Posted on 18/01/2019 20:36
I can't believe I am the only person to have lost the yellow plastic insert to use when driving without the Alko-Wheel lock in place? I don't seem to be able to find one online. For over £100 you can buy all the other little bits - and keys but I can't see the yellow filler thingy! I know where mine is/was - and that is on my pitch just vacated! It fell under the van when I arrived and I forgot to retrieve it!
Posted on 18/01/2019 21:10
Your are a Star JVB thank you very much. They don't charge postage. If anyone would like a spare let me know! I didn't get the right name for them that's why I couldn't find!
I imagine they are fairly necessary as the grit and grime would make fitting the wretched things even more difficult!
Posted on 18/01/2019 21:32
It's bright yellow, how could you miss it Pippah. ........... only joking 
A few years ago OH had gone off for a shower. I stepped out of the caravan and the left lens pf my glasses fell out. My right eye does not work and I was not going to trample ove the gravel looking for the lens. I waited on the step for Fliss to return in order to warn her and for her to find the lens 
Posted on 18/01/2019 21:10 by Pippah45Your are a Star JVB thank you very much. They don't charge postage. If anyone would like a spare let me know! I didn't get the right name for them that's why I couldn't find!
I imagine they are fairly necessary as the grit and grime would make fitting the wretched things even more difficult!
Posted on 18/01/2019 22:06
£1.79 (p&p?) for a plastic plug seems very expensive for what they are ... I rarely think to refit mine for the journey. I don't have any more problems fitting the wheel lock with grit than without. If I lost a blank I'd just use a short bolt instead or find something of a similar diameter to screw in .... it'll cut its own thread 😉
Posted on 18/01/2019 22:24
Quite right EasyT - I didn't really check the pitch properly - in my defence there was a MH trying to exit the site and I was in the way - so I didn't complete the hitching and got out of the way and stopped in a less blocking space - leaving the electrics - which today simply would not attach until a very kind fellow camper managed it! Thank you that kind man at Ferry Meadows!
And yes I did have one of those aligning dubreys for the electrics - but still couldn't do it! I didn't search for the silicone spray which actually wasn't hiding as deep in the car as I had thought! Is there always something? Last time I arrived home from a relatively glitch free 4 weeks I couldn't actually lift the stabiliser off the hitch. I now have a lever pipe to help do the job. I do think the 13 pin electrics are not as easy to do as the old ones but I am told they are much more efficient!
Each time I need help from a fellow camper - I remind myself that I have given help to others in my time - but I may run out of credit one day!
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