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Pippah45
Pippah45 Forum Participant Posts: 2,452
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edited July 2017 in Tips for making Caravanning & Touring Cheaper #1

The knowledge of people on here is a wonderful source of money saving tips.  My recent problem with the Cassette/Handle was fixed with the help of people on here.  I would have had to drive the caravan 30 miles or so to try and catch the mobile mechanic in his workshop (normally Sunday) or waited months for him to come to me!  I suspect a caravan dealer would have told me I needed to replace the whole unit!  I know the cassette bit is over £100 so I dread to think what  a whole new loo would cost!  Of course the simplest way for that particular problem was not cause it in the first place - not a mistake I will make again! 

Thank you CT! 

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  • ABM
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    edited July 2017 #2

    So  very  glad  that  members  of  the  C&MC  have  helped  you

    a)  fix  your  problem   and  b)  helped  you  save  your  money  into  the  bargain   laughing

    Strange  ain't  it  that  so  many  threads  on  here  are  complaining  about  how  costly  Membership  is,  both  in  annual  fees  and  in  site  charges,  yet  the  Helping Hands  save  us  money  time  and  again !

  • Pippah45
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    edited July 2017 #3

    It's good to give credit as well as have a grumble - not hard to balance the two really.  innocent  I always think stuff like the national news should balance out the bad stories with the good ones but it doesn't seem to work that way! 

  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Posts: 8,192 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2017 #4

    CT is great for this sort of thing isn't it?

    Glad you've fixed it Pippah and at no expense save Internet, typing and time 😉.

    I'd been following the thread so know the suggested fixes. Well for now! It might not be the case should I need them but maybe the search facility will be better by then 😆. Out of interest how did you cause the issue? That'll be the real bit to remember. 

  • HelenandTrevor
    HelenandTrevor Forum Participant Posts: 3,221
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    edited July 2017 #5

    Good to hear problem sorted, and good to know CT was useful. 

    I Have picked up plenty of tips on CT too.smile

  • Pippah45
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    edited July 2017 #6

    Oh yes so have I however this one was probably the most technically and physically challenging!  I am no longer flexible enough to climb in the cassette locker and working with a mirror didn't do it for me!  

  • Spriddler
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    edited July 2017 #7

    [I am no longer flexible enough to climb in the cassette locker and working with a mirror didn't do it for me! ]

     

    You're right.....it's probably best not to look, eh?

  • Pippah45
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    edited July 2017 #8

    Well actually it got a great steam clean before the work started today!  The designer of those lockers should be given the task of cleaning 50 of them!  laughing

  • Merve
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    edited July 2017 #9

    I agree Pippah- a wealth of experience and knowledge at our fingertips. I will be fitting the wiring for my latest labour saving gadget today gleaned from the experience of others- an automatic grey water disposal unit! Box, Automatic bilge pump and a long piece of flexible hose so that the grey water magically disappears into into the bottom of a hedge which is where I am usually asked to dump the grey water- Wastemaster will hopefully be redundant 

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2017 #10

    All done and works perfectly! 

  • caravanerkarl
    caravanerkarl Forum Participant Posts: 29
    edited July 2017 #11

    Why not just run a long hose from van outlet?

  • Merve
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    edited July 2017 #12
    • Too slow for me karl, this way the water is quickly disposed of. 

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