MOT Failure

Lots of ex school and church busses here for a few grand.
 

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Had an interesting conversation with my motorhome fixer bloke. I never realised but he does complete van conversions. I was telling him about the thread on here about PVC vans and he could make me a new PVC van over the winter to my own specs. Said to buy a Sprinter or a VW Something or other. Anyway he cant look at Hank the Tank until next week so its probably coming home tomorrow unless the welding bloke decides to buy it in the morning.
 
RichardHelen262 said:
Part exchanging it at a dealers for a newer model would be the easiest way
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It would but the nearest van that ticks my boxes is 250 miles away in Reading. Plus I always feel that you stand a better chance of getting a good deal selling private and then knocking down the price on a replacement van but that theory might be out of the window now as its a sellers market. I think I would rather be in the position of getting rid of my current van and biding my time to get the right replacement.
 
Old Hank is back on the drive. The guy that did all the work said his wife said it was way too big and she would be scared to drive it so he decided not to buy it. Hmmm.

So next thing is to get it back to my motorhome fix it bloke get the hole in the floor and arches done which are not a big job apparently and the fridge sorted which I suspect might be a PIA. Still scooterless and no progress on that front yet. So the saga continues but on the positive side I now have a motorhome with a years test on it!
 
Your fridge might just need the flu and burner cleaned. An easy job (even you could do it if you had a small spanner). :ROFLMAO:
 
maingate said:
Your fridge might just need the flu and burner cleaned. An easy job (even you could do it if you had a small spanner). :ROFLMAO:
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Nah its more serious than that. If you remember last summer we had all sorts of problems with the fridge setting the Co2 alarm thingy off and smelling. I think the burner he put in was the wrong one. We thought it was a Gaslow or regulator issue but its not I dont think.
 
barryd said:
Nah its more serious than that. If you remember last summer we had all sorts of problems with the fridge setting the Co2 alarm thingy off and smelling. I think the burner he put in was the wrong one. We thought it was a Gaslow or regulator issue but its not I dont think.
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We could do with a 'mini fridge fixing meet', Barry :ROFLMAO::cool:

Having problems with our old fridge, which is probably fixable, but I'm not sure how.

Neil's already had a go with it last year and got it working, but then it stopped again.
Ideally I'd like to get a new fridge, but not sure which type - plus need to earn some pennies to pay for one first!
 
barryd said:
Nah its more serious than that. If you remember last summer we had all sorts of problems with the fridge setting the Co2 alarm thingy off and smelling. I think the burner he put in was the wrong one. We thought it was a Gaslow or regulator issue but its not I dont think.
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Mine was exactly the same a couple of years ago. A bit of time cleaning and a new burner unit and it is still going strong.
 
mariesnowgoose said:
We could do with a 'mini fridge fixing meet', Barry :ROFLMAO::cool:

Having problems with our old fridge, which is probably fixable, but I'm not sure how.

Neil's already had a go with it last year and got it working, but then it stopped again.
Ideally I'd like to get a new fridge, but not sure which type - plus need to earn some pennies to pay for one first!
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They are a bit of a nightmare. Especially the older they get. Im hoping my guy can fix mine as browsing through Ebay they seem to go from around £150 for one thats probably as old as mine to well north of £1000. I dont mind spending £150 but Im not spending £1000 for one on a van Im getting shot of. The trouble I think is getting the bits.
 
maingate said:
Mine was exactly the same a couple of years ago. A bit of time cleaning and a new burner unit and it is still going strong.
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That might be the answer. Get it properly cleaned with the right burner and maybe it will be ok for a short trip and then to sell it. I reckon the long term answer is a new one though as the crap inside the flu which cannot be removed will just build up and drop on the burner again over time and you have this faff on again. There must be a better solution surely.
 
Give us the details of which model fridge you have. There will be a sticker inside it with the model number.
 
maingate said:
Give us the details of which model fridge you have. There will be a sticker inside it with the model number.
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Ah ha!!! Being incredibly clever I thought of that earlier but could not read the tatty old label so photographed it and blew it up. I also have the original manual (never read it)

Its an Electrolux RM4368 Type C70/90 Product number 9212271-02

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trevskoda said:
I sold two a few weeks back for £50, im about to strip a caravan and all inside is like new.
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What size is the fridge?
maingate said:
Barry, check the manual to see if it gives any detail on the burner unit, including the size of the jet. Later models may use the exact same parts.
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Will do. There is a bloke in Darlo thats a bit of whiz on them. I maybe should have took it there.
 
maingate said:
Barry, check the manual to see if it gives any detail on the burner unit, including the size of the jet. Later models may use the exact same parts.

This one is allegedly compatible. https://www.amazon.co.uk/DOMETIC-BRULEUR-INJECTEUR-REFRIGERATEUR-ELECTROLUX/dp/B00CZPABPM

Same one, a bit cheaper. https://www.jacksonsleisure.com/caravan/motorhome/spares/dometic/fridge/gas-burner/
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Thanks. Isnt the Jet the important bit that nobody can ever get hold of though? I do not understand these things in the same way ill never understand what a "Flange" is.

This info is useful though as at some point ill have to have a conversation with my motorhome bloke. I dont think he even knows about the internet.
 
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