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Bike-rack DIY for your campervan ladder

Does your van have a ladder but no hitch to install a bike rack on? Read how to carry your bikes anyway and avoid putting them on the roof or inside your van by this 10 minutes DIY!

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Automated gray water disposal system

This is definitely one of the more “nice-to-have” modifications of our van. However, the solution came out really neath with yet an another button to the dashboard!

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Talbot Express gutter improvement

The Talbot Express van is known for a troublesome gutter around the fiberglass top. The idea behind it is good I guess but people are reporting water ingress and rust as a result. Read how I improved the gutter design.

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Mount a flexible solar panel without any screws!

Read how to mount a flexible solar panel on a bending fiberglass surface with glue or tape! The job is quite easy and the past 20.000 km on the road has proven that it holds.

Solar panel seen from above at a Campsite in Le Marche
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How to fix a Truma E1800 cabin gas heater – no ignition at low fan/ heat setting (easy at no cost)

I finally managed to fix the Truma E1400 cabin gas fan heater! It was fairly simple – read how!

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