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
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
>
>