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[trout]

I have downloaded a workshop manual of the mechanism So I will have a good read of that first.
Only one corner is affected so I should be able to raise the roof and prop up the broken corner to enable me to have a crack at this.
Once I have the roof up and the bunks extended I should be able to see what the problem is.
I have all the tools I should need and if I need to do any welding on thin metal I have a Mig welder that I can use for this and there is always the good old tech screws and "No more Nails" or araldite if anything else has come adrift

[duggee27]

what !! .. read the manual beforehand ... thats usually the last thing to do :angel: just don't get :@
good luck

[JeffH]

I always thought it was "If all else fails, read the instructions"! :shock:
Really, a study before attacking the job is usually well worthwhile.

[r9453]

Sometimes reading the manual can be a source of frustration in itself. I like the idea of taking a few snaps of what it looked like before commencing the attack.

[trout]

Sometimes reading the manual can be a source of frustration in itself. I like the idea of taking a few snaps of what it looked like before commencing the attack.

Sounds like a good idea Mate, Just in case I end up with a pile of components that I have absolutely no idea where they belong :good:

I always thought it was "If all else fails, read the instructions"!

HeHe
Yes I normally only use the manual as a Last Resort :angel:

[Unicorn]

I'm a shocker with things like this lately. I know darn well that if I undo something and chuck all the bolts in a container that in a day or so's distractions I'll have no idea where they went. So I have a lvely method that works for me. For the timing belt on little Miss Uni's car and on the oil cooler element gasket change on little Mr Uni's 4WD I simply write in numbered point form each step I've done. If the step involves a bolt/nut etc then the bolt/nut goes in a segmented container with a sticker for the point number. I also do a before and after removal photo of each point where it involves a removal. Works really good for me. One of the cars previously had about 15 bolts on the timing belt cover and there was quite a bit of variation in lengths of the bolts despite them being all the same diameter. This probably means "overkill" to some, but if you're distracted for a week or so between disassembly and assembly then it's a God send to me.

[JeffH]

I have some magnetic trays to put bolts in and take care to lay them in order of disassembly. That helps but still always the possibility of a 'spare' at the end. Bugger! I then have to backtrack.

[robbiegal]

UNI
BRILLIANT

When we moved the TV and cable TV set up a few years ago with the renos - I took photographs - before during and after and then as well I now have ID's on each lead/cable

To this day I refer back to those photos!!

[trout]

Well, I took the easy way out and just propped up the offending corner of the roof with an annex post as I raised it then I cut one of Mrs Trouts Broomsticks to the correct length and cable tied it to the strut :angel:
A bit of a bush mechanic fix But at least it works and the trip away with the kids is still a "Goer" :yahoo:
Now we just have to wait and see which way that blasted cyclone is going to head.

[Unicorn]

Thanks RG.

Sounds like a good farm fix Trout.

I was only just looking at the BOM website and saw the cyclone building. Hope it fizzes out before landfall.

[trout]

Hope it fizzes out before landfall

That is highly doubtful But being so early in the Cyclone season they normally hit midway between Broome and Port Headland and are usually not that severe cat 2-3.
Later on they tend to get a lot stronger and hit further south as a rule.
I just hope this one crosses the coast before Christmas so that we have at least a couple of weeks of decent weather

[robbiegal]

Iinet is driving us CRAZY we had TRANSACT for years and it was generally OK. Wouls anyone here have any suggestions for broadband & phones (mobile and landline) carriers that are reliable and don't treat customers like they are idiots? We are at more than day 3 now with no landline phone - apparently it is now a VoIP phone. Mobile costs this month will go through the roof!!

[robbiegal]

for Jim
or rather Mrs Trout!!

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I figure postage might set you back a bit ha ha
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[trout]

HeHe
I don't think Mrs Trouts Hilux would be able to pull that and the first 500m of the Gibb River road would reduce that to firewood anyway

[robbiegal]

ha ha  
looks fancy and hipsterish

not sure just how mobile the contraption is
but it does look nice and stylish