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