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Hi Tony Should look at these https://www.natureshead.com.au/solutions/rvs-campers/ I have just installed one in my van yet to try it but composting only needs the poos empting ever 2-3 weeks no more stinky cartridge

We have one of these for over 12 months with no problems it is lot easier to use than having a another receiver to connect to and power up just make sure you get the model that is 12 volt

Have a look Iridium GO you can use your smart phone to connect also check out Pivotel plans these are good because calls to your sat phone are at normal mobile phone rates not sat phone

Good afternoon we have just about to go and pickup our new LC200 it has had the rear end cutoff and a canopy put on it , this has been done by Creative Conversions in Brendale , we have had the GVM upgrade done , it can be done in 2 stages , the first stage is from 3500kg to 3800kg by upgrading suspension , the second stage which is what we have done is wheel and tyre upgrade , suspension upgrade and rear axle reinforcement this takes it to 4200kg GVM with federal approval , talk to Len at Creative he can give you good honest advise

Just to throw a cat among the pigeons , most dual battery sysyems seperate the main cranking battery when the ignition is turned off ( battery isolation) have a look at Traxide http://www.traxide.com.au/ their systems shares the load over all batterys until the voltage drops to a level which is not enough to start your car it then isolates the cranking battery but in the mean time it uses the capacity of all the batteries in the system , it is a lot easier to install as well , also it is worth looking at http://www.hkbelect.com/ these guys replace the alternator fuse which increases the charge voltage by .5v to .6v which in some cases is enough to keep all your batteries charged , i am not associated with these guys at all but i have a new 200 Series being converted in Brisbane ATM , looks a bit criminal as the car has only done 10KM (see picture)

The water heater can run a fan head as well so you can get hot water and heating , also with the XCDUO you can cook on the ceramic cook top then close the lid and use it for heating

Good Morning all We have just been appointed Australian Agent for Wallas diesel heaters and cooktop stoves , one of the best things is that we can now have a diesel cooktop and heater in one http://www.wallas.fi/index.php?id=81 See the link to the Wallas website http://www.wallas.fi/index.php?id=18 We are of to Finland in a few weeks to do some training , i hope its not too cold , we got used to QLD temps while we there a few months ago Also been working on diesel hot water/heating system as well , pretty sure we have got this down pat as well Anyone needing help or info please give me a call zero four one eight 130971 Regards Graeme Yost

Good Morning all We are currently touring QLD with our new 21ft XC3 our tow vehicle is a PX Ford Ranger , it is doing a good job but a little slow on hills , we are going to have a look at a F150 Super Cab as this suits our setup and is not as big as the F250 , as this will be my daily drive i don't want big vehicle , i notice in one of the forums somebody had bought one of the F150 , any comments or help on locating the owner would be appreciated

I have ordered and received my Stone Stomper for our new 21ft XC3 , we are picking it up on the 8th May , i got Graeme at Kedron to measure up and i gave these measurements to Stone Stomper and he has supplied the guard to suit those measurements , we had one on our previous Coromal and found it to be great , lets hope it all fits will keep you posted

Cant have the best of both worlds would have to use a portable cd drive and connect via usb

Hi everybody , Altech UEC have just released 2 new TVs with combined Vast satellite receivers inbuilt into them , so one remote for Vast and free to air TV, also means you can take your TV outside and plug your satellite dish straight into your TV with no need for a VAST top box receiver , they have 2 models 22" which is 12 volt 240 and 32" which is 240 volt only see link below http://www.uec.com.au/au/index.php/products/newvastproducts Regards Graeme and Sue Yost 3 months to go for our new XC3 baby to arrive

We have done our first install of the Genisis diesel hot water system , the basis of the setup is a diesel fired furnace , a buffer tank contain Glycol (radiator coolant) , a plate heat exchanger (for exchanging heat from the Glycol to the water) and a fan head for supplying hot air to warm the van, the fan heads come in either 2.7kw or 5kw for larger motor homes and caravans , the unit on high has a fuel consumption of around .6L per hour , we have found that using a 2.7kw head it warms a 20ft van very well , the biggest advantage is that it uses the one source for both hot water and heating , the system can be fitted with a Webasto german 4kw furnace or a Belief Chinese furnace depending on budget . Output for the hot water side will give you around 12l at 70-80C with a flow rate around 10l per minute , we also fit tempering valves to prevent scalding . I will attach some pictures of the system so you get an idea of how they work , if anybody would like further info just drop me a line buffer tank.tiff heat exchnger.tiff

Hi Rod It was a simple mod , what i did was to take the old plastic vent out cut the louvres out put it in my lathe and bore it out to suit a 2" hi pressure water socket , i then glued a peice of pipe in the socket and used a 2" high pressure cap to push over the end of the pipe , this just slides on , the socket is then Sika Flexed into the bored out vent

