Speedo Cable change

The speedo stopped working on the way to Dub freeze so I picked up a new cable from Megabug at the show.

Looking at the Bentleys manual it looked like a simple job and it was. Very fiddly getting the cable off and especially back on to the back of the Speedometer but otherwise an nice easy job.

The cable runs neatly through a hole in the floor and then through a few clamping points under the bus. It did involve a bit of a crawl around on the floor but one of the advantages of standard ride hight is that I didn't even need to jack up the bus to get this done.

The wheel end was easy (once I found the hole from the rear. It needed a little wiggling to come all the way through and out the front of the hub. Then is was just a case of trying to hold it there whilst pushing on the circlip.

Job done.

Dub Freeze

Vanessa was away for the weekend so I thought I'd take the kids to Dub Freeze for a day out.

I thought I'd probably end up spending the day hanging around the kids corner (which in the end turned out to be rather lame) and sneak a quick look at the rest of the show. however it actually turned out that they really enjoyed looking round the show, especially any stands that had stickers. So in the end we stayed for quite a while and we all had a good day out.

I was surprised by how much they seemed to enjoy looking around all of the trade stands.

A slight damper on proceedings was that the speedo cable broke on the way and we had to get bump started to get going again at the end. I managed to get a new cable from Megabug at the show so that will be all sorted very soon.

All change

After several changes of mind we have finally decided how we are going to make room for Seb. In the end we have decided to make more space in the back by adding a full width bed. This has the added bonus of lowering the height and making more space in the main bed as well as adding the extra seat.

It will mean removing the original Dormobile interior but it will leave us with a more flexible space. Added to that Vanessa was never a fan of the small bed and it's proximity to the roof. we'll be selling the cupboards and bed soon so if anyone is looking for the bulk of a Dormobile interior (the cooker and roof bunks are staying) there is one looking for a new home.

Initially we were looking at a bed from Bluebird Customs or Just Campers but then we found Rusty Lee.

Rusty Lee produces a great product at a great price. This is borne out by the host of cover vans that are sporting one of his creations.

So the bed has been ordered and arrived the next job is to measure up and order the foam.

An example of one fitted in someone else's van