Join me as I venture back to Scotland in my 2001 LDV Convoy. It's been a fairly easy 7 months of van life so far, and now I go on the search for a challenge. @JoyTheConvoy
Spotted your van in the car park in Spalding last week. We did Scotland a couple of times in a Y reg Master, sold it a couple of months back but miss having the freedom...
What kind of flaws does the 2004 convoy 90hp have, I have one I enjoy it but it's at 53k Miles bought it 6months ago and have had to change the flywheel and clutch, back brakes, left wheel bearing has been giving a lot of trouble so likely needs a who new hub and axle,.abs etc, the ignition barrel got stuck so that needs to be fixed, the air blew it's fuse and now after replacing only blows out cold so debating if it's a few bits to spend money on and then it will be right or if it will be a money pit 🤔 great for lack of rust to must have been stored indoors any insight greatly appreciated
I know it's slightly off topic bit could you fit a higher rated output alternator on your van? A friend of mine had to do that with his van conversion so he could charge his batteries quicker. I had a similar thing in one of my cars (due to a massive sound system) with a manual switch over. Just a thought . I'm guessing you may have already looked into this or already have the highest rated alternator you can? 🤔
As it happens the alternator is fine, it would probably chuck out 70a if the batteries wanted it. The B2B handles the charging and at initial startup I usually see the batteries draw around 40 amps. This current draw drops fairly quickly during the bulk phase of charging, but the rate of decline gets slower and slower. The final charge phase takes the longest, with the batteries drawing only 4-5 amp during the end of the absorption phase, but for HOURS. The problem is simply lead acid technology and how long they take to charge. I've got the power, I just don't have the time haha.
