Some of us are still on.a hosepipe ban !!
What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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Thankfully we didn't have anything like that up here in Scotland!
What a beast of a vehicle. That’s looks impressive what is it?
This is just a chemical reaction with iron or steel. It is not removing it washing does that whither you spray it or not.
It reacts with the Fe2O3 (rust) to produce the purple complex. The purple stuff is much more water soluble than rust, and also much easier to see. This means the particles either dissolve completely if they are small enough, or they are less stuck. Then as you say you rinse it off.
The purple complex then eventually decomposes to FeO, iron sulphate and sodium sulphate, so you need to rinse it off before this happens as the iron oxide isn’t particularly soluble either.
What product are you using?
I had a quick look on Google and found swimming pool & patio cleaners.
I've got the odd patch of rust appearing around my pop top's stainless steel brackets so I suspect the swarf wasnt cleaned up properly. However, I'd rather not use the wrong chemical and strip the paint off...
Hi @Mule I use this from Autobrite, works wellWhat product are you using?
I had a quick look on Google and found swimming pool & patio cleaners.
I've got the odd patch of rust appearing around my pop top's stainless steel brackets so I suspect the swarf wasnt cleaned up properly. However, I'd rather not use the wrong chemical and strip the paint off...
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This is the one I got.What product are you using?
I had a quick look on Google and found swimming pool & patio cleaners.
I've got the odd patch of rust appearing around my pop top's stainless steel brackets so I suspect the swarf wasnt cleaned up properly. However, I'd rather not use the wrong chemical and strip the paint off...
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It’s a joke. We are the same and had a burst water main on our road. Pouring up through the tarmac and running down the road like a river. Water board put cones round it and left it for 6 weeks before repairing it.
But at least I’ve saved a few litres by washing my van with a bucket.
Thanks will do.
The seller has responded via Amazon Returns and asked me to charge it up via USB-C and then try the AC DC5521 charger again
I did as they asked but unsurprisingly this has made no difference. Sent them a reply to that effect and these this afternoon…..
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My refund has come through from Amazon Marketplace for the faulty AllPowers. The seller (JonersEU) has said…
“As for the product,you could recycle and dispose of power station in accordance with local regulation and do not need to return to us.”
So I have had a full refund (£500) and have a defective unit.
I took it to bits (4x long Allen bolts from the bottom) and could immediately see 3x blade fuses soldered onto the circuit board. I tested all three with a meter and they are all OK.
It is the AC/DC charging circuit that has gone bad - it blew my fuse on the ignition live feed used to trickle charge it and now it does nothing at all.
However, it does still charge via the USBC PD mains charger but this is only 60W vs 100W via the AC/DC input.
I could technically buy one of these and hard wire it into the van on the ignition live feed and carry on using it - although trickle charging would take longer.
Or I could look at another make of portable battery bank or a permanent leisure battery install. I could also sell the faulty unit on fleabay for a couple of hundred quid.
I am undecided.
Lol it's a Lamb in beasts clothing. Toyota GT86 Blanco edition.
Fun car on twisty stuff but not quite enough go for the straights.
Now being sole on as I have a new project in my head but I had to see it to the end of what I intended first.
LOVE your layout with bed/seat at side, not the usual r'n'r arrangement.
That's what I want but cannot justify ripping out an entire professional conversion and changing things around
Thanks. its all bespoke and my old mans idea. I wanted that rear store for bikes inside the van so meant I had to rearrange things and have the bed on the right. its not for travel or passengers though. but I have so much storage now for camping, hiking and cycling gear which was what I was after. its all removable too as fixed to lashing points or hidden bolt holes.LOVE your layout with bed/seat at side, not the usual r'n'r arrangement.
That's what I want but cannot justify ripping out an entire professional conversion and changing things around
ideally I would have wanted a RnR so i can carry passengers and have an easier bed, but its only for me so not that fussed.
yes, if you have a decent conversion already, no point ripping it out and wasting all that money!
Fitted 4 new Michelin Cross Climate 2, 235/55/R17 103Y XL on to my Devonports. Got them from black circles at £138 a corner fitted at my local shop.
Warning rant below:
However, I had a massive lecture from the fitters for several reasons,
1) because they were different size to the original continental 215/60/R17s on there, however 235/55/R17 is a also a VW size for that exact alloy, its even on the door sticker!
2) apparent the new size would throw the speedo out, the abs wouldn't like it and the ACC radar would need re calibration??
3) They are car tyres not van tyres, even though they are correctly load rated for my T30. I even called Michelin technical before I ordered to ask what the difference was between the Agilis Cross Climate vs Cross Climate 2, obviously the Agilis is rated 109 vs 103 but both sufficient for T30. All they could advise was one was for van and other for cars however if the load rating is sufficient surely this is the important bit?? The Agillis has added kerbing protection etc and I get it if your running a large crafter or somthing similar but the tyre doesn't know what its attached to, and you why would one be fine for a 3 ton Range Rover but not for a 3 ton van??
Am I missing something here???
anyway pictures here, because we all like pictures. (excuse the dirty van, shameful I know)
Warning rant below:
However, I had a massive lecture from the fitters for several reasons,
1) because they were different size to the original continental 215/60/R17s on there, however 235/55/R17 is a also a VW size for that exact alloy, its even on the door sticker!
2) apparent the new size would throw the speedo out, the abs wouldn't like it and the ACC radar would need re calibration??
3) They are car tyres not van tyres, even though they are correctly load rated for my T30. I even called Michelin technical before I ordered to ask what the difference was between the Agilis Cross Climate vs Cross Climate 2, obviously the Agilis is rated 109 vs 103 but both sufficient for T30. All they could advise was one was for van and other for cars however if the load rating is sufficient surely this is the important bit?? The Agillis has added kerbing protection etc and I get it if your running a large crafter or somthing similar but the tyre doesn't know what its attached to, and you why would one be fine for a 3 ton Range Rover but not for a 3 ton van??
Am I missing something here???
anyway pictures here, because we all like pictures. (excuse the dirty van, shameful I know)
