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  • in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148199
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148142
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148149
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148151
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148172
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148159
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148161
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148164
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148171
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148174
    Bluebird
    Participant

    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148185
    Bluebird
    Participant

    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148213
    Bluebird
    Participant

    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148211
    Bluebird
    Participant

    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Removing a Fiamma recessed table base – help! #148193
    Bluebird
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    Floor base
    Hello there

    These floor bases are usually just held down with a ring of screws (visible around the top?) although they might have rusted to the floor over time. The base itself is made of aluminium, so it won’t have rusted in itself – although road salts might have attacked it and caused it to corrode and the dissimilar metals to react and sieze the screws over the years too.

    Most manufacturers just cut a rough hole through the floor when they fit these and the base is clearly visible below. If you locate it, you should be able to verify that it is just screwed down. WD40 both sides and patience to unscrew; then a big hammer and brute force to knock the screws through if that doesn’t work should do the trick. You shouldn’t need any special tools and you should be able to reuse it without any problem. If not, they are readily available in camping stores and cheap on ebog.

    Good luck, I had a couple of Midi vans a few years ago and found them very enjoyable and practical vans to run – nice to know at least one has survived.

    in reply to: Wife Doesn’t Do Camper Vans!! #149187
    Bluebird
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    Tachograph
    Hello there

    A tachograph is only necessary if the vehicle is to be used for commercial purposes. If the use is entirely private then you can forget it, as you no longer have restrictions on your driving hours (or a boss to check them afterwards and a potential fine..!)

    You might find that the tacho will need a sheet installed behind the speedo or it will give you odd readings – often the needle will jump right around the dial and stay there. I’ve had a few in the past like this – others have been fine without anything.

    Hope this helps

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