Caravan Sunday Tinkering 

I read/heard about the alko wheel locks seizing up when corroded so just before Christmas I gave all the components of mine a good spray of white lithium grease - hopefully now protected. The spray nozzle gets into the lock and even the receiver thing that is fixed to the chassis. I did the same with my hitch lock. My caravan cover, when it flaps, ironically keeps knocking the rubber cap off the alko wheel lock!

Ps Phil on the subject of things going missing like your Alko rubber. Someone at our storage yard has swapped our relatively new A frame cover for their exact same one but with 2 holes in it! Don't think was a magpie! 😂Bar stewards! Will be marking the replacement and my Alko cap too! Cheers Phil.

Hi Phil I find our cupboard catches stick in winter and a spray of silicone spray does the trick and no oudorless unlike WD40. We new to caravanning and not keen on the ideas of covers. We've decided not to bother with one, even a cap type as we dont think they are practical for us coming and going off storage a lot, especially in the darker months when time is limited.Also been informed by the cover manufacturers van has to be clean before putting them on.When we look around our storage yard there's very few covers so a couple of roof washes a year and a good scrub now and then will do for us. Thanks for the very informative vidoes cheers Phil. 😊

I cleaned mine on Monday Phil and after spending all day cleaning it I think I’ll be getting a cover for mine end of season. Why do people rob them key lock covers it drives me mad. I ordered two so got one spare just incase. Great video mate 👍

Hi Phil Both my rubber wheel lock covers were stolen some time ago but I caught the culprit. Wish i'd kept the CCTV recording to share with you but it was a magpie. Flew in took one then came back a bit later for the other. Little Bar Stewards 🙂

Hi Phil thanks for the video I've had to fix a few catches in our Bailey on the cupboards and window blinds always something to do I always put a towel or cloth under were I am working as I am a clumsy sod and would have dropped that catch for sure😀

Thanks Phil. I don't have any graphite grease, but have just ordered some after seeing how useful it is! It's really useful to have a good quality channel like yours for caravanning.

Another good video with practical advice. Like you I object to paying for work that I can undertake myself.

Hi Phil, great video and some useful tips there. I've suffered the problem of sticking catches and used silicone spray which seems to have done the trick. Cheers Terry

Keith just watched and said great tips and you know what your on about. We had the rug down last week its so soft. Thankyou. Xx

Love a good tinker, as you know.

Hi Paul all my catches are same as yours they stick every winter Just slack off cross head screws and leave till weather warms up

Hi Phil, These small jobs build up and then it’s a nice feeling when they are all fixed. I would have expected less than £2 for the wheel lock dust cap, not £5 😯. Cheers Rob 😀

With the sticky latches I just spray the moving element with silicone spray which should free it up.

Hi Phil. Great video. We are looking at getting a new winter cover. We had the problem with the catch sticking and found the it only happens in the winter mainly. So we used silicone spray and it works perfectly now. Good fix on the mirror door catch. Someone nicking the rubber cover. Have they no shame. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Paul and Sarah

Hi Phil that rubber washer looks on the video like the O rings on the Truma water pistol. Catches seem to be a problem after the winter, my wardrobe rod is sticking at the bottom.

Hi Phil, I too am a great believer in WD40 &... tinkering ! That is a great Northern expression 😂

Hi Phil, great video, who doesn't like a good tinker, am I right in thinking you have your own caravan cleaning business.

There are always jobs needed doing.

We call tinkering ……… futtering in Scotland lol

Hi Phil whilst you have been tinkering have you noticed if your gas locker floor has been getting wet from water running down the front under A frame cover and making contact with the floor?reason I ask is I have the exact same van and I noticed the problem cheers steve.

Would copperslip be as good as graphite grease?