Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:31:26 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Pop top side bar lift?
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Hi Dave,
Have you ever tried someone’s pop top that has the lift assist? I only ask because I have almost forgotten the days without them. Recently I did a pop top on a friends van and had forgotten all my tricks for getting it up and down. I managed, including balancing it on my head to tuck in fabric.
We are not getting any younger. A top that is super light feeling and rests where you need it might be that one upgrade to make life a lot easier.
I use the light struts as I don’t have things on the roof.
Eric Caron
> On Jul 27, 2022, at 11:27 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Original. Works fine for me. I do stand on a step stool to get better
> leverage for the lift (I'm vertically challenged, and also don't have the
> strength I used to). But the lift works fine, and lowering is fine, too.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:03 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Too bad, I was hoping that would work for you.
>> Do you have the pop top assist or still the original set up?
>>
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 27, 2022, at 6:30 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Eric, I cannot make the lift using the side bars. There is not enough
>>> leverage for me to do the lift that way, given the breadth of the
>> reach. I
>>> do not wish to try lifting one side and then the other. So, I stood in
>> the
>>> center of the floor, reached out to both sides to the side bars, and
>> tried
>>> lifting. I can't budge the top, though I can easily lift it from the
>>> center bar. The Campmobile manual describes using the center bar for the
>>> lift.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 8:05 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>
>>>> Did you try lifting from the side bars just under the round piece the
>>>> horizontal bar connects to?
>>>>
>>>> Again I have the assist struts so that may be a factor.
>>>>
>>>> Eric Caron
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 24, 2022, at 10:35 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like it does a good job. Congratulations.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 3:30 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At home all day today, warm day now in the afternoon and I’m drenched
>> in
>>>>>> sweat from yard work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But….
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At noon I turned on the fridge , dc power. The inside van temp was 28,
>>>> the
>>>>>> inside fridge temp was 25. Van in the sun, fridge side of the van
>> facing
>>>>>> south.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At one o’clock , fridge temp was 3.0. Of course this is empty fridge
>>>> and
>>>>>> not pulling down the temp of non pre chilled comestibles. The temp in
>>>> the
>>>>>> fridge seems to range from 0 to 3 at this setting. Again the temp
>> swing
>>>> due
>>>>>> to no thermal mass inside.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the point is, it cools down fairly fast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just another bit of anecdotal evidence :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 23, 2022, at 9:11 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alistair, What about fit? Dimensions a close replacement for the
>> stock
>>>>>> refrigerator? It is quite a bit bigger, inside volume (cooled space).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 6:55 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah I went over. I’ve installed a Dometic CRX-50 fridge. And I
>>>>>>> repurposed the stock fridge vent .
>>>>>>>
>>>> https://shufti.blog/2022/07/23/vanagon-stock-fridge-vent-delete-option/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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