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#626 Re: Maintenance » Front door security - Expert 1.9d 2002 » 2016-03-23 18:49:03

What I was thinking off was to pick up the central locking signal, and then after a few seconds short out the wire going to the switch in the door. This would allow the central locking to work as normal except that lifting the snib on a door would only open that door - so if someone opened the drivers door, the side and rear doors would stay locked.
Maybe I'm being a little paranoid, or maybe there is an easier way to secure the van when we are sleeping.

#627 Maintenance » Front door security - Expert 1.9d 2002 » 2016-03-23 12:01:53

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When we were parked up at an aire in Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer last year, some of the locals thought that they would have a go at breaking into some of the motorhomes. Surprisingly they had a go at our van, with a thud that woke me up at about 5am. Hearing nothing more I went back to sleep.
When we got up in the morning, I found the drivers door lock plastic surround on the ground. Looking at the damage, it looked like someone had placed a screwdriver under the lock and hit it - just once, before moving on to the next victim.

I wondered how this technique was supposed to work, and I can only think that they were trying to bounce the the contacts on the switch that closes when the door snib is down. I'm assuming that if the contacts open, then the whole central locking system will open.
Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree - but if this is the case then I'm thinking that it might be better to disable this feature.

#628 Re: Camper Conversions » Peugeot Expert WAV Conversion » 2016-03-19 18:22:34

Casper wrote:

That Google blogspot you use. How do you get page two, three etc to show up on the right. I add a page and publish yet nothing shows up on the page one link. I have  to add a page two url as the bottom of page one what looks tacky.

If you go to the blog design and click the layout button on the left, you can add a "pages" gadget  to the sidebar.
Its probably more useful to create pages rather than posts.

#629 Re: Camper Conversions » Peugeot Expert WAV Conversion » 2016-03-18 17:12:23

Well we do pack a lot because we tend to go away for long periods. Last years trip lasted for 150 days.
The bed is 1.04m which is narrow. I'm 5'10" 75kg and the wife is about 5", and we have no problem with the space. In fact we can pretty much spend the night without touching each other - we have been married a long time. The key to this was fitting in the compressor fridge, which dictates the rest of the design. An alternative may be to fit a chest fridge underneath the seat - using the extra space where the wheelchair ramp was.
Here's a link to the bed frame page  http://blue-van.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/bed.html
I did put in 2 swivel seats - but in practice the passenger seat never gets turned around.

Dolomite, the build log was primarily for my own reference, so its not laid out in a user friendly way, but if you wanted pictures of some specific details I can do that. I did some more tweaks over the winter and intend to do some more photos shortly.

Tiree, yes the shade worked very well, especially when we had light rain - we could still cook and eat outside. The only change for this year is an upgrade to adjustable steel poles to help when the rain is heavy.

#630 Re: Camper Conversions » Peugeot Expert WAV Conversion » 2016-03-18 15:54:28

My conversion was an Expert WAV also. I did a bit of a build log, mainly to remind myself what I did and where I sourced the bits.
The website is http://blue-van.blogspot.co.uk/ you might get a few ideas from it.

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