My caravanning Holiday Ruined.
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2024
- My caravanning Holiday Ruined, don't let caravan issues ruin your camping holiday, we go through some common caravanning issues you may face.
We have tried to give fixes for caravan issues on. Site, we look at some common problems with second hand caravans for sale and motorhomes for sale and how to keep your caravan holiday going.
We now offer static caravans for sale and motorhomes for sale at our Stafford Branch ST19 5PP the caravan place.
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How about this one
Getting ready to set off from Oxfordshire to Old Oaks site nr Glastonbury last Thursday- caravan hitched up to car and some CLOT managed to snap the jockey wheel handle bolt!!!
After much gnashing of teeth and some colourful language we got in touch with a caravan service place in Highbridge and asked if they could help on the day if we drove down there and they very kindly obliged so we did.
Big shout out to MJ Lovell Caravan service and repairs Ltd.
They drilled the snapped bolt out and replaced the handle and got us on our way, we can’t thank them enough.
It’s businesses like these that keep us on the road and long may they prosper.
Steve
Old oaks is are favourite site
Glad u got it sorted. It's normally a crazy te of year so we'll done to them for getting you sorted 👍
Brilliant advice pal,and dont go in caravan when legs arent down we learnt that today it doesnt like 2 people stood in bathroom
Happy Easter to you all
I have a 2016 buccaneer cruiser and it dose not have the safety gas cut off which you are talking about my 2001 abbey spectrum did have it but not the new buccaneer caravans regard Kev.
Can’t believe it’s still here 😄 37.5 k for a second hand caravan … wow just crazy how much caravans now are and add it how much pitch prices are this is going to kill of this holiday type
Really enjoy the videos Mark , very informative. We especially like looking out for the Carry on innuendo's , got it straight away today.
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Hiya . Came over to both your caravan sales pitches and had a mooch round ,nice chat with your sales guy at Wolverhampton site happy chap ,some great vans ,same for other site ,love to have caught you .Great contents and brill advise with happy smiles as well. Happy Easter. Ryan&Ave
Cracking podcast as usual Mark my water pumps packed in not really a problem we're only away for 2 nights in Portesham Dorset so using the shower to flush the loo Have a great day
Have a good time 👍
Why do manufacturers put the yellow drain taps in the most awkward places they can, just no need 🤬
They certainly do 🙈
10:18 "A little bit of Vaseline on your O ring, will help it easier to go in and out??" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have a 2023 Bailey Grande similar to the one Mark is in, I can use the grill & oven with the lid down, I also could do the same on my last van a 2013 Swift, so it's just as well checking EVERY van before using
Brilliant video lots of good tips for newbies. We purchased a new coachman in January and had an issue during and after handover. The 13 pin plug bayonet outer collar locked in the wrong position and we didn’t have the green cap on our first trip away. There aren’t many dealers that stock them and Halfords, auto factor’s don’t stock them. Had to consult RUclips to fix. Contacted the dealer and insisted they replaced the plug. They did for an aftermarket quality one and it works all the time. New build cost saving fitting a poor quality plug.
Glad it's sorted, 👍
The quality of all makes are now so poor. I would love to upgrade my van to an 8 foot wide but I'm also if it's not broken why fix it.
we did have a coachman and that was a solid van, 2009. have a unicorn 2014 now and seems we got a good one.
Got ours green caps off amazon.
Hello mark a great video like them all just a quick one I have a Elddis with a domestic fridge freezer it works great for 2or 3days then it goes warm then after a while it will freeze again have you got any ideas l would be very grateful Thanks a lot Paul
Good video Mark. 35 years of caravanning and we can all learn something’s. Just been to the caravan this weekend and cleaned and tested everything. A few years back when I did the water the test the loo was leaking water. It was the most simple fix but OMG was it expensive for a plastic nut.
Many years back we went away over Christmas and as my wife was cooking Christmas dinner the gas vale went. My advice is carry a spare because they never go in the morning while your next to an accessories shop do they.
James
Thanks James 👍
Excellent advice. 👍 However, this weekend gone.....
1.) The caravan refused to pump to the onboard tank (bad external connections,).
2.) The microwave wouldn't heat food.
3.) The fridge wouldn't work on gas.
4.) The 12v leisure battery let go during the night and suddenly started to boil itself (explosive hydrogen sulphide gas).
Suffice to say, Easter finished early for us. 😮
5.) And the magnet (door to van closure) pulled clean off the door side. Fixed that!
Hi Mark
We had trouble with our heating for the first time out , the radiators did not get hot , we also noticed the G 13 had dropped n the wardrobe .
The caravan is only 2 yrs old , just wondering if you or some of your subscribers would know what the issue was .
