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