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How To Install and Fix Stuff on Your Motorhome

Things will break on your motorhome. It’s not the end of the world. These posts are about how we’ve repaired things on our motorhome and how we’ve installed new things like refillable gas systems, SOG units, WiFi receivers etc.

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Replacing the Electric Step Switch on a Hymer Motorhome

July 7, 2025
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Step-by-step instructions for replacing a faulty habitation door electric step switch on a Hymer motorhome.
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Changing the Thermocouple on a Motorhome Fridge

July 2, 2025
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Our motorhome fridge wouldn't stay lit on gas. This post explains how we replaced the thermocouple for the fridge's gas burner.
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Reseal a Leaking Skylight for Under £20

June 12, 2021
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Leaking motorhome or caravan skylight? Here's how to get it watertight again by resealing it with new mastic.
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Respraying The Inside of Our Motorhome’s Habitation Door

May 21, 2021
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Repairing and respraying our motorhome's habitation door, and repairing cracked plastic around the moulded lock cover.
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Boosting Our 4G Internet Speed at Home Using an Outdoor Antenna

May 3, 2021
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Using an outdoors Poynting omni-directional 4G antenna/aerial to boost the internet data signal at a house or static caravan.
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Fixing our Motorhome 3 Way Fridge – Gas Burner Cleaning with No Access to the Lower Vent

September 1, 2020
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Our motorhome fridge refused to stay lit on gas, and we had no access to the lower vent. We fixed it by cleaning it from the top of the flue.
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Our Search For A Replacement Habitation Window For Our Hymer Motorhome

August 17, 2020
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We cracked the habitation window of our Hymer motorhome. Here's how we sourced (with costs and links) and fitted a replacement.
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Our 2020 Motorhome Roaming Internet System

January 14, 2020
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This post describes how we're accessing the internet while roaming abroad in our motorhome in 2020 and how we've bought a Spanish SIM
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Avoid an Expensive Mistake, Mothball Your Motorhome for Winter

November 18, 2019
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We've damanged our motorhome in the past by not preparing it for winter storage. Follow our steps to avoid doing the same, and how to revive it in spring.
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DIY Repair and Respray of a Hymer Motorhome Bumper

September 4, 2019
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These are the steps we took to repair cracks in our Hymer motorhome front bumper and to respray it, fixing bubbling paint and lacquer.
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Replacing the micro switch on a SOG unit

Repairing a Motorhome Thetford Toilet SOG Unit without Breaking the Bank

April 8, 2019
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Our motorhome Thetford SOG Unit works brilliantly at stopping smells. The micro-switch broke recently though, but we repaired it cheaply and easily.
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Streaming UK TV into a Motorhome in Europe

January 10, 2019
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Want to be able to watch UK TV in your motorhome while you wander continental Europe? No problem. Here's one easy way to do it.
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Fitting a Mini Heki Skylight to a Hymer Motorhome (or how not to!)

August 9, 2018
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We've been hanging our noses over a new Mini Heki skylight (rooflight)…
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Hymer B544 Front Spring Replacement

Hymer B544 Front Spring Replacement

December 21, 2017
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After clipping curbs across Europe, bottoming out and hitting…
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European Motorhome Tour – Kit Review

July 24, 2017
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Adding it up, our 2001 Hymer B544 Fiat Ducato motorhome's been…
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10 Things We’ve Broken on Our Motorhomes

September 17, 2016
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We've broken our fair share of stuff on our motorhomes over the years. Here are our top ten which might be of most use to help you.
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10 Top Tips for Motorhome Travel in Europe

September 11, 2016
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After several awesome years travelling Europe by motorhome, we've picked up a few tips. Here are our top ten tips for Motorhome Travel in Europe.
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Thetford cassette toilet with SOG unit installed

Motorhome Toilet Talk – Thetford Loos Exposed

March 14, 2016
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It normally takes an hour. Maybe two. Add in a few splashes…
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The Tyre Question – Appropriate Tyres for a Motorhome?

January 16, 2016
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Zagan, our 2001 3.5 tonne Hymer B544 motorhome, needs a couple of new tyres. And here the great motorhome tyre hunt commences!
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Installing a GasIT Self-Refillable LPG System

August 16, 2015
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How I installed a GasIT Self-Refillable LPG System to our 2001 Hymer B544 motorhome. I'm not a gas professional, but a competent DIY installer.
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It’s Curtains for us!! Thermal Black Out Lining.

August 14, 2015
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OK, more specifically it's curtain linings for me for the next…
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Zagan’s Connected! Our new 4G Internet System

August 9, 2015
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Our step by step guide to installing a roof-mounted antenna and Huawei MiFi on our Hymer B544 motorhome for internet access on the road.
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Installing a SOG Unit on a Thetford Chemical Toilet

July 12, 2015
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Instructions and videos of how we installed a motorhome toilet SOG unit onto the Thetford cassette toilet of our 2001 Hymer B544 motorhome.
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Thetford cassette toilet with SOG unit installed

Thetford cassette toilet problem? We’ve Found Repair Instructions.

May 8, 2013
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We had a sticky blade on our thetford cassette toilet while abroad. While trying to work out how to fix it we found this great document from Thetford.
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What’s Broken on Our Motorhome? And How Did We Fix It?

April 20, 2012
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Here's a summary of what's broken on our motorhome and how we've fixed it, in six months on the road, covering 11,800Km in Europe and Morocco.
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Motorhome Review – 100W Solar Panel Kit

April 18, 2012
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Description of It We self-installed a 100W 12V solar panel…
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Classic Motorhome Mistakes to Avoid

November 20, 2011
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We've made some howling motorhome mistakes on our tour so far. We've listed them here so you can laugh with, and learn from us.
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Free Power, Nearly… Solar PV Panel has arrived

August 24, 2011
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The solar panels for our Hymer B544 motorhome have arrived. We open the box and see what is inside and what else we'll need to fit them.
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