ColinM50
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Interesting and thanks. Since my m/h is auto I never, ever use the handbrake but will see if using it makes a difference
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Had similar issues with our Eldiss 196, all of a sudden the bed stopped working. On mine the resettable fuse was in a small blanked-off space above the parcel shelf. Just push the button on the fuse and viola job done. I think a dealer showed me where the fuse was and it popped half a dozen times in the four years we had it. General feeling was the cables were a bit on the thin size and could be uprated but a heck of a job to do so I just put up with resetting the fuse.
Good luck in finding your fuse, Bailey might help with a reply to "where's the bed fuse"
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Camperking in Banbury could be worth a call? 01295 500025
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Thanks all that was what I was after, Suoer U was the one I sort of remembered. So will look at them as and when we've got some dates.
And Globebuster, we ended up not going to France last year but if you'd be kind enough to remind me of the details I'd be grateful Can you pm details here?
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An 11-year-old boy was found behind the wheel when police pulled over a BMW X5 towing a suspected stolen caravan on the M1.
North Yorkshire Police arrested the boy on suspicion of theft, burglary and motoring offences including dangerous driving.
Officers received a call at about 15:30 GMT on Thursday that a caravan had been stolen from a holiday site near Thirsk.
They tracked a BMW they said was using cloned plates heading south on the A1.
The force said that 45 minutes after the caravan was reported stolen "we stopped the vehicle on the M1 after it left the A1 at Hook Moor Interchange near Garforth".
The boy has been released on conditional bail with further inquiries being carried out.
Police said a selection of vehicle registration plates was found when they searched the vehicle.
The force confirmed no-one had been injured.
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Planning to take our Chausson to France this year and would like to hire a small car for when we're there, ideally a rent-a-wreck. Anything that's cheap as chips.
I have a recollection that one of the supermarkets do really cheap rentals but can's remember which. Anybody know who it might be? Or have any suggestions?
We'll probably head to Loire or maybe Cote D'Azur if that makes a difference..TIA
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Out of interest, why do you want them removable?
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Be very careful that anything you do doesn't invalidate your warranty with Chausson. I bought one of their 2022 m/h's last year and Chausson now say the warranty is void because before I bought it it didn't have am '23 Habitation check. It did by the dealer I bought it from in Sept but didn't have one before that and before I owned it. Chausson/Trigano appear to work very hard to deny any warranty issue and I can se that in your case if you change the wheels to ones they didn't specify, they COULD claim you've made a change to their spec and hence, like me, void your warranty
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John 52, it must be some time since you crossed the Thames, the Dartford toll booths disappeared in 2014, so ten years ago.
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Both of the clubs run adverts in their classified ad sections offering this type of storage. Worth a look if you're in either club?
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Derek says he hs no intention of driving in a ULEZ zone, the current ones are:
There are Low Emission Zones in:
- London
- Brighton
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Bath
- Bradford
- Portsmouth
- Newcastle
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
Several other major cities such as Manchester and Sheffield are in discussions about introducing them in the near future.
That's a fair chunk of the UK closed off to you and likely to get worse.
My pov is if you can afford a ULEZ compliant m/h, that would be my first option
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Ditto to these sentiments though we have no-one in Paris at the moment. Will be in Wells for New Year so anyone else in that neck of the woods?????????
Happy new Year🙃😝
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bruddy showoff 😁
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Bought a 2022 Chausson in Sept and have a broken hab door handle. As the saying goes, "it just came off in my hand".
Contacted a Chausson dealer (I didn't buy from an approved Chausson dealer) who tells me the new handle is £158 + VAT and 2 hours labour @ £75 hr to undo 2 screws and fit it. I asked the dealer if it's a warranty item and they tell me warranty's not transferable. Any suggestions?
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The NFOP policy seems OK, however we're both diabetic (70 &73) so additional premiums apply and in Oct 23 took out an annual policy with Virgin Money at £145 for us both.
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Thanks for the info chaps, all very useful. I tried to buy a wheel and tyre from the wheelshop but they're nil stock for a couple of weeks but I'll defo get one from them and pay a little extra for a matching Michelin and some original spec nuts. Next time I'm out in it I'll get it weighed to keep Brian happy🤣 .
Next task is searching for an underslung wheel carrier.😵
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I posted a couple of months ago before we bought this M/H about needing a spare wheel. It's a Chausson 788 based on a Transit chassis and I've tried Ford dealers to find out what size wheel and tyre I need but they won't tell me. Because it's fitted with an alloy I can't seem to fid out which Transit steel wheel to fit, Ford only recognise the alloy and what say which one to get. The wheels are 16 inch and tyres are 235x65x16 and a genuine Ford replacement wheel is £280 then cost of tyre on top is £175. All for something I hope I'll never use.😃
Now if I go on Ebay, there's loads of ads for secondhand transit 16 inch wheels and tyres for £80 ish. Complete. But I need to know which offset I need. I guess if I jack the M/H up, take off an existing wheel, the size and spec will be on the inside rim? Or does anyone know a better way?
TIA
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A lot of farms have one, but your local council has TWO;
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/traffic-management/weighbridge-locations/
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I just bought two for an Eldiss 196 2017 from Eldiss via a dealer. £129 each so be careful with them. Took about 6 weeks to get.
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No, I've given up that idea, now doing it all by Spotify 😁
Thanks again for all your accurate help and advice🤩
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Thanks v. much Robin. Took the m/h to the dealer today along with a print out of this thread which he read without comment. Then took the radio out and the cover on top, fiddled about with some thirty cables and connections and plugged the USB socket in and it works OK now.
So job done and once again many thanks for your suggestion/advice😁🤏
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New (to us, but only ten months old) motorhome a Chausson 788 has a Xzent radio sat nav system fitted. And fairly good it is too. However as I mentioned previously I can't play CD's so have transferred some onto a memory stick and tried to play them. But the USB icon on the menu is greyed out so doesn't recognise it. Took it to a Ford dealer and of course they say it's not a Ford issue, they claim go back to the dealer we bought it from. Dealer are going to have a look next week but I hold little hope they'll fix it. Trigano, Chausson's owner are French based and I can't find a UK address for them.
I'm trying to convince SWMBO that we should visit the factory in the Rhone valley but so far she's just giving me a blank look and a gallic shrug of her shoulders.
Anybody and clues or suggestions as to how to progress this?
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Seems very expensive. Couple of things I could add is it might be worth posting on Shipley for someone to bring it back as a return load on a low loader or try hiring one himself from someone like Paragon at Ferrybridge on the A1 if he feels capable of doing that . Actually another idea on the same theme, in the back of the club mags I'm fairly sure there's transport companies advertising
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Adie, I've already got that lot, it's just the CD I want now and then it'll be a full set😄
Aire de camping Calais
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Having done Dover Calais probably ten times in the last five years, I find calais quite intimidating. Under the current situation with illegal immigrants, there's no way I'd overnight in Calais. happy to drive an hour or so for a supposed more secure site. Just IMHO of course and there's nothing wrong with people who are looking to improve their lot, just not at my expense.