fortunately its a sunny day so this crappy solar panel is putting something in at least but i dont expect it to fully charge them. Looks like my water tank or pipes have frozen too as nothing coming out the taps . Didn't have water heater on so im hoping that hasn't been damaged. Ive switched it on now incase its frozen but i think i might have to drain down the water and just use bottled till the temperatures rise a bit again . I also need to find a parts store today and try and get rear brake pads as the NS is really making a grinding noise now ....i checked all the brakes when i bought this and it had had new ones quite recently aswell as a caliper on that side so really didnt expect them to be worn in only 4000 miles . This is the not fun downside to vanlife when it becomes unpleasant. I’m with you Tam
No idea ...im at the parts place now and typically there are 2 types. 1 he has here the other would take 3 days . So im parked across the street now about to take of the wheel to check . Hopefully its the ones here otherwise im in trouble .I’m sure when you do the brakes you’ll give them a good clean down, you must be thinking they have been binding to wear so quickly..
He thought he was doing the right thing getting it out of ScotlandFancy taking a non winterised van to Greece.
Couldn't resist.
I’m with you on this one, calliper piston binding is common with off road grime conditions. I will make sure those pistons move in and out and not seized.I’m sure when you do the brakes you’ll give them a good clean down, you must be thinking they have been binding to wear so quickly..
i am also with you on this one also check the wheel bearing
I thought your experience was just with clapped out vans and campers!You guys would think ive never worked on a car before
Nothing works .... absolutely nothing ive tried this every time she has done this . We are on a beach theres far more interesting things for her to go eating and sniffing at. Im afraid im fast running out of patience with her ...its nearly 2 months now and i still can't get her to come ...she doesn't even look up when i call her name . She will hang around the van for sure but i can't get hold of her ..she knows to keep a certain distance from me every other time she's done this its been jackie who got hold of her.
I don't know whats happened in her past to cause this but she simply will not come regardless of what treats etc i try to coax her with. The only time she comes is when shes attached to a rope or lead and i tug it and reel her in saying come ....and even then its only for a treat. She's still as nervous and flighty off the lead as she was when i found her. And now she's chasing cars just to make things worse 
That seems to be inbuilt with all Greek wild dogs, when she gets hungry she will come back maybe worth ignoring her & just keep your eye on her.
If it's any consolation Minky is still a s*d, she'll come sometimes but often just ignores us, it doesn't help when there is more 'interesting' stuff around and/or she wants to see what the other dogs are up to. Two months is no time at all to be fair and with the outside being so familiar to her all you can do is try to make yourself as 'interesting' as possible so she want to be with you ... how you do that is down to you though although getting down on the floor and rolling round and being daft does help!Nothing works .... absolutely nothing ive tried this every time she has done this . We are on a beach theres far more interesting things for her to go eating and sniffing at. Im afraid im fast running out of patience with her ...its nearly 2 months now and i still can't get her to come ...she doesn't even look up when i call her name . She will hang around the van for sure but i can't get hold of her ..she knows to keep a certain distance from me every other time she's done this its been jackie who got hold of her.
Its hard to do thats the problem ... especially when theres cars going back and forth etc ... she keeps coming back to the van she just wont come in thats the problem. But theres no point in me keeping trying to get her as she just gets worse. Can't leave the door open all the time either as its freezing and the other 2 will end up going chasing after her .
Done that in the first place
I took the wheel off outside the parts place . The pads on this are the ones he doesn't have
.... but the pads themselves look ok and nothing obviously stuck in them . I couldn't do much else at that point due to where i was stopped. So i planned to drive to somewhere and stay overnight and take the wheel off again tomorrow and strip the brakes down. It has the same settup as the ducato so it has shoes inside for the handbrake but it could be them thats causing the grinding when i brake ...i couldn't see or hear anything when i had wheel off earlier but i need to remove the caliper etc and look inside the disc/drum ...but then i got distracted with this muppet wrapping herself round a tree and managing somehow to get out her harness. Now im preoccupied trying to catch her ....to no avail. Join us or log in to post a reply.
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