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  1. I agree with Basil - get yourself to a locksmith ... they will have it open in minutes. Doesn't necessarily need to be an auto-locksmith so phone first to check. I know of a good one in Canterbury if that helps? Jeremy
  2. OneCal ... I am sorry ... you have not answered my query and now you are being rude. I have said it before on here but I don't do rude. Goodbye.
  3. OneCal ... sorry but I don't need to re- read it? I am wary of sweeping statements which you make. They may check the paperwork to see what the individual and/or garage has claimed to have used, and they could send a sample of oil for analysis to a specialist laboratory, BUT as far as I can determine the analysis will simply give contaminants and viscosity, NOT who made the oil. Unless of course you can provide proof that this is possible?
  4. I might have missed something but as far as I can find out analysis will not tell the make of the oil, only the viscosity and presence of contaminants.
  5. Brian In the past I have used two separate garages to replace the timing belts and if I remember correctly both commented that the Aux belt was OK on inspection. They are both trustworthy individuals with good knowledge. But for a few extra £'s that point is now made! Mabel may not do huge annual mileages but I do run her up regularly as I have to move her to mow the lawn, so maybe weekly during the summer months, less so in winter. Whenever I start her I always get her up to working temperature. But yes it could have been so much worse! I still simply do not understand how nothing got bent or broken? Jeremy
  6. Mabel, our 2005 2.8JTD Benimar was due for her MOT on Monday last week, so was duly booked in with our Garage. I had done an oil and filter change a few days before and checked all fluids and lights etc. About a mile short of the garage I got a large loud noise from underneath (I thought I had lost the exhaust) and all lights came on on dash and power lost. Power came back a bit, then intermittent noise for a few seconds, then she died. Called breakdown and waited for 2.5 hours and finally AA van arrived. Excellent chap, went through it with him and we found Auxiliary belt gone, then removed oil filler cap and turned over engine, no movement of camshaft, so Cam belt also gone. Much sucking of teeth! (Cam belt just 2 years old). He (illegally) towed me to the garage (Gross train weight exceeded) and we left it with them expecting a £1000's bill. Phone call on Thursday to say that unbelievably, there was no damage, new belts fitted, and she was ready to go! £690. It appears that the Aux belt broke, which then snarled up on the Cam belt graunching that off. How the valves etc did not get damaged no one is quite sure, but I have had a lucky escape it would seem. The van has about 58,000 miles on it and the base vehicle is about 2003. Apparently it is not a Fiat engine but an Iveco? I am religious at changing the Cambelt in good time, but have never really checked the Aux belt ... if it breaks it's an inconvenience rather than a thing that will cause damage ...or so I thought! So the moral of this story is change the Aux belt when you change the Cam belt! I am still perplexed about how the valves etc were not damaged? Jeremy
  7. Ahem! - in my case it could be quite useful to show the 3500Kg plate on the body work to an official eg Gendarme if I strayed into a 3500 zone. Perish the thought! More honestly though, I do have the certificate from SVTEC showing 3850kg Jeremy
  8. Probably not relevant .... but my Benimar was upgraded to 3850 by SVTEC and the uprated plate is a plastic stick on one in the lower passenger footwell.It is white writing on a black background, so is not immediately obvious omn the black plastic footwell. (I have 3 plates in total, one rivrted in the engine compartment, one riveted on the bodywork near the habitation door and the plastic one in the footwell). Jeremy
  9. Rich ....by and large boats don't use gas for heating because it is an explosion risk. Gas is heavier than air and in a boat if there was a leak would sink into the bilges ... (hopefully the hull is air and watertight!). Very easy then to get an explosive mixture or gas and air. Same reason most boats are diesel powered, petrol vapour is explosive. My father had a friend who was a submariner in WW1 in petrol powered submarines. Their biggest worry was explosion, not any enemy! Jeremy
  10. Just sent - was doing some edits!
  11. Brian ... I have a couple of queries on this subject so rather than bore everyone I've sent you a PM Jeremy
  12. Brian ..... Came through in an e-mail on 17th Feb. It relates to some upgrades we have for my age at 74 years and for extending the time away from 30 to 45 days. There are no pre-existing Medical Conditions. The opening line is:- On 28 August 2024, when your current travel upgrade expires with U K Insurance Limited, the provider of your FlexPlus Travel Insurance will change from U K Insurance Limited to Aviva Insurance Limited (Aviva). The rest of the blurb then goes on to say...... Your standard travel cover will be replaced with your new Aviva policy. Aviva will contact you before your upgrade expires inviting you to purchase a new upgrade with them. For any future pre-existing conditions upgrades, you will need to complete their medical screening. This is so Aviva can offer you the right level of cover. The details of the new Aviva policy coming in are in these 2 links https://documents.nationwide.co.uk/2024/02/c5c19d8a0abef09701d330a234bc4472.pdf https://documents.nationwide.co.uk/2024/02/dd18466fb82af7f407aa0669ad3a1084.pdf We are going to change to National Federation of Pensioners NFOP after 1st March anyway as I will be able to get Travel insurance with them after I am 75 next year. You have to take out the policy while you are 74 or before. We have read about the eyewatering amounts people are being asked to pay and the difficulty they have in obtaining cover, so this seems the most sensible thing to do for us. Jeremy
  13. I am also going to go with NFOP ... I phoned them and their age limit is under 75 ...ie you can still join if you are 74. Also worth noting that the membership runs for 12 months from 1st March ...so that is the time to join to get full benefit. Jeremy
  14. Derek - it is happening on various threads eg The following posts are LHS justified "Breakdown" DavyS post at 10.44 on 21/02/24 Laimeduck post 13.38 21/02/24 "Electric Bike Insurance" The Bishbus 10 hrs ago ~08.41ish 22/02/24 Laimeduck 5hrs ~13.41ish 22/02/24 On these two topics all other posts are normal justified Jeremy UPDATE And just checked another topic, "Fiat Ducato Alternator" Mtravel is LHS and Keithl is LHS ... all others normal. Jeremy
  15. Just to clarify a big error I made on this page ..... I meant NFOP ( National Federation of Pensioners) not PIC who are a Pension provider! Apologies for the error Jeremy
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