Recent content by Jon_374342114

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    Desperately seeking tap valve

    I seem to have trawled the world looking for one of these. I have tried local caravan dealers and plumbers merchants and been all over the internet! It looks like a standard tap valve about 3/4 inch across but has a square top instead of splines. does anyone have any suggestions as to where I...
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    Overnigh stop of without booking - calais to vendee

    Hi, first trip abroad with the van and am booked in to vendee. Have lunchtime dover/calais ferry booked but if I leave home early I will try and sneak on to earlier one. Are there any places I can just turn up at when I've driven far enough? Are the roadside places as dodgy as I have heard...
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    Pornic / Prefailles in Vendee

    Thanks Francis Jon
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    Pornic / Prefailles in Vendee

    Anyone been to the Le Patisseau or Eleovic sites? Any views / opinions on the sites themselves and surrounding areas / beaches? TIA Jon
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    Fridge no longer seems to work whilst towing after new battery!

    Thanks both for your helpful advice and suggestions. It is a 1991 Scorpio and I haven't changed the towcar. I will check the towcar output and the condition of the connectors. Do you know where I can find a diagram which numbers the connectors? I think I can probably do that with my rudimentary...
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    Fridge no longer seems to work whilst towing after new battery!

    I have had a bailey Scorpio for around 6 years and the leisure battery was dead when I bought the van. however, as we always use hook-ups I never bothered with it. Recently the old battery started to leak so I replaced it with a new one but now I don't think the fridge works whilst towing. It...