Recent content by lee_5091314

hi, I don't know if any one can help, I have sited our caravan for three months on a site that only has 6 amp hook up. on arriving the heater worked fine for a full week no problem. but last weekend ( two weeks later ) when I got to the van after switching on the electric I switched the water...

hi ken, thanks for the info. Lee

hi all, I have got a compass vantage 510 1993..the tyres are 175 x 13, I have just had new tyres fitted with a rating of up to 60 psi on the tyre wall. the caravan is 510 lenght max 1200kg. has anyone got any idea what the correct tyre pressure should be. kwik fit said bung 30 psi in and see...

Hi Robert, we use to have a static on gimblet rock bang in pwllheli. we have just started touring, i wanted to be in the pwllheli area for next season. so we have just been looking around that area for a week. there is one site that is 1/2 a mile from the town centre called aberec sands, i...

hi clive, yes you are right, I have bought two cars the disco and an astra estate P reg, again had the astra 3 years now, no problems. the way the auction works is: the cars are rowed up, they start each car and drive it down to the auction stand, usually in doors, the best option is to pick...

hi lolly, I decided to get a disco for towing. but my budget was only 3 to 4 grand. i wanted to get the best i could with the money I had, the autotrader was mostly dubious looking trade adds. the odd private add was high on price. so I found an auction centre that only flog 4x4's ex px from...

hi all, I have a compass 510 vantage 1993, 1200kg i think. now because we also have a small boat we have decided to get a 4x4, I was pulling my nuts off getting our boat up the beach last week after a small fishing trip, when a 4x4 owner litrally drove down to the waters edge, hitched up and...

hi, industrial sewing machine engineer 16 yrs now looking to do somthing else.

hi update to problem, had an independant caravan repair specalist look the van over today, he said the van was in sound condition with no damp, he carried out a damp test. the wheel box has lost a good chunk due to a poss tyre faliure, the dealer should have spotted it but didn't. the other...

hi scotch lad, thanks for the info, another estate might be an option, we currently have an astra 1.7td estate and a honda aerodeck 2.0 estate. both are getting on now and need updating, so we can now buy one car as we don't need two anymore. I was told that i would be better going for the 4x4...

hi scotch lad, thanks for the advise.

hi brian, I will take it up with the dealer thanks for advise

hi brian, the dealer is a small outfit, we have had the van since november, on asking about the problem and other bits the answer was along the line of what do you want for 3 and half grand. bring it in we will sort it out. so on a trip to the dealers I saw their work shop, the fix it bloke was...

hi, having bought a compass 510 vantage I need to change the tow car for a better weight ratio, I have been considering a shogun or discovery but having bought the van the coffers are low for the tow car. I am being told that n - r reg discoverys and shoguns are o.k. if looked after, has anyone...

hi, i am new to the forum, i hope someone can shed some light for me. having bought my first tourer from a dealers no less, i have found problems all over on my compass 510 vantage 1993. but i would rather put it right myself than chance the dealer masking faults and not carring out a propper...