P.S we had hot water and heat coming out the first meter of our the outflow.
Any help would be appreciated .
Great content by the way.
Keith
Hi Keith, the fluid needs to be at the minimum line when cold, this can be topped up with the Alde fluid same colour as it has already. I would then find the bleed valve in the bathroom, on the radiator, run the heating and then bleed the radiator, like you would at home. May then need to top the fluid up again, keep doing this until the heating is working as it should. Hope this helps 👍
A useful video. The best advice is to do a precheck but for many people who store their vans away from home this is not possible.
A couple of other things if you do have a problem.
No 230v in the van.
The fault could be
1) power cut
2) supply post fault or trip
3) Cable fault
4) Caravan fault oir trip
My recommendation is ...
a) Check the van trips
b) Check the site supply trip
c) Plug your cable into another post and your van
d) Ask a neighbour if they have 230v
e) Ask to borrow someone else's cable. Use it on your van and post
Single 230v device failure (e.g. fridge / Micro wave / charger / heater)
Most devices are plugged into using a domestic Plug / Socket.
The plug contains a fuse (just like at home) that needs checking
No Gas
Check the internal gas manifold. Some dealers close these valves durin servicing and don’t open them again.
Fridge not igniting
Many fridges have a battery (AA or AAA) build in to generate the spark.
Priming the water system.
As you say the taps can spit during this process, draping a J cloth over the tap avoid splashes.
Hi Mark, I have just viewed your video about taking water into the caravan. I just bought a new Truma ultra water flow pump for my Bailey 640, but it keeps, every 20 minutes or so, kicking in, trying to take on water. I accidently leant on the yellow drain down in the closed position, and it started to also pull water in. Do you know why this is, and should this happen. Really enjoy your posts. Thanks
Yes the drain valve will open even if pushed down. With the water pump it's either a leak or air, make sure you have the water through on the shower and sinks, hot and cold. The other thing you can check is when you remove the water pump with the system full of water, check water isn't leaking back out of the inlet as this can cause an issue too. Hope this helps.
Everyone loves some vaseline on the ring 😂
🙈 😂😂
Oo err mrs 😂
Aye, and according to Mark makes it easier to go in and out! I wouldnt know!
Hi. How can you find the colour match for the caravans? Also the front of my caravan is GRP I’m told so what paint do you recommend for this?
Got a question I’ve got a 2001 swift changer with a trauma heater , the van was going cold during the night , as the heater was detecting the temperature is correct thing it was reading the temperature from the rear off the heater unit so I purchased a remote temperature sensor installed it but it has a plastic retention clip to fix to a cable behind the trauma heater my question is where is the optimum location for this room temperature sensor to be located as it only has a one meter cable it’s the one with the headphone jack and a red and black cable
Near the main door is best if possible 👍
Hi. When my water is heating up I get an electric burning smell. I can’t see anything when this happens. Plus I believe it’s not fully heating the water tank up as we only get hot water for a bowl full of water. It’s a Truma combi system. Any ideas ? Great vlogs 👍
If you get the smell when the blown air is on its possibly the fan in the boiler, they give off a plastic burning smell when on the way out. 👍
No this is just when the water heater on. The heating side is fine.
Hi went on our first ever caravan holiday in our new to us caravan and had a problem with the water pump, power was switched on and so was the pump, bleed the water through fine and water was running through all the taps and shower both hot and cold. problem was after turning off the taps then going to use them again no water would come through, went to the panel and the power and water pump were still switched on but had to keep turning the water pump off and on again every time we wanted water? and ideas what this could be?
Hi Gary, it may be draining the water back into the water barrel, when you remove the water pump water shouldn't come out. If it is then this may be your problem. If not it may be the pump is pulling air. There are a few things that can cause this, so may be worth having an engineer try to isolate the issue.
Hi it’s happend. Two nights ok the disaster. The loo stopped flushing. It’s a thetford c262 model but I cannot find the fuse. In the class locker. I have watched the you tube vids on pump and fuse change in but I cannot find the fuse. To check it’s not that. Help. Thanks.
ruclips.net/video/mINzcMtVK7I/видео.html
The fuse if in the cassette location is under the cassette at the back. But it may come off the main pump or even Aux fuse in the main panel. If the lights dim when u press the pump button, the impeller is just stuck and still has power. Hope this helps.
Thank you. I will have a go. Thanks
Hi mark the fuse was on the consumer unit. The problem was a dirty connection in the loo where the plugs clip onto the pcb. Sorted now. Thanks for your help.
Can’t see the linked videos ?
ruclips.net/video/E6QJyoWuMRI/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/f0NzTx6mZR4/видео.html
Thanks Mark