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Our motorhome is still in the workshop - faulty windscreen wiper motor

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You may remember what happened to our FREEDOM motorhome at the end of October last year, when we were on our way to Kristinehamn to give a lecture on motorhome travel in Europe? All of a sudden, in the middle of the motorway, the motorhome stopped working and we had to stop at the side of the road and wait for the recovery team.

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Since then it has been at the workshop in Kristinehamn and when Peter called on Friday ... it turned out that the windscreen wiper motor is still faulty!

Long time in the workshop

Our poor motorhome has been in the workshop for a long time now. We have been surprised that the workshop has not called, but have not been in a hurry because it has been winter. Now spring is very much on its way, and of course we want our motorhome back! Peter called on Friday and was told that it is not ready at all.

Verkstad
Our campervan outside the workshop in Kristinehamn

Clogged fuel filter

The whole thing probably started with a clogged fuel filter. In fact, we had problems last summer with diesel dripping from the bonnet on a few occasions. We then returned it to the workshop in Stockholm and were then told that the filter was fixed. But the question is whether it really was ...?

A small explosion

What happened on the motorway was a small explosion in the fuel filter. This damaged the earth cable to the battery and a connector to the windscreen wiper motor. The workshop has now replaced the fuel filter and repaired the earth cable. The remaining fault is the connector to the windscreen wiper motor.

Bärgning av husbil
Our poor motorhome was towed at the end of October 2016.

How to get a contact?

Changing the small connector for the windscreen wiper motor is apparently a simple operation. If you have such a connector, that is! These connectors cannot be bought new, so the workshop is forced to buy the whole package of windscreen wipers and everything related to it.

It will not only be more expensive in terms of purchases but also significantly more complicated (and more expensive of course) to change. So that's why the motorhome is still standing still... The garage has promised to call around and look for a contact and in the meantime we can only wait. Any tips?

We want to go out with the campervan again! (Sardinia 2015)

Saturday "consolation"

When you are without a motorhome, you have to try to pick yourself up in some other way. Last night it was with some good food and drink. Not crayfish season? No, maybe not, but they were in the freezer at Martin Olsson's ... And we tried "Sumpan Ale" for the first time. Really good!

Ktäftor
Saturday dinner (supplemented with salmon and scrambled egg canapés)

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