You WON'T BELIEVE what was WRONG with our Motorhome - Channel Update - March

[@felicitylaxton3623]

Hi guys, excellent information on your channel I’m looking for the video you did replacing the struts for the bed in your Hymer as I need them thanks again Cliff

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks, Cliff 👍👍 Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqabYWiQltiLjck

[@kevinadam9944]

Thanks for all the videos. I have just discovered you. I have a very similar van, mine is a 2001 Hymer B584 and I have had lots of the same issues, (such as the strut top bearings going bad and the steering not going back to the centre after a turning). I've not had the 5th gear problem (yet) but mine is a lot rustier than yours is, maybe because it has spent it's life on salt sprayed roads in Scotland. Like you I have a go at fixing stuff if I can, so I replay all the fix it videos over and over. I just welded together the mounts for the front cross member as they had rusted away.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Glad to hear it, Kevin and welcome to the channel. The front cross member is a bolt on part which can be found on ebay (that's where I got ours).

[@vansforthememories]

🤭 We did have a giggle at the bearing, what a palava 😱 It’s funny the things people ask to review isn’t it, we’re only a tiny channel & we get offered daft things to review too. I hope you had a great weekend 😎 Em & G 💜

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @vansforthememories 👍👍

[@PK_Blinder]

I've just replaced all my front suspension and top mounts last week... Thankfully, I ordered everything new from Coastal, so I know my bearings are fitted.. 😉😂

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Fantastic news, @PK_Blinder 👍👍

[@PK_Blinder]

@HermanHitstheRoad and I did the same as you and lost gearbox oil when doing the nearside strut... 😉

[@yanmills]

Hi It's MAD MILLS (because I was so angry about the motorhome) Thanks for putting our story out there. My first trip out in the MoHo to test out the work on the shower room did not go to plan 😢 The shower worked well with no leaks. But on my mountain bike ride at my favourite trails I had chest pain & shortness of breath & called off my mountain bike ride & went back to the MoHo (that was on the Saturday) on the Monday I went to work were I was put in the back of an ambulance & blue lights to Shrewsbury hospital where I spent 2 days in A&E & 5 days on a ward then moved to Telford hospital were I spent 5 days & had a ultrasound a angiogram & a CT scan all clear & sent home to rest up for 7 days before going back to work. Now I am just looking out the window at the MoHo & planning our next trip. Hopefully next month to Scotland all being well.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Well that is good news 😀 followed by bad news, @yanmills 🙁 Thanks for letting us know and I hope you're OK and it doesn't happen again

[@Wheres_wanda_wandering]

Glad that you have sorted Herman’s issue and that the drive is much better. Take care Gill

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @Wheres_wanda_wandering 👍👍

[@Oldguydosestuff]

I like your honesty, easy mistake to make with old dirty corroded parts 🙈

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks for commenting, @Oldguydosestuff. I hope you enjoyed the video?

[@drexelspivey6472]

Thanks for the video always interesting but I’d say you should get Chas to pay for the new suspension job , I’m sure I saw him sniggering when he hid the original bearing 😂

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@webgibs]

Like your comments Ads keep up the great blogs .. no jewellery 😀an honest response 👍...looks like a good fishing lake ?

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @webgibs 👍👍. BTW it's a no fishing lake full of carp!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

I got the plastic boxes, I thought they'd be ideal for a motorhome garage, until I saw the tiny tray compartments, ideal for jewelry. 😁 You do wonder what the marketing people are thinking sometimes. Glad to hear you got the suspension sorted in the end. Easy to miss that bearing as you probably concentrating on the more obvious suspension parts.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @BobEarnshawMoHo 👍👍.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

Ads. If you ever get asked to review whiskies ( Scotch, Irish, English, Welsh, Bourbon whatever....I'm not fussed ) don't just ignore them. Give us a call eh?👍🏻 🥃.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣. I'll let you know, @HerbertDuckshort. In fact I'll let you know with a video 🤣🤣.

[@mpjkea2000]

Hello, glad you are not reviewing everything that you are sent. I just turn off when seeing bikes, power banks etc. I think KZbin actually knows when people just turn off or flit through the video. As for the cardboard loo, there is not really a difference between dog poo or human poo. Bins are supplied for dogs, but many bins are for " mixed" general waste. When working as a campsite warden 6 dog bins were bought but this was classed as hazardous waste which meant to empty the bins we had to be booted and suited to empty them, consequently the were never used. PS thanks for not showing bikes and power banks.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @mpjkea2000 👍👍 . I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I did consider dog waste in bins but human waste just didn't seem right to me.

