MOBY GOES TO TURKEY. A tam and pups adventure. (1 Viewer)

[Phill D]

Sky wheres the sky lol, youve hit a bad week for the west coast Phil

Your not kidding

 

[Phill D]

I’m told Friday the weather will change for the better!

But I have not been told “ which Friday “!

 

[alex n]

I’m told Friday the weather will change for the better!

But I have not been told “ which Friday “!

july 2028

 

[Gingernuts]

Tam remember if it’s too big for any of your punters, especially wannabe surfers there just happens to be a possl 2win with roof rack available in the classifieds

 

[jumartoo]

He’s got some shite in his old van, I mean.. who needs two hot water bottles for a tough Scottish man…

Some people suffer, badly, with cold feet

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[Minxy]

Some people suffer, badly, with cold feet

Ah, that why he's got 2 then, one to strap on each foot!

 

[Northernraider]

Jees what a busy day .. so everything is transferred ( dumped) in the other van , dropped moby and the dogs off at Jackie's, garry is speeding us back to Doc , got doc insured and taxed and transferred the funds to Gareth, should be back there in an hour . Fill it up with water , diesel and gas then head back to Jackie's to a carpark round the corner . Will take me days to clean inside doc and put all my stuff away properly .. I have stuff in every fecking cupboard and I'm not sure how that's possible. Moby had way more storage than you'd think .

 

[Mikey RV]

Good news. Your first night in Doc. I take it that’s the new name.

 

[Phill D]

I assume Doc Doolittle

 

[Northernraider]

Good news. Your first night in Doc. I take it that’s the new name.

Yeah doc little

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[CazPaul]

Does it drive ok?

 

[Phill D]

Does it drive ok?

I doubt he’s arrived at hengoed yet to actually take it away

 

[Flairy]

I stopped the water coming off the roof

 

[CazPaul]

View attachment 940570I stopped the water coming off the roof

Wouldn’t you think with top class motorhomes they would design them better, have one on from new etc etc

As I say the older Hymers had them, our Concorde has nothing either

 

[Lenny HB]

Going to be warmer in the South East than Barcelona tomorrow.

Going to be freezing in Barcelona then.

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[Phill D]

Going to be warmer in the South East than Barcelona tomorrow.

Going to be freezing in Barcelona then.

Don’t think I could convince the wife that we could get to West Sussex from close to Uig on Skye if we left right now!

 

[NicandJay]

At least it's not called Doctor Whites

 

[alex n]

At least it's not called Doctor Whites

in what period are you talking about

 

[scotzsue]

He’s got some shite in his old van, I mean.. who needs two hot water bottles for a tough Scottish man…

Of course he needs 2 one for hot when it is cold and one for cold when it is hot

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

Of course he needs 2 one for hot when it is cold and one for cold when it is hot

But unless it's hot and cold at the same time, one would do

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[Northernraider]

So we finally got back to near Jackie's around 8.30 .. took us 3 hours to drive back with multiple stops .

First went to a Morrisons for lpg thar was closed .. on route the van drove like an absolute bag of shite , pulling to left , vibrating from left front wheel , grindy brakes and shuddering , loss of power ...really bad , red flashing injector light.

Headed for next morrisons at Port Talbot... stopped at a services to put diesel in and added 2 doses of diesel treatment. Also inflated front tyres to 70psi as driver front was at 60 and looked soft ..hoped that would cute pulling and vibrating..it did a bit buy not completely I think it needs either 2 new front tyres or new front discs .. calipers need sliders sorted I expect and pads changed. The miller's and fresh diesel seemed to help the power issue , the injector light still comes on when it's going up hills sometimes and now and then when first pulling away but a lot less than it was , so I suspect the injectors are gummed up with old dirty diesel and it's slowly being flushed. May also have the dodgy wire connectors the fiat is famous for but haven't checked thst.

