MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure.

[The Coops]

Its more exiting than Coronation St and East Enders! Hooked on next weeks outcome!

 

[CaptainPaul]

Anyway while we're waiting for Tam to return from the crazy German vet here's a wee tune for anyone heading out to Morocco with Tam, Northernraider myself CaptainPaul & Just smiffy this winter....

 

[pagey]

watch out Lenny HB tam is coming to get you

 

[ALI G]

Tam, Don't forget to factor in a few mechanical issues with lack of use, one being hardened oil seals etc when negotiating.
Good luck
Alan.

 

[Northernraider]

Well was that not a complete circus at the vets .. normally doesn't take long so I parked in the carpark , one hour parking, walked along got to the vet and no one around..no answer on the phone etc ... waited....dogs bored and getting wound up play fighting etc .... 5.20 I finally get him on the phone , woke him up so he answered the door crabbit and was met with 4 exited dogs ... chaos ensued.


He wasn't happy lol.

But anyway it was a pita trying to weigh them and get them to swallow a manhole cover... bloody fiasco and I was getting stressed as the more they spat out tablets the more he sighed and huffed .. anyway finally got that done I was bloody sweating after wrestling with them . Got him to put the titre details in to blu's passport but not sure he's done it right as he's put all the laboratory details in instead of his own and then stamped it so the bit that's meant to have vets name and practice is all Italian and then the stamp is German. But to be honest they never bloody look at it and I will print out the certificate etc when back in the UK.

€42 euro in total and we finally got finished at 18.10 so just slightly over on my parking .

Glad that's done.

If I'd been able to park closer I'd have taken dogs in one at a time . It's a joke with 4 trying to hold 4 leads and make a dog swallow a tablet when the others are trying to get it thinking its a treat.

I need a doggy nanny

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[Northernraider]

Oh and unbelievably he used that same joke again about killing six million Jews but still not being able to write ... I told him he used that last time before he then started on about worming all done to please our King and that Boris Johnson was never wormed lol.

I swear the man is nuts lol. And his vet surgery is an absolute riot lol. You couldn't swing a cat in it .

 

[1967bowesj]

With Alde heating they call them heat exchangers.

And brilliant they are, van and hot water at temp when you get where you going. All thriugh the van due to the wet radiators

 

[Northernraider]

And brilliant they are, van and hot water at temp when you get where you going. All thriugh the van due to the wet radiators

That'll be handy in winter time.

 

[CaptainPaul]

That'll be handy in winter time.

You'll be getting soft big yin...

 

[1967bowesj]

That'll be handy in winter time.

Tam, with a cold feeling wife its handy all year in uk lol

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[WESTY66]

Some Alde systems are just the boiler and radiators, some have the additional heat exchanger which sits between the engine cooling system and the Alde heating system, when you turn on the Alde pump with gas and electric off but the thermostat calling for heat it runs the Alde pump warming the radiators and the hot water as secondary effects (the engine needs to be running) a further addition to this is a little pump that can circulate engine cooling water when you are parked up so as long as the Alde heating is on and hot it will warm the engine, the control for that electric pump should be on the CBE control panel.

Perfectly put

So basically tam, the van will get warm for nothing £££ just by driving down the road with the alde pump set on the desired temp!!
You can afford to give the guy a bit extra now you know that

 

[funflair]

Perfectly put

So basically tam, the van will get warm for nothing £££ just by driving down the road with the alde pump set on the desired temp!!
You can afford to give the guy a bit extra now you know that

Thanks and the bit I missed out was that the heat exchanger usually has isolation valves and sometimes I closed these on the engine side in the summer as the heating would start to radiate by gravity circulation, the last thing you want on a hot summers day is the heating on

 

[Mikey RV]

And with the heat exchanger you can flick a switch and it warms the engine in the winter so easier starting.
Check when the fluid was last changed and what colour it is. Blue = good for a year, pink good for 5 years which is what most have in. Another bargaining tool.

 

[Minxy]

Is anyone else starting to feel sorry for the seller? He's gonna be bombarded with loads of questions he can't answer!

 

[Northernraider]

From the photos I can see 4 different controls in the hab area

The main control panel.

This one In the bedroom which I would love to be heating controls etc ...

The alde control panel below sink

And this one that we think is for a generator

Can't see what's on the dash etc

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[Northernraider]

Is anyone else starting to feel sorry for the seller? He's gonna be bombarded with loads of questions he can't answer!

Already been through that with him so I know he isn't clued up on this van. I know more about it than he does , and the things I don't know I'm asking on here so I can suss it all out properly when I get there.

But I've already given him too.much information on the van he didn't know so I'm not telling him anything else lol . It just helps him sell it to someone else if I don't buy it.

Compared to the one I found in Germany its a far better van . The German one might have the 3 litre engine but it's not as well Specced.

