Recent content by Niall_McIntosh

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    Snapped Jockey wheel clamp handle

    A new one should look like this:
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    Snapped Jockey wheel clamp handle

    Are you sure it was the clamp handle that the dealer replaced? From your second photo, that doesn't look new.
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    Snapped Jockey wheel clamp handle

    Exactly the same happened to me just after we arrived at a site near Grantham a couple of years ago. I doubt that the thread in the clamp is faulty, or crossed. It's probably metal fatigue from possibly overtightening the clamp. From the picture, the clamp handle doesn't look new, the handle...
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    Slowly unwinding

    Happened to me, arriving at a site. Ended up using the Milenco steps as a temporary rest for the towhitch, while we dashed off to Grantham Caravans to buy a replacement handle, and B&Q for some drill bits and stud extractors, to drill out the bit of stud still stuck in the clamp.
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    Thetford Toilet Lights.

    We have the same in our Vigo. On our very first trip out, I was convinced that the extra spaces meant that more lights would come on as the cassette got fuller, until three lights would indicate that the cassette was full, and needed emptying. I was soon proved wrong with a major Code Brown...
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    Failed Whale Pump

    I recently had a similar problem when my pump, which was fairly new, wouldn't switch off. Eventually, I found that the problem wasn't with the pump, but with the inlet socket. I found that a small piece of grass stem was stuck in the non return valve, not allowing it to close properly.
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    Couple of issues

    "the window blind clips seem to be falling off really easy, has anyone glued/sticky taped them on before to prevent this?" If you're talking about one of these: I usually stick them back up, using superglue (I was given this advice by the dealer from whom we bought the caravan).
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    Failed Whale Pump

    The article can be found here: https://www.practicalcaravan.com/advice/repairing-a-whale-watermaster-pump#
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    Failed Whale Pump

    Yes, I retro fitted the ic controller to the Whale socket that came with my caravan, and used the Comet pump on our recent trip with no problems. As with the installation of any new pump, you have to calibrate the ic controller by opening the furthest cold tap on your water system. I would have...
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    Failed Whale Pump

    I am currently using a Comet pump (as per the article you're referring to) it's working perfectly. I've just bought another Comet pump to convert another old Whale unit that has died on me.
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    Site water fed into Water Barrel or directly into Caravan?

    That's what I have as well. On a couple of occasions, the ballcock didn't stop the water supply, leading to the aquaroll overflowing. On both occasions, a strip down found some grit in the diaphragm was the cause.
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    Tools

    You have to have the full set of both:
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    Tools

    A couple of years ago, the Jockey Wheel clamp handle screw sheered just as we were setting up. Fortunately we weren't too far from Grantham Caravans where I was able to get a replacement, and a B&Q where I got some HSS drill bits and a stud extractor set to remove the half inch or so of screw...
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    Breakdown cover

    We had a similar experience in Cambridge a few years ago. We needed the car to be recovered to the camp site after the initial breakdown and then, a few days later, because the car couldn’t be fixed locally, the car and caravan recovered to our home address. We’re with Mayday and they used...
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    Drill for steadies

    Unfortunately, so does everyone else on the site……… :(