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Rule number one is that the door sides always fold down first......otherwise you cause damage.

When erecting you realy need the leaver which is mounted on the side of the trailer nearest the curb (standing at the tow hitch looking towards the back of the trailer it is on the right...it hinges at bottom....is an inverted U shape ...about 2 foot across and 2 foot six high....made of alloy tube.....the lower tubes are fixed to the hinge and telescope into the upper tube....so you grasp the top horizontal bit and pull upwards to extend the leaver till little ball latches click into place (you have to push these in to telescope the leaver down again).......the top corners of the leaver are connected to the top rail of the trailer by nylon line just long enough for you to be able to hinge out the leaver and get a foot on it to stand on while pulling on the frame on the top of the trailer and with the "matic" torsion bars assisting you unfold the top section out onto the 2 outrigers that you have previously set up.

You need to start with the trailer level from side to side and towhitch to rear.  When the site is not very flat make sure the lower areas are on the side where the outrigers pull out or you will not be able to unfold their legs. (and have the jockey wheel either up hill or down hill)  Once the trailer is level then wind down the two legs that will end up in the middle..(one at front of trailer and one at back...on same side as leaver ....nearside )..one under one edge of the door and the other under the removable hinged pannel (like a door)......when each one touches the ground give it a further 2 full turns to releave the weight on the suspension.(not the two wind down legs on the other side of the trailer stay up for now).....now pull out the two outriggers and fold down legs on end and unscrew adjusting bits till ends touch wooden pads on ground (three quarter inch thick squares of plywood are good)....now using the leaver to stand on unfold the top of the trailer onto the outriggers..and release the 4 clips that hold down the roof/back pannel.....lift roof to vertical position then lift hinge at bottom of roof/ top of back and swing it up and away from you while holding onto the roof edge.  With back vertical push it away from you slightly so that it is further back than its correct erect position.......on the edges of the back are unequal leg U shaped channels.....the outer leg is the long one and that is what the side  goes against while the short leg will sit in the groove on the end edge of the side.....this is why you have to push the back out further than its final position...ie so that the outside of the side pannel will clear the inner short leg of the U channel and sit against the outer leg..(this is more at the bottom corners as the top back will be well clear of the edge.  If the side does not clear the inner short U channel leg there is a chance that that leg will push between the outer alloy skin and the ply side causing damage......PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO GETTING THESE BOTTOM CORNERS RIGHT ON EACH SIDE.  Once the side is definatly resting against the outer long leg of the U channel (at the bottom corner) then pull on the roof and bring the end in so that it is touching the side edge all the way up and have some one push on the end at the top so that the spring loaded ball half way up the side panel  pops out and into the hole in the U channel outer leg....leave the roof just loose at this stage.  Now do same with other side that has the door fixed to it.....careful of bottom corner at first....once plunger has clicked into place you can now erect the other half of the van.  You will now have the two roof halves overlaping slightly as they are ment to.......you need to look at their outer edges to see if they line up.....standing by the door with the tow hitch to your left, looking up at the edges....if the left roof edge is nearer to you then you need to wind the tow hitch up slightly and you will see the roof edges come into line  (you will have to readjust the wind down leg slightly as well.  With the roof edges aligned put the small connecting pannels in place with you standing inside and the panel starting on the outside.....put longest vertical edge in position first and slide bolt into hole then pull short edge into position.....you may have to stand with your back against the side wall and push against the other side wall to make the gap big enough for the panel edge to come into position.   With both small pannels in position and their bolts slid into their holes, you can now pull down on the lower roof pannel and see that the bit sticking up from the small pannel goes into the hole in the roof edge channel......to get this to happen may need some pressure applied at the top outside of the end pannel....but it should go in and you can clip up the 2 clips each side......now same again with the upper roof  panel.......and so on to fitting the rest of the bits.       from onlookers.

Tip  do not forget to take off the 4 clips that hold the trailer top section together (2 at rear just swing down and 2 inside that clip onto roof/end panel hinge and do not forget to put them back in position before folding that side back on top.

If you are anywhere near N Devon I would be happy to meat and demonstrate the finer points.

I could email you the instruction manual which has pictures that clearly show the leaver and the man standing on it.