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[roadwarrior]

I took my winchcombe in for a engine and garbox service, when i picked it up they told me they took it for a test drive ( not sure why )_ but anyway as they did so the oven door glass exploded !! so now i have to try and find a thetford caprice 3 door, any ideas ? would other thetford doors fit ? cant see then being radically differant.. not one to miss an opportunity my carer says, or a new cooker !

ideas please ?

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

If its probably just a slide in rectangular piece of tempered glass try your local glass supplier to make one up for you. Probably a lot cheaper than an original

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[Bramidan]

Probably a silly question but why would the oven glass door explode?
Surely not heat as the oven wasn’t on (?)
Hit a massive bump, all wheels in the air?
Perhaps others have experienced this?

 

[Dave and Jen]

Try O'Learys in Grimsby or trawl eBay "caravan spares"
I tried to get a glass hob cover for my Caprice without luck but I have ordered a piece of toughened glass from a glass supplier but you need the exact size and thickness.
Hope this helps,
Cheers Dave
OR get the people who service the van to find one-they were driving it!!!!

 

[denisejoe]

I took my winchcombe in for a engine and garbox service, when i picked it up they told me they took it for a test drive ( not sure why )_ but anyway as they did so the oven door glass exploded !! so now i have to try and find a thetford caprice 3 door, any ideas ? would other thetford doors fit ? cant see then being radically differant.. not one to miss an opportunity my carer says, or a new cooker !

ideas please ?

Hope they're going to pay for it when you find it!

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[roadwarrior]

Hope they're going to pay for it when you find it!

they already have in a way - they were so embarressed they knocked 400 quid off the bill. To my mind Mertrux Derby have been excellent about this. They even tried ringing Brownhills but it was late friday afternoon so fair play to them.

 

[roadwarrior]

wife has now said, well we may as well have a new cooker then... not much differance if i can source one ( thetford caprice mkiii oven door ) might be about 100 or so quid - new cooker about 1100 plus fitting ... sighs

 

[Bernie P]

Daft as it may seem, toughened glass can just explode for no apparent reasons. The manufacturing process "locks in" stresses into the glass.
I used to be involved with the inspection of glass insulators for overhead transmission lines. You'd be walking round a warehouse and one unit, in a pallet load, would just explode. It was like a gun going off.
Your garage may just have been unlucky.

 

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[WillH]

Ours exploded a few years ago, £25 odd for a new one.

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[vin0114]

I took my winchcombe in for a engine and garbox service, when i picked it up they told me they took it for a test drive ( not sure why )_ but anyway as they did so the oven door glass exploded !! so now i have to try and find a thetford caprice 3 door, any ideas ? would other thetford doors fit ? cant see then being radically differant.. not one to miss an opportunity my carer says, or a new cooker !

ideas please ?

If you are at Lisa's Drax event in August there is a caravan spares place close by - might be worth a visit?

 

[Mad dog]

wife has now said, well we may as well have a new cooker then... not much differance if i can source one ( thetford caprice mkiii oven door ) might be about 100 or so quid - new cooker about 1100 plus fitting ... sighs

You'll never have any peace if you don't go for a new oven now - she's ALWAYS right, sod the expense!!

Fix the old-un & sell it on here?

 

[vanfan]

Took our previous MH for a service a couple of years ago and when we collected it the gas grill had completely sheared off and was hanging down on the grill pan! Also a small necklace of mine which had been on a hook in the bathroom was on the floor!
Goodness knows where they took it for a test drive, we didn’t feel we could blame them but we never went back!

 

[MisterB]

wife has now said, well we may as well have a new cooker then... not much differance if i can source one ( thetford caprice mkiii oven door ) might be about 100 or so quid - new cooker about 1100 plus fitting ... sighs

Only replace it if you use it. We haven't used our oven for well over a year now, 'we' use an air fryer, microwave etc. Would the £1100 be better spent on a large lithium and decent inverter ....and make use of the oven space? You could always keep the oven somewhere safe if you ever sell ....??

Try going without the oven a few times to see if you can manage ....?