Hi Lyn and Brenton thanks for the info i did the mod on the range hood vent so that i didn't have to gaffer tape it every time i hit a dusty road , i think rear kitchens are worse , i have left a modified vent with Kedron for our new XC3 so they can install it from new , its simple but it works , i glad that the Waeco works well in high temps , being in Tassie the lack of solar input in winter means that we end up with flat batteries after 2 days with no solar input , so our new van will have 4 x 140w panels plus 3 x 120 amp batteries , may be a bit of an overkill in sunny QLD but not in Tassie , would be happy to do the mods for the range hood at cost if anybody wants them

Thanks Danny Much appreciated , we will now carry the parts in stock so quicker turn around time , the repair is not rocket science so would be happy to supply parts to do the repair if people are handy , the cost to return to me and send back is around $40 and labour about $60 if people don't want to do it themselves , if it is only a service then it is around $350 that includes new glow plug ,gaskets , glow plug screen and labour , happy to quote if people are interested , thanks again for the feedback

Good morning all On our last Top Ender with a rear kitchen we had a major problem with dust being sucked in through the range hood vent rather than tape up the vent i modified the existing vent with a 50mm high pressure water socket and cap , the original design was to make up an aluminium mounting flange which took quite some time , my last design was to use the original black vent and put it into my lathe and bore it out to suit the socket and then use sikaflex to seal it in place , i painted the cap black but in hindsight white would look better , all i need to do now is to pull the cap of when i need to use the range hood and put it back on to stop all that dust , simple fix see pics

Hi Danny Can you make sure you send the pump as well will need to check this to

Yep we did the same in our old TOP ENDER with a BOSE boom box but found that when i went to use it was flat etc using this its more permanent it is hard wired in and left permanently plugged in , just turn the radio on and it works , no wires cables etc , i am a bit of a tech nerd LOL also you don't have to buy another speaker setup , it has 16 frequency so unlikely that another station will interfere with it , we sold our TOP ENDER and now waiting for our new XC3 to be built not due till April 2015 , then of to FNQ for 3 months , cant wait

Hi Everyone We found that every time we wanted to watch TV the speakers from the TV where hard to hear and we needed to have the TV turned up to full volume so we could hear it better , it may be that i am a bit deaf LOL , i found a FM transmitter that plugs into the headphone outlet on the TV and transmits a FM signal to the van radio , just set the radio to the frequency to the transmitter frequency and the TV audio plays through the van radio , it works a treat , the transmitter has a range of about 10M we can supply the transmitter and the connection cable for $70 plus postage, the transmitter needs a 12volt power supply and comes with 3.5 mm audio cable to plug into the tv

We aim to please , i came across this simple fix a few months ago it it works well so we now include it in all our self install kits , glad it works and thanks for the feed back Regards Graeme Yost

SORRY ALL ELDERLY MOMENT CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY OWN PHONE NUMBER 0418 130971 Admin edit: Graeme, I have amended your phone number in the above post as folk may not see this correction. Good luck with it all.

HI Pete Thanks for the call the other day , a couple of things to do is firstly make sure any insulation you have put around the pump is not touching any metal , if it does it will transmit some noise through the chassis , check and see if you have one of the rubber mounts as shown in the picture , use 2 right angle rubber ends on the fuel pump inlet and outlet they need to be opposed in the direction ie 1 up 1 down see pic , also where the fuel line is attached to the chassis insulate with foam in a large p clip , i will attach some pictures so you get the idea , give me a call if you wish to discuss 0418 130971

I came across this bulletin from Webasto about quieting the ticking noise from the heater fuel pumps , i tried it on our Top Ender and it made quite a difference to the noise level , see bulletin attached pump noise.tiff It consists of 2 parts as rubber fuel pump mounting attachment fuel pump mount.tiff and 2 rubber 90 degree elbows rubber hose.tiff I also insulated the fuel line hose with rubber so that the noise from the fuel pump wasn't transmitted through the fuel line to the chassis , make sure the fixing points are at least 200mm from both sides of the pump , some Kedrons may allreeady have the rubber pump mount on them The cost of the rubber mounts are $28 and the elbows are $7 each plus postage for more info give me a call 0418130971 email gyost@toolstas.com.au

HI EVERYONE WE HAVE ON ORDER A 21FT XC3 DELIVERY IN MAY , THE MAIN REASON FOR THE XC3 IS WEIGHT AS WE ARE TOWING WITH A PX FORD RANGER WHICH SUITS OUR TRAVELS AS WE USE IT WITH A CAMPER BODY , ANY COMMENTS RE THE CHOICE BETWEEN XC3 AND ATV WOULD BE GOOD , I THINK THE BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 IS 25MM VERSUS 40MM WALL MATERIAL AND SUSPENSION , ANY COMMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Info from Christian at Stone Stomper , i will be fitting one to our new van