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Subject Topic: Coachman Battery box. Post Reply Post New Topic
25/4/2018 at 1:02pm
 Location: Keighley.West Yorkshire.
 Outfit: Coachman Vision 450
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I want to replace the front of the battery box on my Vision 450/2 but not sure how to remove the hinge pins. They have a little raised piece at the end which stops the pin from retracting but I can`t fathom how to get it out without breaking it. Any ideas please.


25/4/2018 at 9:34pm
 Location: Near Alton Towers
 Outfit: Bailey Burgundy S7 H
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If it's a Thetford battery box like mine each pin look a bit like a plastic nail and have a 'T' shaped piece at one end and a point at the other, if this is the case, just push the pointed end in towards the hinge mechanism itself or pull thr T piece along it's length. It should suddenly move out of it's fixed position in the housing and continue to slide out through the hinge.
Slacken each one first then remove the pins one at a time and the door is free, refit in reverse order.

Dave

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Teach a man to fish and you can get rid of him for a whole weekend.


29/4/2018 at 6:08pm
 Location: Keighley.West Yorkshire.
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Thanks for your suggestion Dave I have eventually managed. The hinge pins only move a fraction of an inch and will go no further until you let the front door open completely ( hanging down) and then you can fully retract the pins.
Bernard.


29/4/2018 at 6:14pm
 Location: Near Alton Towers
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Glad you got it sorted Bernard. That must be the way they stop the pins from sliding out when you don't want them to.


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