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[peteadams67]

Hi all the name's Pete I've had the Dimension about 2 yrs, prior too that I had a Duo for 4yrs, decided too make life easier after 20yrs. of tenting. I found the Duo was a nice van but it got too the stage of having too take a midnight stroll now & again even though we had a porta-potti it wasn't all that convenient, so upgraded too the Dimension which is a lot better, it took quite a bit of getting used too I found that on braking my foot still seemed to overlap the gas pedal so quite a few revs. still showed also even though I'm tall I find that I don't always release the hand brake fully yet the XYL has no trouble at all I did buy the extender but she couldn't release it so we just have to put up with it.

I have found a couple of annoying faults that closing the rear doors are rather awkward but notice on the newer version the toilet is on the nearside which would make it easier too reach the door handle.

We use the beds as singles & I found that the way I sleep which is on the Nr.side I tend too lean on the sliding door. & last year on the Isle of Man there was quite a cold wind for a couple of nights & it blew straight in the fridge vents & along the back of the cooker made quite a draft but I invested in a good mummy style bag which has made quite a difference.

Now after all that rambling I'd like a bit of tech advice I think the roller blind in the windscreen is giving trouble last year it wouldn't rewind & had to be fed in by hand I contacted Freeborn service Dept at Soton. who said that no spes are available & a new blind is £300+ I think I may have retensioned the sping but want too be prepaired for the worst.

Hope this hasn't been too boring.

Pete

[Graham]

Hiya Pete

Welcome to the forum, thanks for coming on and saying hello. I see you're another Dimension owner we have quite a few on here now. We have had our Dimension for nearly 3 years now and we love it, we also had a Duo prior to that and before that a C15. I know what you mean about midnight strolls, isn't it great to be have the bathroom on board?

We've not had any trouble with our roller blind on the front windscreen so can't really help you there, Ant from Avon Motors comes on here so he might be able to help.

Regards
Graham

[wendy]

Mar 17, 2008 16:46:10 GMT peteadams67 said:

I have found a couple of annoying faults that closing the rear doors are rather awkward but notice on the newer version the toilet is on the nearside which would make it easier too reach the door handle.
Pete

Which version has the toilet on the nearside? I have never seen one like that and the new R40 has the toilet compartment on the offside.
We always use our external screens rather than the blind, so have not encountered that problem.
Welcome to the forum.

[peteadams67]

I think it's the latest Dimension out last year if you go on Freeborn's site the layout is different from the pre-07 models

Pete

[Pauline]

Mar 17, 2008 20:15:12 GMT peteadams67 said:

I think it's the latest Dimension out last year if you go on Freeborn's site the layout is different from the pre-07 models

Pete

Hi Pete and welcome

Do you mean this one:

freeborn link

Don't want to cast doubt but I do wonder if Freeborns have drawn the diagram the wrong way round or perhaps even got the wrong one as the picture is called autosleeper_harmony.gif

I'm sure the layout is not like that, perhaps Ant will be able to shed some light.

[mike and heather]

Welcome to the forum, Pete.

Just to confirm that the rear layout on the Dimension 2 is similar to Dimension 1 (we had our first one for 4 years) and the bathroom is on the right. There are a few photos on our post on 25 October 2006 (scroll down) smallmotorhome.proboards105.com/index.cgi?board=romahomes&action=display&thread=111
The toilet emptying is inside the offside rear door, and there is a sliding door to the bathroom. The sink also drains superbly with a satisfying loud sucking sound!
The new R40's bathroom is also on the right.
Hope this helps.

[peteadams67]

Tnx for sorting it
Pete

[ant]

Hi Pete.
Firstly, as Mike and Heather have said the layout of the Dim 2 is pretty similar to the Dim1, the plan on the Freeborn site is not one of a Romahome.
Secondly, the front blind is easily removed ( 2 screws at each end) and can be retensioned or lubricated at each end, the blind gets quite hot in the summer months sitting there on a dark dash with a glass windscreen close to it and the lubrication at the ends tends to run away from the required area, a quick spurt with some lubricant ( try and find one with ptfe in it rather than ordinary WD40 which drys out), once lubricated exercise it up and down a few times it should come back to life.
Ant