First Van--

[Pedro_The_Swift]

A Golf Tourer GTX MIII.
18' dual axle, 4 wheel brakes, solar, twin water tanks, coil independant suspension, 12 volt telly/dvd radio fridge etc, awning and annex, anderson plug, 12v monitoring system, air con , plus lots of little stuff like full LED lighing, cupboard locks, new innerspring mattresses,
pics soon--

[abaddonxi]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/885.jpg

:angel:

Noice.

[Chucaro]

Good choice, congrats!
The Golf is a very nice and high quality van.
The factory closed down but AVan bought all the jigs and parts so they will be able to help with parts if needed.

[Graeme]

Very good!

I looked at and would have liked one of those but settled on a much lesser van to see if we can make enough use of a van to warrant investing more or to scrap the whole idea.

[TerryO]

Excellent choice, only ever heard good things about Golf vans.

That is excellent news about it also having solar. Its very difficult to go free camping properly with a full size van without solar. A 18 footer is a good all round size as well, not to big or small.

The best thing we ever did was buy a good off road van, makes last minute decisions on having a bush camping weekend away so easy to do compared to a camper/tent etc.

cheers,
Terry

[The ho har's]

Congrates to you both:D


I am sure Di as ticked all the boxes on this one;) when's our next camping trip?

Mrs hh:angel:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Soon!!!;):D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Took it over a weighbridge this morning,,
4.04 all up.
1.62 with just the trailer wheels on the bridge,,
broken jockey wheel so no ball weight yet--:mad::(.

The good news is I ran up to Oakey sans the hayman reese battleship towball hitch,, while I could tell the difference, I'm happy to run without,,
I might not sell the HR hitch just yet,,
I want to play around with ball weights, (who'd a thunk??:p), and the van ( I think-----) sits ever so slightly nose up.

Both Mrs Pedro and Guiness slept in it last night and pronounced it " Luxury",,
[actually Guiness just barked:angel:]

[Fluids]

Congrats Pedro. That's a nice looking van !

May the D2 now hold up its end of the bargain.

[TerryO]

Congrats Pedro. That's a nice looking van !

May the D2 now hold up its end of the bargain.


x2

Just in time for the Chrissy break as well. :D

cheers,
Terry

[Redback]

Been over a week, still no pics:p

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Hows this??
just had second storage battery put in,,
2x100amphr plus (already there)120w solar should give us a few less worries:cool:


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/12/885.jpg

:angel:

Noice.

[Redback]

Hows this??
just had second storage battery put in,,
2x100amphr plus (already there)120w solar should give us a few less worries:cool:



Not good enough, sorry:mad:

What's it like inside:confused:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

oh! pics of the inside!
LOL!!:p

bit hard atm,, its at a shop getting the arm welded:angel::rocket::rocket:

you do realise its been raining here all week,, gunna rain all next week
predicting rain all over christmas,

going to St George over Chrissy where if some one cries the place floods for a week:Rolling::Rolling:

[Redback]

oh! pics of the inside!
LOL!!:p

bit hard atm,, its at a shop getting the arm welded:angel::rocket::rocket:

you do realise its been raining here all week,, gunna rain all next week
predicting rain all over christmas,

going to St George over Chrissy where if some one cries the place floods for a week:Rolling::Rolling:

Yep same here, hasn't stopped raining all week:mad:

[Tombie]

Yep same here, hasn't stopped raining all week:mad:

Has not rained here all week, or last week, or the week before...

But it has been 32c, 35c, 36c

And Dusty, dusty, dusty.......

[Pedro_The_Swift]

here you go,,

oh,, and the shop that welded the suspension arm says
it was a manufacturing fault.
The top half of the axle stub wasnt welded.:eek:
all the rest were and no other damage was found.

so, a clean bill of health ,,
all for $50,,, :cool::cool:

[TerryO]

Thats excellent news Pete, looking good for Christmas which is great to hear.

cheers,
Terry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

People are funny,, the previous owner spent a zillion putting a good 12v solar system through the van, and then ties off one side of the handbrake cable,,, with the other side in a non-adjusted state I picked up one loose van:D

[incisor]

love the maroon lounge!

looks like a very tidy piece of kit...

ENJOY!

[TerryO]

love the maroon lounge!




