ThuMentaliss

WELL DONE ! this is not a cryptic remark but did you consider undersealing those many exposed body joints🤥

Does the noise increase /decrease when going around a bend? is the noise associated with a vibration?

should unfold when the ignition starts up would suggest your mirror switch via drivers door is either faulty or maybe poor connection

looks to me that this could be a device that basicilly stops the ignition being turned on to stop theft of your vehicle ?

where does the cables terminate too ?

£600-750 is current charge rate by installers make sure you do your homework regarding gross weight when towbar is utilsed plus the tyres heavy duty or not. LPT

Lets see a photo. You may be surprised to know that there's are lot of Tec's out there who, in a lot of cases, are able to fix plastic damage to external panels of vehicles Theres are a lot of external plastic panels on Alphards, Vellfires etc etc😃

The BEST way is to attach a small gas strut to the bed chassis/bed frame unfortunately, you need someone who knows the procedure of fitting such a device, for instance does the bed assembly have a manufacturer's label attached did you purchase your vehicle from a professional source etc etc

There are many ways, one example is to put the tailgate in the open position get yourself some modeling plastercine make a mode with it, apply to the camera body (which you have already applied bonding sealant) carefully place the camera to its location let the bonding agent set several hours then remove plastercine

My rear Alpine camera has been fitted as per my system for nearly 4 years, so Im pretty confident that it would be difficult to remove it (if I wanted to)🙂

Forget the ideal of using self-adhesive tape even the best tape made (IBM) will deteriorate in time use a polymer based adhesive , if you do make sure you support the camera whilst the adhesive sets can take up to 5-6 hrs

The last two years of my time as a national craftsman Mechanic I trained and specialised in problem solving problematic auto transmissions in those days auto transmissions were never classified to be included as a service item, I have noticed many posters here on the Alphardclub asking questions of where they can get the auto transmisson oil changed........ well from my experience to change and drain the oil out of a Torque Converter driven transmission requires expensive specialist extraction pumps and measuring equipment ... so the point is if you intend to get the oil drained from your Alphard make sure the garage has the right equipment

Interestingly, during a moment of boredom i plouged through the Alphard owners manual 2002-2008 looking for details of the auto transmission to which I could'nt find any details about changing the transmission oil or how often level should be checked so I can only surmise that this operation was never classified as a service operation...so all the suggestions of doing this in from some of the Alphard forum topics was actually never suggested by ToyotaTechnical.....🙁

I would be interested to know if owners of Alphard's and Vellfires who have converted their vehicles to camper van's have had their vehicles weighed ?