Grech Strada – Diesel Heater Glow Plug & Fuel Pump Service

Grech Strada – Diesel Heater Glow Plug & Fuel Pump Service

What do you do when your Grech Strada’s diesel heater won’t fire on a freezing morning, and you’re staring at a fault code, unsure if you’re looking at a $40 part or a $400 repair? I’ve been in that exact situation more times than I can count while traveling over 80,000 miles across North America … Read more

Grech Strada – 12V Lithium Battery Bank & Solar Upgrade

Grech Strada – 12V Lithium Battery Bank & Solar Upgrade

I was somewhere around mile 280 of a late-October push through the Oregon high desert when I realized my Strada’s lead-acid battery was genuinely done. Cloudy skies, temps dropping into the 40s at night, and I was rationing the fridge to 30-minute intervals because the battery couldn’t hold a charge past sunset. That’s when it … Read more

GRECH STRADA – Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance

GRECH STRADA – Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance

Roof Seal and Skylight Maintenance for GRECH STRADA Is that lap sealant around your Strada’s roof seam already cracking, or are you trying to get ahead of it before water starts seeping in? Either way, you’re looking at exactly what I find every time I get called to one of these vans: that fiberglass-to-steel transition … Read more

GRECH STRADA – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

GRECH STRADA – Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement

Awning Mechanism Repair and Fabric Replacement for GRECH STRADA I was three weeks into a desert loop out of Blythe, California, watching my Strada’s Fiamma F45s 250 awning fabric flutter and fray at the seams after what should have been a routine afternoon deployment. By the time I’d cranked it back in, a corner section … Read more

GRECH STRADA – Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service

GRECH STRADA – Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service

Electrical Inverter and Shore Power Integration Service for GRECH STRADA You’ll hear two completely different stories about the Grech Strada’s Victron MultiPlus-II inverter depending on who you ask. Dealer service departments will tell you that any handoff glitch between shore power and battery mode is normal behavior, a “known quirk” of the system, and that … Read more