No driver door, no garage tailgate, no generator. No aircon , the 3 seats are horrible black fabric and the sofa is beige leather

And it's €47k

So it's a good price and it looks in good condition from photos. I'm just hoping it's good underneath . I'll probably have to spend another £4/5k on it over the next year or so but if its worth it then I'm fine with that.

 

[Mikey RV]

Is anyone else starting to feel sorry for the seller? He's gonna be bombarded with loads of questions he can't answer!

It’s his career choice.

 

[Manic]

Hopefully it doesn’t turn out to be like the one funsters went to check over for you and it a good one, it certainly looks it

 

[Al n Val]

Can someone post the link to Tams new passion waggon as I can’t find it

 

[Northernraider]

You can tell from my posts that I'm impatient to actually go see this van eh lol.

I don't know how the folk order new ones then wait a year etc ...I'd go crazy . I'd be on the phone to the factory every other day.

By month 2 they'd either have fast tracked my order or they'd have cancelled it

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[Northernraider]

Can someone post the link to Tams new passion waggon as I can’t find it

I've not bought it yet lol

 

[Northernraider]

Hopefully it doesn’t turn out to be like the one funsters went to check over for you and it a good one, it certainly looks it

I'm hoping it's a one previous owner who cherished it but unfortunately had health issues which deteriorated, hoping he'd recover he kept it for 8 years but unfortunately died and that's when it was sold.

What throws me is the mot in 2021 and then unused again till 2023 mot . And now still unused.

It did 47km between 2013 and 2021
And 68km between 2021 and 2023

And both mots it was the same miles when it failed and then passed a few days later ,taking 13 days to repair in 2021, and 5 days in 2023. So both times the mot garage did the repairs. But only the essential ones .

Was it still the same owner or was it sitting on some forecourt for 2 years


Who knows


I wait with bated breath for the current owner to get back to me with v5 details

He messaged earlier to say the v5 was at home and not his business so he'd reply later.

And yes I could have been a detective lol.

Blame the adhd . It has compulsive tendancies

 

[Al n Val]

I've not bought it yet lol

I know Tam but I liked it when you posted that first link and would just like another look at it

No probs if not

Al

 

[Northernraider]

I know Tam but I liked it when you posted that first link and would just like another look at it

No probs if not

Al

I'll send the ebay link to you . Its been removed but I think you can still see it

 

[Barclaybasher]

V5s don't even include the last owners details anymore

The only help is if the seller has the old V5s

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[Northernraider]

V5s don't even include the last owners details anymore

The only help is if the seller has the old V5s

No buy it still says how many previous registered keepers . So if its had 2 great . The original one and the seller. If its had 4 or 5 I'm wondering why folk are buying it then not using it.

Inside is far too clean to have been used for living in as opposed to travelling.

Will see what he says .

 

[Barclaybasher]

No buy it still says how many previous registered keepers . So if its had 2 great . The original one and the seller. If its had 4 or 5 I'm wondering why folk are buying it then not using it.

Inside is far too clean to have been used for living in as opposed to travelling.

Will see what he says .

Some of the registered owners might be dealers. - I've never checked history - just bought.
My current vehicles I didn't even test drive

It looks a great van Tam

 

[Boldly]

I'm hoping it's a one previous owner who cherished it but unfortunately had health issues which deteriorated, hoping he'd recover he kept it for 8 years but unfortunately died and that's when it was sold.

What throws me is the mot in 2021 and then unused again till 2023 mot . And now still unused.

It did 47km between 2013 and 2021
And 68km between 2021 and 2023

And both mots it was the same miles when it failed and then passed a few days later ,taking 13 days to repair in 2021, and 5 days in 2023. So both times the mot garage did the repairs. But only the essential ones .

Was it still the same owner or was it sitting on some forecourt for 2 years


Who knows


I wait with bated breath for the current owner to get back to me with v5 details

He messaged earlier to say the v5 was at home and not his business so he'd reply later.

And yes I could have been a detective lol.

Blame the adhd . It has compulsive tendancies

Mine failed mot today and then passed this afternoon after I had fitted new pads and thrashed the ******** off it for an hour to sort the emissions. Because the mileometer doesn't advance it looks like it was fixed at the garage but I took it home to do it.

 

[Northernraider]

Mine failed mot today and then passed this afternoon after I had fitted new pads and thrashed the ******** off it for an hour to sort the emissions. Because the mileometer doesn't advance it looks like it was fixed at the garage but I took it home to do it.

Why doesn't your mileometer advance ?

 

[Northernraider]

My talents are wasted lol. Scotland Yard should hire me.

Just had a reply from Gareth.

So from that I think 1 owner till 2007 , then the auld fella bought it. Owned it till January this year then Gareth bought it

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