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why would you need a shower door lock ?

it sounds like good news though... progress will be faster now, hopefully
 
PS

Had a little shakedown today.
150 miles including a brief foray onto the shingle at Dungeness.

Saw a huuuuge old Hymer Merc there.
 
Scuppered in Skye

One week of Scottish wandering has caused a minor problem of engine mounting bolts snapping.
Not the best idea to drive with a droopy engine so parked up in lovely rainy Kyle of Localsh waiting for three fecking bolts.
Lovely new shower facilities here though.
 
When fitting a new donky it is advisable to renew the mounts and bolts,are u jumpy on the clutch at gear change wrong rpm and not smooth.
 
Having bolts snap is unusual, without a good reason for them to shear, :confused: that need investigating.

Unless they're rubber mounted engine mounting thingies and the rubber has given up.
 
and then.........

Been a while since the latest engine failure

"New" expensive engine lasted 2000 miles before lunching on its own oil on the M6.

Warranty claim underway, necessitating engine out for autopsy in Italy.

With every day my enthusiasm wains.

Current status is in limbo, engine somewhere in Europe.

Booked a month in a Swiss mountain apartment (by car) in anticipation of the long game.

Warranty is ****. Even if they admit to full culpability then new (2nd) engine might not be installed until August, leaving just 6 months warranty on that fresh engine.

Chances are they will try to put blame on the installation.

Lets see. Since Jan 2015 it has been on the road for 8 months.
 
Oh dear you really are having some bad luck with it, when they do that it is usually caused by a turbo oil seal failing

Richard
 
How did that old tv ad go? If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.
 
Autopsy Report

Engine Factory in Italy have agreed to fix under warranty blaming a defective piston valve. (even though we doubt if this was the actual cause)

Who'd a thunk it? Warranties actually work!

Will be shipped back and refitted at some point.

Summer hols already booked sans motorhome in Switzerland.
 
Hope

mossypossy said:
Engine Factory in Italy have agreed to fix under warranty blaming a defective piston valve. (even though we doubt if this was the actual cause)

Who'd a thunk it? Warranties actually work!

Will be shipped back and refitted at some point.

Summer hols already booked sans motorhome in Switzerland.
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You have a really good holiday AND all goes well with MH (in due course)
 
Another little victory

Engine warranty was initially one year from date of first installation, March.
Managed to persuade them to extend to one year from date of repaired engine installation, July or August.

Will get back on the road again one day
 
All shiny again....

....in a crate.

Newly rebuilt second engine now waiting in the shipping crate, next to the bus, inside the garage, awaiting the fitting.

Meanwhile we venture forth from Newhaven by car on Thursday, probably passing the very spot on our return where we died in Germany last year.

We will have to put up with this view for a month, rather than rainy Norway.

 
Get the engine fitted and get shot of it. Under powered donkey pulling that big van? It's always going to let you down. IMO. Fiat = fix it again tmoro. :scared:
 
Blimey, I didn't realise this was still going on:scared: Ineptitude on a massive scale springs to mind. I think I would have thrown myself over that veranda by now.
 
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