Cooker door won’t stay closed

[jille67]

Hi there
just joined this site, hello to everyone, we have just purchased our first motorhome a Hobby Main 2006 model, lovely motorhome, but we bought it slightly cheaper knowing we had to do some repairs and replacements, some we have managed to do with out any problems. I do have one question if anyone can help me, the cooker door will not stay closed when travelling, we have replaced the metal catch on the door, but believe the strike pin (I think you call it), is not keeping the door locked and also the oven is missing a shelf, the trouble I have is I’m not sure of the make or model of the oven, I wonder if anyone can help, the code on the inside sticker reads SKU 91023017715 and also code PNC 931000135.
To get the correct items I would love to know what make the cooker is.

look forward to hearing from you.

Jill

 

[RustyRuss]

Post a photo of the oven, the sticker and what area you think is broken and a funster will be along very soon with an answer. It’s amazing how much help you get on a Sunday morning from around 7.30am onwards! Must be loads of us logging on on our laptops n IPads and getting a “Funster Fix”

Cheers!

Russ

 

[irnbru]

Hi and welcome, google tells me it’s a dometic oven, will see what else I can see. You can buy adjustable shelves from Amazon etc.

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[RustyRuss]

Oven door hinges are designed to be “over centre” when they shut. Effectively the door hinge is part hinge, part spring, it will have a vicious little spring in it.The door should be held shut by the spring, if it’s not then either the new hinge hasn’t been installed correctly or the temporary locking mechanism that allows the hinge to stay open while you install it is still activated. This is true for all domestic ovens and, I believe, most caravan and MoHo ovens.

 

[jille67]

Thanks for that Russ, here’s some photos of the cooker, one shows the catch that I’ve replaced, it was broken, so we thought that would be the problem solved, but it still won’t stay closed, so we think maybe the strike pin is worn and that’s causing the problem, also we need to get shelf, but want to get one that I know will fit it.

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[jille67]

Oven door hinges are designed to be “over centre” when they shut. Effectively the door hinge is part hinge, part spring, it will have a vicious little spring in it.The door should be held shut by the spring, if it’s not then either the new hinge hasn’t been installed correctly or the temporary locking mechanism that allows the hinge to stay open while you install it is still activated. This is true for all domestic ovens and, I believe, most caravan and MoHo ovens.

Morning RustyRuss, so you think it maybe the spring/hinge that needs replacing

 

[RustyRuss]

Latch looks like it’s knackered. The crazing on the enamel above it will have been caused by the hinge failing and the frame mounted catch bashing into the door as it closes. Does the catch enter the latch as the door shuts? I think you might need one of these.


Cheers!

Russ

 

[jille67]

Latch looks like it’s knackered. The crazing on the enamel above it will have been caused by the hinge failing and the frame mounted catch bashing into the door as it closes. Does the catch enter the latch as the door shuts? I think you might need one of these.


Cheers!

Russ

Russ, that’s the bit I’ve replace, the old one was broke, so we thought that would solve the problem, but it hasn’t

 

[Riverbankannie]

jille67 , seeing where you live, you might find it useful to visit Attwoolls on the A38 just south of Gloucester. It is a huge camping supplies shop and good for lots of bits and bobs. Otherwise the adjustable oven shelves from Amazon are also very good.

 

[jille67]

Russ, that’s the bit I’ve replace, the old one was broke, so we thought that would solve the problem, but it hasn’t

I think it must be closing on the strike pin, it stays closed when it’s parked, but as soon as you start moving the door flys open.

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[RustyRuss]

As for the tray, measure the length and width ACCURATELY in millimetres, note how it slides in and out of the runners in the oven and google/amazon/ebay “oven tray”. The tray is likely to have an “S” shape bent into the side runner to act as a “stop” when you pull the tray out, there are literally thousands of trays out there so make sure you pick the right dimensions and sliding configuration. It looks like a gas oven so if you don‘t have a shelf already use the dimensions of the grill pan, paying particular heed to how far into the oven it slides, too long a tray will mean the back edges of your pies will get burnt!!

