MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[Lenny HB]

Pot Noodle......

Cheers

 

[Just smiffy]

So much for my early dinner I was in the middle of cooking.

Your soooo selfish…..

 

[WESTY66]

Your soooo selfish…..

In fairness to Lenny HB he’ll be on the blower now till supper time

 

[Northernraider]

OK so it's been a mixed day . We left our overnight stop this morning after a short walk on the beach etc

... it took me 90 minutes to navigate round the outskirts of Rome to the a1 motorway , the road going round Rome is like the m25 only with even worse drivers. Filled up with diesel again ( it's all I seem to do this week lol ) and then got on the toll road heading to naples but meeting up with the indianajones crew on route for a catch up. They're on the ferry at midnight to Barcelona so it was just a blether for an hour or 2 but was nice to see them again and puppy nala who's quite a big girl now ...all legs , of course we arranged to meet at a motorway services and had planned to walk over the adjoining footbridge but silly me put the coordinates in for the wrong side so I had to come off and on the bloody toll road 3 times in total ..and that was a pain as obviously you have to pay each time .. and I wasted 15km in going back and forth lol. They're having van issues too but mostly hab side of things , they have a leaking skylight they've sealed up 3 times and it's still leaking , and their sliding door bracket broke so they can't open or close the side door now , can't get a bracket anywhere they've tried but doors on the UK side and no one seems to stock a bracket. Been broken 2 months now .

I left them around 15.30 and continued towards naples , didn't really want to drive too much after it got dark so I'm north of naples on a camper stop at Santa Maria capua vetere. There's an old amphitheater here we might go look at in the morning. I think I'm going to just forget about pompei, amalfi etc and head south east towards matera but I won't get near there tomorrow I don't think.


But I'm still anxious as hell about everything. It doesn't help that aswell as the van issues which are still ongoing , I think my starter battery may well be on its way out , and I can't get the bloody bonnet open .

But besides that jade is also not well , she's not been right for at least 4 or 5 days now , but it's hard to know what's wrong with her. Her tail hasn't been up in days it's tucked right down at her rear most of the time , she never waggs it , she seems to have problems climbing in the van step , she can't jump up on her seat or the sofas etc . She is however still eating ok , doing the toilet ok etc so it's not tummy ache which she's suffered from before but it seems like she's bruised something or pulled a muscle or something, having had a Google the other day its possible she has limp tail or limber tail which if is the case they say she just needs rest etc and it Normally heals in a week or so. But she just seems miserable and I hate seeing her like that. But at the same time I'd rather take her to a vet in Greece when we're not in such a rush in case she needs any treatment or x rays etc. I don't believe she's in constant pain or anything or I'd take her straight away but obviously she's bothered by whatever is up and she's feeling a bit down . That and the van is making me also feel down ... to be honest I'm a bit fed up. I'll be glad when I can park up somewhere for a few days and get some peace.

My ablemail battery maintainer is still pumping in charge to my starter battery which it shouldn't do unless the battery is under power . The alternator seems to be working OK but the battery may have been damaged. Which is more bloody expense I wasn't counting on just now. But I may have to get a new battery for it. But I will see how that goes for now .
First problem I have in the morning is getting my bonnet open as it won't open at the minute. I'm hoping if I get someone to push down on it while I operate the lever I might get it open then I'll have to try adjusting the bracket or something. It was working fine but now it isn't.


Anyway I'm just fed up so I'm off to watch a movie and eat cake.

 

[scotzsue]

Oh gear Tam, maybe just maybe Jade is picking up on you being down, hope it is nothing serious. dogs are better than kids at picking up their adults anxieties.
Enjoy your movie and cake and try to not comfort eat

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[1967bowesj]

Tam, have you a squezzie ball you can wedge under the bonnet pull so you can bouncy the bonnet outside to try get it to open.
probably just needs some lube on catches

 

[Just smiffy]

Just so that your not alone Tam I’ve been fed up too the last couple of days, and I’m with someone on this trip but sometimes I wish I was on my own… it’s half a dozen of this or whatever the saying is…

But I’ll be fine in a few days, it never lasts with me…

Half way through the bottle of cheep port I bought and I don’t know whether it’s helping or not…

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

Oh man, you are putting me off going away in Feb! My van is 23 years old, but I have had it 9 years so have built up a bit of feel for it.
Good luck with the bonnet and battery.
Your friends pup is a beaut!!

 

[Figaro]

First problem I have in the morning is getting my bonnet open as it won't open at the minute.

Mario's little Italian joke ?

 

[monzer]

Anyway I'm just fed up so I'm off to watch a movie and eat cake.

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[Barclaybasher]

Oh man, you are putting me off going away in Feb! My van is 23 years old, but I have had it 9 years so have built up a bit of feel for it.
Good luck with the bonnet and battery.
Your friends pup is a beaut!!

