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    The wonders of human ingenuity :)
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Stop/Start.
    I have a Mazda 6 auto and can confirm mine does exactly the same. If you use the "hold" button, when you come to a standstill whilst in...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Checking connection.
    Loadings on both will reduce due to the jockey wheel taking some of it as its wound down. In theory, if tge wheel is wound down a lot...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Vango awning pump.
    Read the original post !! :rolleyes:
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    Mr Plodd reacted to Brewster's post in the thread Vango awning pump with Like Like.
    Yes got hand pump,but recovering from shoulder repair, very hard work 🥴
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Vango awning pump.
    Didn't the awning come with a hand pump??
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    Mr Plodd reacted to ProfJohnL's post in the thread Alko single axle problems with Like Like.
    Unfortunately whilst ideal research and development process should include extensive and realistic testing, and even when companies...
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    Mr Plodd reacted to RogerL's post in the thread Alko single axle problems with Like Like.
    Whilst no-one can disprove Alko's claims that failing axles have been overloaded, because any evidence is long gone, I wonder how much...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    "Working with", and "procuring" is nothing to do with the initial product specification. A development process is exactly that, a...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    A company approaches a supplier, and provides them with a particular specification for a component. If that supplier then fails to...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    Those two issues were many years apart and were caused by faults in components "bought in" from other suppliers so clearly not a...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    The issue was that Bailey used squared off wheel boxes, rather than ones with a curved top, so there was less initial clearance from new...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    The "suspension" is octagonal rubber lengths like liquorice string running the length of the axle tube. I cannot envisage grease being...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Alko single axle problems.
    It is certainly a well known issue. So is the response from Alko, that being that the caravan had been overloaded. A very clever...
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    Mr Plodd replied to the thread Internet Issues.
    They will communicate with each other by WiFi or Bluetooth, so the cellular network is immaterial