Cheers!

Russ

 

[RustyRuss]

If it‘s opening when moving then the spring latch has lost it’s tension, you could remove it and bend it back into shape, but it’s likely that it’s lost it’s springiness, could be due to excessive heat when the door hinge was busted or old age! I think the one I found should fit.

Russ

 

[jille67]

If it‘s opening when moving then the spring latch has lost it’s tension, you could remove it and bend it back into shape, but it’s likely that it’s lost it’s springiness, could be due to excessive heat when the door hinge was busted or old age! I think the one I found should fit.

Russ

Thanks Russ, have you put a link, I can’t see it

 

[RustyRuss]

Can you adjust the depth of the catch? The metal post attached to the door frame? The post should pass through the latch to ensure the spring latch holds it tightly enough to keep it closed. Has the door become distorted/pushed in by the catch hitting it when the hinge was damaged? Is the latch fully inserted into the door, it looks a bit proud from your photo.

Russ

 

[RustyRuss]

I posted a screen shot from my IPad. Site is Spares2Repair item code is ES566324

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[jille67]

Can you adjust the depth of the catch? The metal post attached to the door frame? The post should pass through the latch to ensure the spring latch holds it tightly enough to keep it closed. Has the door become distorted/pushed in by the catch hitting it when the hinge was damaged? Is the latch fully inserted into the door, it looks a bit proud from your photo.

Russ

Ok, I think I know which piece your talking about, the spring latch is the bit in the door that we’ve replaced, so you think it might not be in the hole properly

 

[jille67]

I posted a screen shot from my IPad. Site is Spares2Repair item code is ES566324

Yes sorry, I didn’t realise that was what it was called.

 

[RustyRuss]

Is the springy catch in the door the right way up? You have it in an EAST-WEST orientation at the moment. Should it be NORTH-SOUTH? You might need to bend the hole in the door back into shape first to get it to fit. Use a pair of pliers to get the door back into shape. You can buy heat resistant black paint to repaint the door so it doesn’t look unsightly and get rusty (like me!!!) The Sherlock Holmes in me thinks the hole is taller than it is wider and the spring doesn’t look “comfortable” in it’s hole. This will mean the spring is not catching the latch properly. The S H in me also noted that the van is new to you, whoever tried to fix it before you may not have been very engineering minded and fitted the spring latch the wrong way round because the original pinged off into the door or onto the floor!!

Cheers!

Russ

 

[jille67]

Thanks for all the reply’s on this, it’s great to know there’s people out there welling to spare their time to help. It’s now my mission today to fix this, we go away to Cornwall in it for the first time next Saturday, can’t wait.

 

[RustyRuss]

I’m sure the spring latch is in the wrong orientation ATM.

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[triky]

I think it must be closing on the strike pin, it stays closed when it’s parked, but as soon as you start moving the door flys open.

I had a similar problem on my 'Autocruise Sunningdale' ,solved it by using a 'bungy strap' across the door .Simples & cheap !!

 

[Nedge68]

Hi jille67
It looks like the door has ‘dropped’ quite a bit looking at the picture of the door when closed. So now the striker pin will not be central to spring catch, it looks to have worn away the door. I think you need to adjust the door hinges so the door is level first, this is the root of the problem.

 

[RustyRuss]

Did you fix it?

 

[RustyRuss]

Did you fix it then?

 

[grasscutter]

Hope you managed to sort it.
We had a 2010 model with the same oven and same catch.
The striker pin on ours snapped. Purchased both parts of the catch and replaced. It took a lot of very careful bending/aligning the pin to get it to stay shut.
In all honesty it was never really any good and we felt the oven lost a lot of heat through the door not sealing properly.
In the end I made a loop of some thin bungee chord and fixed a small cupboard hook to the side frame. Looped the chord around the handle onto the hook. Worked like that for years.

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