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13/6/2013 at 8:50pm
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How do I remove the covers from my new 'van?

My last caravan's vents had a small plastic screw at the left. Half a turn with a 5p coin and of they came!

The new van -2013  venus 500/4- has different covers - no plastic screw.



13/6/2013 at 9:27pm
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Look inside of the vent, at the top there are 2 black slider clips, they only slide one way. then pull the vent off,

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Roughing it in style at Calloose caravan and camping holiday park nr St Ives.(seasonal pitch)
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14/6/2013 at 6:40am
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You will probably also find after sliding clips across that the vent will still need gently pulling away as they are usually stuck to the mastic squeezed out around the edges.


16/6/2013 at 11:55am
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So ?


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Roughing it in style at Calloose caravan and camping holiday park nr St Ives.(seasonal pitch)
Its not a hangover, its wine flu!


nant mill.N/Wales
just dont go there.


16/6/2013 at 6:24pm
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Haven't had a chance to try it yet. I keep my caravan in a storage compound about ten miles away so I don't get too many opportunities for working on it. Being a brand new 'van I haven't even been out in it yet!. This will be remedied this coming weekend when we will be roughing it at the Camping Club site at Polstead just fifteen miles up the road. - a sort of shake down trip prior to going to Brittany in July.If we've forgotten anything it ain't too far to nip home for it!

I had a 'fridge fan behind the vent in my old 'van but, having looked at the long range weather forecasts, I suspect I won't need it!

Anyway thanks for the tip. I'll let you knowhow I get on.



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24/6/2013 at 2:03pm
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Just back from our shake-down trip.

No black sliders to be found, however the old turnscrew has been replaced by a vertical sliding clip - not obvious at first glance and extremely stiff. After sliding the clip ,it's the same as the old set up - pull the left hand end  out until the right hand comes free. No mastic seal to worry about as you're only taking the grille out not the grille surround.

Thanks anyway.

Grahame



24/6/2013 at 2:27pm
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If it's the fridge vent covers you are referring to then they should only be attached to the existing fridge vents at temperatures below 8 degrees to avoid over cooling of the fridge in winter. My fridge vent covers are the same which are removed by half a turn screws at the bottom and a retaining clip at the top but don't know of any other type of fixing other than this as I thought they were all identical.


25/6/2013 at 5:54am
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No - not the winter covers -  just the original grilles. I am planning to fit a fan behind the grille to assist with cooling when it's hot - fat chance of that given the year so far! Hopefully things will be a bit warmer when we get to France in four weeks time.



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