Bloody Queenslanders! ...:angel:

cheers,
Terry

[incisor]

Bloody Queenslanders! ...:angel:
on ya bike!

[TerryO]

Don't have one ...sold them all and brought ever reliable Land Rovers instead!

cheers,
Terry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

update time.
extra wheel carrier added, may or may not infringe on the rego plate:angel:.
Two new tyres put on the rears, others had huge flat spots (:o:o).
New 180 solar panel purchased.
New Morningstar Reg added
http://w.auwebcentres.com.au/static/ecommerce/124/124268/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/p/r/prostar-30_solar_charge_controller_no_meter.jpg

Old 3way fridge ripped out,,
one of these is next--
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/876.jpg
new curtains put in,, (more Maroon colour :p)
new CD player installed,
whats next?
oh yea,,
this is,,
https://www.ozstarindustries.com.au/xcart/images/D/dc120_yellow_angle.jpg
big huh,, :P

[VladTepes]

Is there a pic missing after "oh yeah this is" ?

(or maybe its just work filter blocking the pic?)

[TerryO]

Must be your filter Vlad as I can see the picture that you can't.

Shame really if you could see what we all can see then you would be very impressed. ...:eek:

Oh well never mind somethings in life your obviously meant to miss out on. ...:p

cheers,
Terry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I had a controller called an AGILITY,, which I think was a tekonsha anyway,, but I always thought was not quite up to the job of 4 wheel brakes,,

and was happy to go with the recommendations I received,,

and answers the question WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR BRAKE CONTROLLER?

right here--
50 cms from your fingertips:cool:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/08/682.jpg


The new solar panel has arrived,,
its had its feet sikaflexed on,,
now just waiting for the bloody rain to stop!

[robbotd5]

Good choice of break controller Pedro. The P3 is about the best on the market and i am very happy with mine. Mine is mounted directly below yours on the swing down cover.
Regards
Robbo

[TerryO]

Good place to mount the ccontroller Pedro, can see it all the time, can reach it in an emergency without taking your eyes off the road and won't smash your leg on it in a crash.

cheers,
Terry

[justinc]

Good place to mount the ccontroller Pedro, can see it all the time, can reach it in an emergency without taking your eyes off the road and won't smash your leg on it in a crash.

cheers,
Terry

this is where we mount all of them in d1 and d2's. much better than under the dash hatch:mad:


jc

[Rok_Dr]

Thanks for the pic Pedro.

Nice to see that a P3 fits neatly there. When I upgrade to a P3 that's where I'll put it!

Cheers

Steve

[TerryO]

Unfortunately you can't fit one in the same position on a D3/4 as there is a vent there. Mine is fitted just to the left of the instrument area. Easy to reach, again easy to see and easy to get to in an emergency.

cheers,
Terry

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Unfortunately you can't fit one in the same position on a D3/4 as there is a vent there. Mine is fitted just to the left of the instrument area. Easy to reach, again easy to see and easy to get to in an emergency.

cheers,
Terry

this post is useless without pics;)

[TerryO]

It's really quite simple Pete, look at your picture and imagine it on the other side of the instrument cluster. ...:p

[Pedro_The_Swift]

so the second solar panel is on,,
and number three battery is in,,

and nothing.
no bells
no whistles
no fireworks
NO flashing lights.

talk about a zero result for a lot of $$ and effort. :angel:;)

[robbotd5]

Go out and fill your water tanks, stock the fridge with beer (and some food) then go to a free camp somewhere and relax for a week or so.....then your investment will start ringing, flashing and blinging.
Regards
Robbo

[Pedro_The_Swift]

yea, robbo,, just done that,,;)
what I have stopped doing,,
in all of 4 days,,
is plugging the anderson plug in from the car to the van.
I figure the van can now stand on its own 4 feet.:ohyes:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Just come back from 4 days at Meandarra, which included the Anzac Service, free tour of the Meandarra Anzac Memorial, tour of Montys Car Museum and tasting the local XXXX,,
Car and van performed faultlessly. Not one thing failed, broke down or didnt work as written on the tin.
We had just bought a new 12V telly (as the previous one had started eating DVD's) only to find Meandarra has no DVB reception:lol2:, luckily I had planned ahead and had a USB drive with ten movies.

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[incisor]

really like that town..

and i love the brown holden...

that and the two tone green fc with the pvc seat covers are the best they ever managed to make :angel: