pappajohn
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nice sunny day today so i thought id do a few little jobs around the van....
first job was grease the alko rear axle..........
now trying to jack up 2.5t on a trolley jack should be easy, no its not.....
had to get the jack UNDER the van...ALLof it
that left me with about 1ft of handle swing but not enough leverage/strength laid on me back to swing it a foot.
took 15mins to jack up one side...axle stands under, then the other side
same palava only to find the axle had been looked after.....it didnt need greasing.only got two pumps of the gun and it was full.:thumb:
moved on to the gas locker next....time to replace the gas pigtail.
this made the day a little easier....straight swap.:thumb:
next job....find out why the sink was soooo slow emptying.
i knew it wasnt the pipework underneath as id already checked that.
unscrewed the sink and lifted it a bit to have a look.
i noticed the flexy pipe from the sink went uphill before dropping through the floor,....theres the problem, not enough weight of water in the sink to push it uphill., surely swift know water dont flow uphill.
great...i'll lower the pipe and reclip it so removed the flexy and the water pipes, no probs there.
then i found the plughole was loose so gave it a nip to tighten it...you guessed it....cracked the bloody thingoh:but didnt know 'til id put it all back together and ran water into it. water running down the back of the fridge and through the floor vents. pull it all to pieces again.
no chance of getting one today so bodgers-head fitted.
luckily it has two plugholes, one for the main sink and one for the drainer.
solution...swap 'em.
bit of silicon inside the broken one and refit both.
the sink now empties as it should. :thumb::thumb:
all in all a good day but i wish id gone for a bikeride instead.....
first job was grease the alko rear axle..........
now trying to jack up 2.5t on a trolley jack should be easy, no its not.....
had to get the jack UNDER the van...ALLof it
that left me with about 1ft of handle swing but not enough leverage/strength laid on me back to swing it a foot.
took 15mins to jack up one side...axle stands under, then the other side
same palava only to find the axle had been looked after.....it didnt need greasing.only got two pumps of the gun and it was full.:thumb:
moved on to the gas locker next....time to replace the gas pigtail.
this made the day a little easier....straight swap.:thumb:
next job....find out why the sink was soooo slow emptying.
i knew it wasnt the pipework underneath as id already checked that.
unscrewed the sink and lifted it a bit to have a look.
i noticed the flexy pipe from the sink went uphill before dropping through the floor,....theres the problem, not enough weight of water in the sink to push it uphill., surely swift know water dont flow uphill.
great...i'll lower the pipe and reclip it so removed the flexy and the water pipes, no probs there.
then i found the plughole was loose so gave it a nip to tighten it...you guessed it....cracked the bloody thingoh:but didnt know 'til id put it all back together and ran water into it. water running down the back of the fridge and through the floor vents. pull it all to pieces again.
no chance of getting one today so bodgers-head fitted.
luckily it has two plugholes, one for the main sink and one for the drainer.
solution...swap 'em.
bit of silicon inside the broken one and refit both.
the sink now empties as it should. :thumb::thumb:
all in all a good day but i wish id gone for a bikeride instead.....
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