybe you can get some ideas… Bookshelf You cant have a book shelf in a van, they will all fall off. Whoever said that was right, but it didn’t […]

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Broken again – A list of work done on the van

February 26, 2014 by Mike 27 Comments

The van has been in the garage for nearly 2 weeks now so I thought I’d do a list of all work done. It went in to get the steering box fitted/setup and to get a new full MOT on the 13th of Feb. Yeah I’ve been bored and frustrated. The list of work done […]

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Getting to know my engine

February 17, 2014 by Mike 13 Comments

I thought it might be a good idea to get to know the engine on the van (Ford Duratorq 2.4L) a little better and get familiar with the location of the main components. The van is in the garage getting fixed up and MOTed so this is one of the things I’ve been doing while […]

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Installing parking sensors

February 8, 2014 by Mike 8 Comments

Going straight from driving a little VW Golf to a big van with no back windows is pretty scary when it comes to parking up in towns and cities. I decided I either need a reversing camera or some kind of parking sensor. The latter was probably the cheaper and more practical of the options […]

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making a kitchen in a van

February 6, 2014 by Mike 13 Comments

This is where things get exciting. Things start to look and feel like a home! I tried the van out the other night and being able to wake up and make a cup of tea really made me realise I have everything in here to live pretty nicely – maybe more so than my house. […]

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Cheap GPS tracker – my review and installation

January 29, 2014 by Mike 48 Comments

Here’s an overview of this very cheap GPS tracker (seen on Ebay and Amazon)…  This post goes over how I fitted this cheap GPS tracker, I bought on Amazon, to my campervan. For less than £30 I was surprised by not only the build quality of this GPS unit but also pretty stunned by the […]

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Running water in my van – installing the water system

January 24, 2014 by Mike 31 Comments

This post details how I got running water in my campervan conversion… I did separate posts on the shower and hot water and also mounting the shurflo water pump so this post will cover the rest of the water related stuff: fresh water tank and filler inlet sink and drain grey waste tank water pump and accumulator […]

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My van conversion – things are coming together

January 19, 2014 by Mike 22 Comments

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks just trying to get things to work and doing all the really small annoying jobs that are so easy to get caught up with (and make you go crazy). With this in mind I thought it was time to have a break and zoom out a little to […]

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gas for cooking and heating

January 13, 2014 by Mike 17 Comments

Gas is going to be my main energy source for cooking and heating. I thought this would be the simple case of throwing in a couple of 6KG Calor gas bottle and connecting the hose. I was wrong. The world of gas fittings, adaptors, regulators, connectors is pretty confusing – the more I researched, the […]

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