[@mpjkea2000]

@@HermanHitstheRoad I wonder about the Loos that compost in a motorhome? To me double bagged human or Animal which we are, poo is no different. Birds, foxes, rabbits etc. It's the motorhomers that empty cassettes wherever that maybe.

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

Brilliant! Glad you got that sorted. I'm in Morocco and debating whether or not a street mechanic could handle this job. They definitely need that thing which will assemble the spring strut and top mount altogether. Not sure if they have that. Also they're very greasy and dirty people so would probably make a mess of the interior. Other option is to go to a proper garage in Marrakech I think I might do that. Anyways thanks for the update and cheers I'm looking forward to that smooth steering!

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks for commenting, @surfreadjumpsleep. I hope you enjoyed the video?

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

@@HermanHitstheRoad so very good. It's so incredibly helpful to have another opinion and source of information about how the heck this motorhome works. Thank you

[@JohnnyBurr]

Lol! Don’t forget the bearing! That another thing to add to the list of things not to forget!1😂😂😂

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Hahaha thanks @JohnnyBurr 👍👍

[@Simon_W74]

Mad Miles Story makes me feel kind of better about the troubles we have had with Nessa over the the years. With Intercooler pipe having a very neat split in it, then the Alternator Control Module not putting out enough voltage to allow the gearbox to work, which left us stranded on the one way system in Oban for 6 hours. Then Last years Break down with the Gearbox not being able to work. Fixed with a Brand new Box. Hopefully the cost of that on it's own will make Mad Mile feel better about his long list of troubles. as it came in at £6000. I felt sick when they told me the final bill. Since bringing Nessa home we haven't even planned to any trips away in her, which we would have done by now. This year I am now wondering what else will go wrong or will we have a fault free year if she does get off the drive other than our Mull holiday in the Summer. The Gearbox is because some absolute Darwin Award winner put break fluid in the box.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

WHAT!!??! BRAKE FLUID IN THE GEARBOX!?!?🤬🤬🤬 How did you work that out?!

[@yanmills]

Hi it's MAD MILLS Sounds like you have had a time of it as well. I know how you feel about not using the motorhome. I was the same then my wife said let's just use it locally for a few trips. ( we are lucky that we have mountain biking trails & walking trails quite close to us with in an hours drive) so have worked our way up to longer & longer trips. Hope you feel up to using it again

[@Simon_W74]

@@yanmills Hi Yan. We will use Nessa again at some point, nothing has been booked yet. We have not long been away to Whitby and will be heading to Anglesey in the Easter Holidays. Both are holiday Cottage holidays. I guess we have the up and downs of owning older motorhomes. She has certainly had a good few quid spend on her, new rear shocks and serval new parts and a bit of welding to get her through her MOT last year. Then the initial work at another garage to get her drivable to then have her properly fixed with a new Gearbox and hydraulic pump that works the gear selector, as she is based on a Mercedes Sprinter with their know problem child the Sprintshift gearbox that is basically a manual gearbox but made to look like an Automatic in the cab. Lovely to drive when they work. Any slight drop in voltages to the box and it’s a semi automatic that will change down on its own if you forget, but will not change up if you forget. Have driven from Scotland to Norfolk like that.

[@Simon_W74]

@@HermanHitstheRoad I have know idea other than Gearbox oil has a different colour and smell to break fluid. I don’t even know if you can test oils to determine what you have in front of you. I can only go by what the Mercedes Truck and Van mechanics have said. It isn’t good for the gearbox or hydraulic pump that operates the gear selector. I mentioned their finding to my mechanic that normally works on Nessa and he said that they should replace the gearbox as the bearing would have been compromised as they were not running with the correct lubrication, which also damaged the hydraulic pump. Which you can’t get a oem replacement for without the gearbox. Luckily it needed both I guess.