The mot is a farce , the wipers don't clear the screen and of course it had to start raining .. none of the side markers work on rhs neither does the rear taillight , on the front the rhs works but lhs doesn't. So that's either a fuse or bad wiring connectors but should have failed mot .

Other than that the van actually drives nice, it's quiet , smooth and very feckin warm .. when the injector light is off it goes quite well for its size.

And then there's the lpg saga , stopped at morrisons connected up the hose and lpg sprays everywhere . This is before I pressed button as some arsehole has removed the diesel tank but hasn't blanked off the t piece that fed it .. so can't fill bottles till that's blanked off or replaced with an elbow instead of a t piece.

So I've only a little gas that was in the bottles to do me just now


There's nowt that can't be fixed and once it is all will be fine but I'm pissed off at Gareth for the mot stuff because I didn't ask for a years mot for nothing I wanted it safe to drive . And I've now to spend time locating the issues with the lights etc before I can do anything else.

So we are in the van now , dogs are quite reserved lol but it is a riot inside with stuff absolutely everywhere. But tomorrow is another day .

I'm off to make my bed up .


Hold back on all the negative comments please as we all knew there would be issues with it. So overall I'm not surprised. I planned to check all the brakes etc anyway once back at garrys, my biggest concern is the injector light incase its something more than just dirty fuel etc but as I said it got a lot better after additive and new fuel so fingers crossed that's its issue.

 

[mackeellan]

Let me remind you how capable you are at sorting these problems. Bit bad that the mot was a farce! Keep your chin up pal, you can sort it. Each day will reveal another issue but you it will be a great van to be off in for the winter. See you soon

 

[Just smiffy]

I now know why Tam wanders around Europe… he’s not wandering he is lost, wrong way a couple of times today…

I gave him the five finger shuffle a few times…

 

[WESTY66]

I now know why Tam wanders around Europe… he’s not wandering he is lost, wrong way a couple of times today…

I gave him the five finger shuffle a few times…

Did you mean the Kenco coffee bean shuffle

 

[CazPaul]

I’m sure you’ll sort it out and have a beauty there

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[Just smiffy]

I’m sure you’ll sort it out and have a beauty there

There’s a few issues but easily sorted at little cost hopefully, the inside is in fabulous condition, perhaps a few condensation mouldy bits that will clean up from the past but certainly no damp. It is a very well made van that once cleaned up and problems sorted and used like it should be it will be a fantastic van..

I think most of the problems is because it just hasn’t been used….

 

[Phill D]

It can’t sit around that long and not have lots of minor bits to sort.

But they will be sorted out by you no issue.

 

[Northernraider]

Just been on the phone with Gareth as he text to see if I got back OK. Full of pish he is lol. Making excuses for mot station and claiming They're really strict. I'd not let them near a motor of mine passing this like thst. He also thinks someone has stolen the gas tank when it was on his storage.

To be honest he might just be genuine and clueless who knows. In the end it will hopefully all be fine once sorted. It's certainly nice inside at night with all these fairy lights etc . But figuring out all the switches and controls takes some doing.

It's like driving a conservatory.. I said to garry I'm glad I've driven a big van like this before and also glad I've been driving a lhd motorhome the last year or I'd never have driven this the first time .. its a big mudder fecker.. dogs are a bit starstruck I think . They're not sure what to do with themselves so they've all just crashed out.

It's very warm and comfortable though . Not sure I'll sleep much tonight again . Haven't had a decent kip in about a week

 

[Carol]

Northernraider Tam and so another chapter of your travels begins, all with a lot of virtual in put from all of us following your amazing story and it is amazing, you read threads with people worrying where to stay you do your reasurch and find amazing places , you change your van and we are all on the edge of our seats I for one am really looking forward to seeing your twists and turns turning Doc into the Van you want and deserve , Best Wishes on the next part of your story.

 

[Just smiffy]

Let’s have a pic of the lights then….

Jackie probably let the dogs run riot…

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