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Sikaflex 512 was recomended to me to seal joints and its what I used to install my Heki rooflights and they have'nt leaked and believe me they have certainly been tested to the limit these last few months.
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clipped ... On the subject of the Panel Van Conversion Forum I think many of us rather resent the fact that we come at the bottom of the bottom forum. In fact it is probable that many quick browsers will never find us.
And is there any reason why Panel Van Conversions are all lumped together? After all there is a long list of makers names before we appear at the end-Is not Trigano a makers name?
Personally I think it would be better if our Forum section was installed under the Mech/Tech heading higher up, rather than on its own at the end.
Sorry, rant over
BTW doesn't this rash of problems and niggles, (not only the Tribute-I see other much more expensive vans with problems here) show the value of this forum-No sooner does a problem appear on MHF than we rush outside to check our own van.
Until I asked for it there wasn't a panel van forum at all and I saw it as a catch all for those of us with low population vans.
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Due gratitude Frank, and I wouldn't really disagree with that.
As the Tribute is a high volume new vehicle there is naturally lots of talk about their shortcomings so we tend to be monopolising the forum at present, but accepting that Panel Van Conversions remains as a single heading for all of us, it is still hard to find.
However in the Community Forums there is a section for American RV's.
I don't wish to pick a fight with them but I feel that there are a hell of a lot more Panel Van Conversions about the UK than RV's.
So could we not have our generic section in the main Forum with them?
You will find that our discussions are not just mechanical and technical, so why not?
It is a motorhome site as Harvey pointed out recently, Panel Van Conversions are a rapidly growing percentage of motorhomes as many people downsize, so it is likely to be a popular section for visitors to the site-if they can find us. Hence more members
Come on lads, back me up here.
Paul
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Sikaflex 512 was recomended to me to seal joints and its what I used to install my Heki rooflights and they have'nt leaked and believe me they have certainly been tested to the limit these last few months.
On these forums you often see Sikaflex 512 mentioned but it doesn't stick to some plastics. It does stick very well to some others and to metal though. This gives a problem when used to secure roof lights/vents to a metal roof. If the sealant doesn't stick to the plastic you have a real problem revoing the sealanr from the metal before using a non-setting mastic instead. Hoses should IMO be dry fitted.
On the matter of seperate forums I use the forum summary page as the start point for reading/skimming all interesting posts. you can see the last 10, 20, 100 or 1000 that way. If you only go into the individual forums you may miss stuff.
For example its not just panel van conversions that have the problem that started this thread, a kontiki had similar not so long ago. So where to put it? You could make a case for it to be in several forums. If it was about sticking plastic to metal bodies then this would be the perfect forum..... only...... some RVs and big euros have metal skins.
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I agree with the others who have mentioned that the Tribute should have its own section.
We traded in our Autosleeper Trooper to buy our Tribute 550. It was just a panel van - Autosleeper have their own section, why not Tribute.
Autosleeper have a lot of panel van models as do various other makers.
Because of the prices Autosleeper are asking nowadays, plus other makers, I would think the Tribute will be more popular once the niggles are sorted out.
I wonder if they read this forum. It would certainly give them something to think about!!
Jacobite
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Well I have said it before, I think the Tribute needs its own Forum as high up the tree as it can get. I'm not sure about calling it Trigano though which was suggested somewhere as we will get the Tents, caravans and what ever else they make, bit like calling it Fiat I guess.
I dismissed this site when I first found it because all I could see was the American RV Forum, I had got bored of looking at the headings and did not get to the bottom of the pile!
If you look at some of the makes that have their own Forums some of our individual posts have more reads than their total combined reads!.
Are the forums based on the Founder Members interests ?
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This subject has now been highlighted for months yet what I find strange is the total silence from the people who make the decisions. I would hope all would accept any decision as long as it is backed up with reasons, and yet as I have commented on before, Total silence.?
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This subject has now been highlighted for months yet what I find strange is the total silence from the people who make the decisions. I would hope all would accept any decision as long as it is backed up with reasons, and yet as I have commented on before, Total silence.?
Hi grumpyman
If you are refering to having a seperate forum what you do is send a pm to nukeadmin. He is the only one that can change things. Leaving a request on the forums like this presupposes he reads every forum - he doesn't, few do.
If you don't mean that well sorry for butting in but you have lost me.
Oh and PS if you do want your own section you stand the chance of non-tribute/trigano owners ignoring the forum and they might have been able to answer your question or at least contribute to an answer.
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[quote="As you can see from the pic it is the filler pipe thats leaking. I undid the pipe and pushed it further on and tightened the clip but it still leaks. What is happening is the type of pipe used is designed to be uncrushable hence not the best choice for the job. I am now leaving it until tomorrow and get a different type of pipe as it still leaks after several attempts to fasten it.[/quote]
Hi
Have a look at this website. You will see a double wire waterhose clip. I bought a pond filter a few weeks back which came with these type of clips. They fit into the grooves of the pipe and do not require as much tightening as the clips that you have and do not crush the pipe. They make an excellent seal.
Teljoy
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and I saw it as a catch all for those of us with low population vans.