[@CraftyCampervanners]

“We forgot” 😂 to put the bearing back on! Oooops 😮

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Yup! 🤣 Thanks @CraftyCampervanners 👍👍 🤣

[@jimstelfox6120]

I nearly bought a fiat based Autotrail from a dealer it was low miles and had a lot of extras I was looking for, we settled on the price and paid a deposit. I went away and delved a bit more into its history, I had failed 3 MOT’s in one year all on rust so I went back and had a look, it was horrendous rust and patches everywhere. I had a conversation with the owner and I swapped interest to a Peugeot based compass Motorhome, same layout but no extras it had a shiny clean chassis with no noticeable wear on the inside, a full complete service history with cam belt and tyres changed. Its mileage is 23,000 not to bad for a 2005

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Wow, that sounds amazing, @jimstelfox6120. I think you dodged a bullet there with the first motorhome 👍👍

[@lynnmic1417]

The composting toilet is a weird one, I’ve had adverts on my Facebook for something similar but they are advertising that if you bag it you can just put it in the bin 😱 no thanks. Also we are currently in Spain and while walking the dogs I noticed a French registered motorhome stop by a piece of waste ground and proceeded to take out his cassette and empty it behind some pallets on the waste ground no wonder we get so much bad press.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Terrible! Terrible Terrible! 😞 🤬🤮 Thanks for commenting, @lynnmic1417. I hope you enjoyed the video?

[@cloggsy1971]

Wow 😮 Who knew… Bearings are SO overrated 🤣😂

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Hahaha 🤣🤣 yes, they are, @cloggsy1971 👍👍

[@alanhat5252]

2:32 that bottle jack is operated by compressed air, almost certainly between 80psi & 200psi - can you provide it's air supply?

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Of course, @alanhat5252 as long as you have a compressor which can do that. However, I don't have one.

[@ambydaly5713]

That is a faulty strut, not a steering fault. It just shows up on the steering. Good luck.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @ambydaly5713 but there is nothing wrong with the strut. It's only a few years old so practically new.

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

Hi Ads. I think they want doing on my Mazda Bongo. I am going to ask the garage to check them next MOT. Ps any product reviews. Electrical or Electronic give them my details etc. George

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

I'm sure your MOT station will be checking the suspension, @MakeDoAndMend1. Thanks for commenting 👍👍

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

Hi I'm at the echanic now changing the top strut outns and those bearings. the new bearings were a very tight fit? so much that they don't seem to rotate on the plate

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

I wouldn't know, @surfreadjumpsleep. Are you sure you have the correct parts? Sorry I can't help more.

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

I had the fast parts and also a general Euro parts maker (can't remember the brand). Both of them had to be sort of forced into that ring that holds them at the top of the plate. So I just wonder how they actually rotate in there. The original parts had plastic & the plastic side was apparently down. @@HermanHitstheRoad

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

Seems to work nicely!

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

That's great news 👍👍

[@surfreadjumpsleep]

@@HermanHitstheRoad car is running great thanks to you and your channel. I wouldn't have even known about these parts. Thanks to you I have replaced front wheel bearings, rear drum brake mechanisms and cylinder, strut top mounts and bearings, and front disc pads. I've also replaced front brake hoses, And once I had a bit of a disaster with accidentally breaking open at hard brake line, so had some copper nickel tube cut and ends flared.. routed up there myself.. not beautiful but gets the job done! People want me to get an apartment but why would I??

[@lynmoore8355]

So can you do a product review on the Osmo Pocket 3 as I am thinking of getting one, I have the osmo pocket 1 ..

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

I'd love to, @lynmoore8355 but I don't have the Pocket 2 which is brilliant IMHO. It fixes all the problems the Pocket 1 had.

[@douglasgower7625]

hi ads, just a quick one hope you don't mind but we are newbies, can you tell me where the drain valve is for the water heater is , just got hold of a B584 1994 Hymer, thanks in advance.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Hi @douglasgower7625, you'll find the drain valve near the boiler. My very old video explains how to prepare your motorhome for winter including the locations of the value and taps. I hope it helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoG6imWHgbiqntEsi=0XQDkkQsTa2CSvMR

[@motoringmasons]

Glad you got it sorted.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @motoringmasons 👍👍

[@karlmabe1649]

That chaps motorhome shocking

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks @karlmabe1649 👍👍

[@Me-ie8gl]

Self mechanichin is a problem in its self as you just don't know stuff. So take it to somwone who does...........it pays in the long term😂

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Thanks for commenting, @Me-ie8gl. I hope you enjoyed the video?

[@alanjackson4646]

I have followed you for several years but I will just scroll by your ridiculous thumbnails from now on.

[@HermanHitstheRoad]

Sorry to hear that, @alanjackson4646. I'm not sure what you mean by ridiculous though. Thanks for watching and following us.