Wall refinements

A few days later I continue working on the wall: add a few horizontal wooden bars to provide stability and points for attaching shelves.
I mount the whole wall outside and then bring it into the bus. This avoids cutting and drilling inside the bus, where the dust would accumulate.

Then I put wooden cladding on the front face of the wall:

Beginning some interior work

I began to use MDF board to construct the interior. The first project would be to have two vertical walls behind the seats, to separate the "passenger compartment" where one sits while driving, from the living compartment where one is when staying somewhere.

I did make use of the floor railings and attached the walls on these rails, so that one would be able to move these walls later.

First I created a cut-out around a floor socket which looks like it is for a table. This socket had been under seats and was not used for its intended purpose. I was not able to remove it, the screws were very tight. So I left it in place and cut the floor board around it.

The leisure battery #1 is located behind the double seat on the right-hand side of the vehicle.

In the picture above the heater outlet can be seen. This outlet actually does work: when it is switched on, it produces warm air from the vehicle engine coolant which is led through it.

It is getting dark. The vertical post is attached to the floor board outside of the bus, then the board is carried into the bus and is attached to the floor railings. This is for the wall on the right-and side of the vehicle:

New washer liquid cover

The cover for the washer liquid was missing. I got a new one for £5, which is originally for Citroen Saxo, Xsara, C4, C5 Peugeot 106, 206, 207, 406, 307. I had looked at the diameter, and it was the correct one.

Door top cusion

The entry door is quite low, one has to bow down a bit. I already have bumped my head a few times. So I decided to place a foam cushion at the top of the door opening, so that the head bump would be softer.

LED interior light

The lights over the door, which switch on when one of the doors is opened, are very weak. So I decided to add an LED light, which is much brighter than the original. The wiring was a bit tricky - I wanted to preserve the functionality of the switch next to the original light, which allows to override the automatic setting and switch the light either on or off, independent of the door open or closed.

It works OK, but one shall not touch the light anymore, because the wiring is a bit precarious and not very stable.

The difference in brightness can be seen here:

Driving every evening around in Leeds

In order to charge the weak battery, I have decided to do a run with the bus every evening. Driving around Leeds, on the Ring Road. This should help to get the battery powered up, so that I no longer have the risk of an empty battery in the morning. And it also re-energises the van, which has not driven very much and needs to be coming out of its lethargy a bit.

Sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes for a full hour (the full circle around Leeds). Am listening to  ClassicFM on the radio while driving.