I think Tam had hardly used the van before setting off.

A lot of work done and preparation but the van is really 'running in' and Tam has the knowledge and experience to fix most stuff

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

I think Tam had hardly used the van before setting off.

A lot of work done and preparation but the van is really 'running in' and Tam has the knowledge and experience to fix most stuff

Indeed, I've been following Tam's adventures for a few years.

 

[scousebird]

Northernraider & Just smiffy sorry to hear you are both feeling a bit down today, I hope tomorrow's a brighter day for you both.

 

[Lenny HB]

He has got the bonnet open now.

He can't do much until the morning, looks like something is draining the battery or it needs a new battery.
The battery maintainer is coping with it for now.

He did over a 1000 miles in it coming down to my place & back to get the electrics sorted and it was running fine then.

 

[Langtoftlad]

for Jade
Any idea how old she is?

It's probably nothing. Kerry hurt herself falling up the stairs awhile back. She was fine and recovered quickly from a sore hind leg... but she's lost confidence in jumping up... getting on the sofa is now a rather inelegant chamber...

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[Langtoftlad]

My guess is the reversing camera not switching off completely...


...based on no technical knowledge whatsoever.

 

[Lenny HB]

My guess is the reversing camera not switching off completely...


...based on no technical knowledge whatsoever.

Too lower current to cause the amount of drain we appear to be getting.

 

[Littlewheels]

Tam, turn the Forum off for the night, chill as best you can try and sleep and tomorrow is another day.
l know it’s difficult but you just need to switch off for a while.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Too lower current to cause the amount of drain we appear to be getting.

But is it... ?

I suspect the camera is creating a parasitic draw which is enabling power to be diverted from the vehicle battery to the dilithium crystals driving Moby's warp core engine...

 

[Barclaybasher]

Too lower current to cause the amount of drain we appear to be getting.

I had a big drain on my leisure battery this year, killed 2 batteries.
I've had the van (another Moby) 6 years and have done nothing on the electrical side.

A 'Vdrive' sound system came with the van which I have never used
The big drain on the hab battery seems to be from an amp in the sound system which I must have unknowingly switched on.
I haven't been able to locate the amp so I looked at the 'extra' connections on the hab battery.
2 cables were from the solar controller and one thicker cable to the positive terminal.
I have disconnected that thicker cable and it seems to have fixed the drain.
As you say it has to be bigger drain than something like a camera

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[1967bowesj]

Too lower current to cause the amount of drain we appear to be getting.

Lenny, could it be more like a relay not switching off?
Fridge perhaps

 

[Lenny HB]

Lenny, could it be more like a relay not switching off?
Fridge perhaps

Not taking that much current and I think the fridge is not AES.

He can get his clamp meter on it in the morning.

 

[Grianan]

Tam, Yogi had limp tail once, when he came back from a severe groom. Never went there again .
It was like he couldn’t raise his tail, clamped between his legs. Even when he saw my son who is his No 1 person in the world. He also struggled to sit down. Took about 3 days to recover but there was a bit of improvement each day. Really hope Jade shows some improvement soon.

 

[Figaro]

Come on Tam, we need a Jade health update

 

[Phill D]

Come on Tam, we need a Jade health update

No news is good news

I hope

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[Lenny HB]

He is going to get a surprise when he gets the bill, he's been on the phone to his help line for over 8 hours so far this week.


Looking like the starter battery, not been able to confirm as his cheapo clamp meter no like small currents. He is going to have to disconnect the battery to do an accurate measurement so leaving it for now.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

He is going to get a surprise when he gets the bill, he's been on the phone to his help line for over 8 hours so far this week.


Looking like the starter battery, not been able to confirm as his cheapo clamp meter no like small currents. He is going to have to disconnect the battery to do an accurate measurement so leaving it for now.

I thought the garage were going to rule out other stuff before changing the alternator, surely the battery would be #1 on the list!

 

[WESTY66]

I know what you’re saying tam, BUT in fairness to Dutch 68 it used to be the old saying replace all three (Battery, starter, and alternator) cos when one went down it wasn’t long before the others followed it
AND you might not be so conveniently parked close to dealers or motorfactor shops next time
BUT hopefully it might be something rather simple

That’ll be two out of the three then

 

[Lenny HB]

I thought the garage were going to rule out other stuff before changing the alternator, surely the battery would be #1 on the list!

They established that the alternator was faulty and we are still not certain if there is a drain on the battery or if it's faulty, they couldn't do much more in the timescale.

 

[Gina M]

They established that the alternator was faulty and we are still not certain if there is a drain on the battery or if it's faulty, they couldn't do much more in the timescale.

Uncle Lenny has been promoted, he is now Tam's personal secretary answering all of his calls

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