A post I thought I'd share which might give some people hope in a time of despair.
A couple of years ago, Mum & Dads 10yr old or so Burstner Elegance 591 suddenly caught fire under the bonnet when dad performed his weekly ritual of turning the engine over on the drive. Dad was quick to act and put the fire out fairly quick, minimising the damage to the Loom only. Long and short of it, his insurance company told him he wasn't covered, they even broke bits off of it during transporting it to and from their loss assessors depot...thats another story! So, not covered by his LV motorhome policy due to fair wear and tear, a mechanic friend of theirs cut the loom out of the engine compartment, hacking it at several places and said he'd get it replaced. The loom was obsolete and could not be purchased. So, mum and dad had what was until then a £25k motorhome, with a melted loom that had been removed badly.
Having a can do attitude I told them not to worry, I'll find someone to fix it. It turns absolutely no one and I mean no one would touch it or entertain a repair etc, even Fiat and Burstner backed away. Seeing mum and dads total despair I laid it out, pinned it down on a board (on the kitchen table) marked up cables, created a 3 page colour code matrix, ordered £400 worth of wires, connectors, heat shrink and tools and set about rebuilding it.
It took some 90+ hours over a couple of weeks, I think there were some 80 cables to repair/replace and then reconnect (so 160 odd new connections) then the ends of the loom had to be joined to the places it had been hacked off from back on the MH, so another 80 or so connections in the engine bay, under the engine & behind the dash)
It was a success and the moment dad tuned over the engine for the first time since the fire was priceless, first terror, aprehension, then total joy. So this post is put out there just to give those in despair, some hope that everything is possible.
This isn't an advert by the way as this isn't something I'd chose to do again
A couple of years ago, Mum & Dads 10yr old or so Burstner Elegance 591 suddenly caught fire under the bonnet when dad performed his weekly ritual of turning the engine over on the drive. Dad was quick to act and put the fire out fairly quick, minimising the damage to the Loom only. Long and short of it, his insurance company told him he wasn't covered, they even broke bits off of it during transporting it to and from their loss assessors depot...thats another story! So, not covered by his LV motorhome policy due to fair wear and tear, a mechanic friend of theirs cut the loom out of the engine compartment, hacking it at several places and said he'd get it replaced. The loom was obsolete and could not be purchased. So, mum and dad had what was until then a £25k motorhome, with a melted loom that had been removed badly.
Having a can do attitude I told them not to worry, I'll find someone to fix it. It turns absolutely no one and I mean no one would touch it or entertain a repair etc, even Fiat and Burstner backed away. Seeing mum and dads total despair I laid it out, pinned it down on a board (on the kitchen table) marked up cables, created a 3 page colour code matrix, ordered £400 worth of wires, connectors, heat shrink and tools and set about rebuilding it.
It took some 90+ hours over a couple of weeks, I think there were some 80 cables to repair/replace and then reconnect (so 160 odd new connections) then the ends of the loom had to be joined to the places it had been hacked off from back on the MH, so another 80 or so connections in the engine bay, under the engine & behind the dash)
It was a success and the moment dad tuned over the engine for the first time since the fire was priceless, first terror, aprehension, then total joy. So this post is put out there just to give those in despair, some hope that everything is possible.
This isn't an advert by the way as this isn't something I'd chose to do again
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well done you