 

[mohawkman]

Probably a silly question but why would the oven glass door explode?
Surely not heat as the oven wasn’t on (?)
Hit a massive bump, all wheels in the air?
Perhaps others have experienced this?

As a cooker engineer of many years it’s one of those things that can happen with oven glass doors.
Don’t need to be hot.

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[Graydo]

I'm thinking of replacing mine with a low wattage microwave, hardly use the oven and a pita bending down to make sure its still lit.
Might be a good time to ask the question if you really need it.

Graydo

 

[scotzsue]

Try O'Learys in Grimsby or trawl eBay "caravan spares"
I tried to get a glass hob cover for my Caprice without luck but I have ordered a piece of toughened glass from a glass supplier but you need the exact size and thickness.
Hope this helps,
Cheers Dave
OR get the people who service the van to find one-they were driving it!!!!

O'Learys is the other side of the Humber between Hull and Beverley, unless they have opened a second branch

 

[Compusol]

We had the same when our oven door glass exploded after hitting a pothole.
Southdown Motor Homes https://www.southdownsmotorcaravans.com/ ordered a new door and had in to us within 5 days.

 

[Terry]

O'Learys is the other side of the Humber between Hull and Beverley, unless they have opened a second branch

It’s Magnums at Grimsby

 

[Terry]

There is the Caravan breakers at Drax as Vin says.
It shows on Lisa map ( just on the right) on the Drax 3fs map entry

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[Cidered]

Ten years motorhoming; never felt the need for an oven. Remoska cheap alternative. You can do a lot with £1100. Tell the missus that she can use the vacated space as a wine store.

 

[denisejoe]

Remoska isn't much good without EHU or plenty of battery power to use an inverter!

 

[Dave and Jen]

O'Learys is the other side of the Humber between Hull and Beverley, unless they have opened a second branch

Yes it is, put down to old age!
Cheers, Dave

 

[Dave and Jen]

It’s Magnums at Grimsby

Hi, Terry I stand corrected....
Cheers Dave

 

[roadwarrior]

If its probably just a slide in rectangular piece of tempered glass try your local glass supplier to make one up for you. Probably a lot cheaper than an original

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Daft as it may seem, toughened glass can just explode for no apparent reasons. The manufacturing process "locks in" stresses into the glass.
I used to be involved with the inspection of glass insulators for overhead transmission lines. You'd be walking round a warehouse and one unit, in a pallet load, would just explode. It was like a gun going off.
Your garage may just have been unlucky.

WOW

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[roadwarrior]

Its the outer i need, the one thats bonded to the frame, anyway i looked into that and wife decreed " get a proper one " so as i say, we may, or many not have an oven door when we leave in 5 weeks for foreign shores.
Oh and I suggested well you dont use the oven much do you ? Only on almost every meal you eat she replied. Shows my observational powers........ Im just the bloke at the front with the steering wheel, - what do i know ?

 

[roadwarrior]

anyway, after I exausted all possibilities of someone having one in stock or lying around i went to leisure spares who patiently explained as its extinct now it has to be specially made at the factory. it will cost me 90 quid which is better than a new cooker i suppose. But here is the thing - WHY ?? I cant believe its nessesary to have so many models doing the same thing and then changing them all a couple of years later -its madness - is it me ?

 

[roadwarrior]

Only replace it if you use it. We haven't used our oven for well over a year now, 'we' use an air fryer, microwave etc. Would the £1100 be better spent on a large lithium and decent inverter ....and make use of the oven space? You could always keep the oven somewhere safe if you ever sell ....??

Try going without the oven a few times to see if you can manage ....?

my she who must be obeyed has now said she is considering taking our air fryer - who knew ? of course, if " I " had suggested it ...

 

[roadwarrior]

speaking of marriage, i had no idea i could be wrong so many times a day every day of my life since meeting her, how fortunate i married her dont you think ? i could walk and talk just fine and then I met her, i feel so lucky

 

[Spriddler]

You'll never have any peace if you don't go for a new oven now - she's ALWAYS right, sod the expense!!

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