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New connection to the motorhome - and new tables and chairs

Now we finally have a new connection to the motorhome! We have also acquired new tables and chairs and new wine glasses. We have come a long way with the renovation of the motorhome, but much work remains. Here is an update!

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Project FREEDOM 2.0

For those of you who have not kept up, we can tell you that we have decided to completely renovate our motorhome FREEDOM. The motorhome is 12 years old, has travelled a lot in Europe and has been outdoors for several winters. Here are previous posts:

Ny koppling till husbilen

New connection to the motorhome

We have long had problems with the clutch (that the pedal drops to the floor and does not come up again) and have previously tried to fix it by changing the clutch cylinder. Unfortunately, this did not help ...

When we were driving down to the Elmiamässan exhibition, it became urgent to solve the problem and the workshop (Kihlströms Transport & Lastbilsservice in Spånga) now changed it. whole the clutch. Getting a new coupling for the campervan cost us further 18,000. Expensive! But ok, now the motorhome is running and the clutch works! We came both down to Elmia and back home without any problems.

Framme på Elmia - tack vare ny koppling till husbilen

New tables and chairs

Our old table and chairs had really seen their best days. When we were at Elmia, we took the opportunity to buy new ones. We bought a rather small table, which is really only suitable for two, but which can be used by four in an emergency. We also bought four chairs, which we thought were really nice. We shopped at Campout and had to pay SEK 600 for the table, and SEK 450 each for the chairs.

Ny koppling till husbilen samt nytt bord och nya stolat

New wine and champagne glasses

We also thought it was time for new glasses. Both wine and champagne glasses had become a disgusting brown colour. When a mouse chewed through the foot of one of the wine glasses, that was the last straw... We don't even remember where we bought them (it was the same place we bought them). little busy at the fair). The wine glasses cost 159 SEK for four (good price!). The champagne glasses were unfortunately not available in the same design and were slightly more expensive.

Nya vinglas till husbilen

Keeping track of costs

It is important for us to control costs, as we have a limited budget. We initially expected to try to stay under 100,000 SEK, but we are aware that this may be exceeded. After all, we still have a lot to fix.

We still need to replace several windows and sunroofs and redecorate the whole car with new plastic conversion (the black and grey foil we have covered the car with). We will also rebuild the garage to accommodate the new electric bikes we have ordered. We'll tell you more about that soon! And anyway, no, it would not (really!) have been cheaper to buy a new motorhome...

Service/Productcompanycost
New bed mattress and new duvets and pillows,
sheets, bath towels, kitchen towels and blankets
Jysk2500 crowns
Major service including cam belt replacement Kihlström's21 000 SEK
New starter battery and two new habitation batteriesBiltema3100 SEK
Two new (slightly used) front tyres Tyres1200 crowns
Replacement of brake pads and replacement of the
coupling cylinder
Kihlström's13 600 SEK
New connectionKihlström's18 000 SEK
Tables and chairsCampout2400 crowns
Wine and champagne glassesUnclear450 crowns
Total to date62 250 SEK

Now we have tested FREEDOM - more problems?

It was great to test FREEDOM on a mini trip to and from the Elmia Fair. So, how did it go? Driving was great! When we got down, however, we were met with some unpleasant surprises. Firstly, we noticed that a mouse chewed up both a plastic basket and a number of glasses. Then we noticed that both water taps were leaking ...

But maybe it wasn't so bad after all? We put out a piece of cheese (Gruyere!) to test for the mouse, but the cheese remained untouched. And the water taps ... well, they stopped leaking after a few days!?

Köket i FREEDOM

new connection to the motorhome - but what remains to be done?

Now we finally have a new coupling to the campervan and it works well to drive, but still a lot remains to be done. Here is what remains to be done:

  • Submit cushions and driver's seat for upholstery repair.
  • New hatches
  • Three new small skylights and one new large skylight.
  • A new window
  • New plastic conversion of the entire motorhome
  • New front windscreen
  • Rebuilding the garage to accommodate electric bikes
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