#1

Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:15 pm
by eribaMotters | 5.587 Posts

Has anybody replaced the combined drainer/plug fitted to the kitchen sink on New vans. I know this will mean a new trap. The original is designed to act as a drainer, or if rotated slightly drop down and produce a plug type seal.It does not do the later and is absolutely useless. The sink empties as you are doing the washing up.

Colin


Forum Moderator. aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol - oh dear me, I've gone to the darkish side and bought a Feeling after 4 Tourings


Last edited Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:16 pm | Scroll up

#2

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:42 pm
by Simboc2004 | 788 Posts

Can you post some pictures, Colin?


Poppy, our 2005 Eriba 430GT, leading our Volvo V70 astray...
Scroll up

#3

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:49 pm
by Randa france | 13.258 Posts

One way to make the problem go away Colin is to leave the washing up to Lizzie.
R


ERIBAFOLK POP UP EVERYWHERE 1999 Eriba Troll 530 pushing a VW Touran 2L TDi Match . FORUM ADMINISTRATOR
Scroll up

#4

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 8:05 pm
by eribaMotters | 5.587 Posts

If I knew how to control this "Smart" phone I'd happily do so. I'm trying to get the image down from 4.2 meg. Oh, I might have done it.

Colin

Attached pictures:
No rights to view attachments. Only file names are shown. Register now!
 IMG_20240608_205309~2.jpg 

Forum Moderator. aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol - oh dear me, I've gone to the darkish side and bought a Feeling after 4 Tourings
Simboc2004 likes this post!
Scroll up

#5

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 8:22 pm
by Captain Calamity | 357 Posts

We use a round basin. Stops the sink being scratched.


Scroll up

#6

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 10:14 pm
by chezmart | 186 Posts

I've recently fitted this new strainer as the previous Smev one had broken. It's a stainless steel McAlpine (MBSWSS85) unit made to fit a Belfast sink. Relatively straightforward swap using a couple of waste adaptors to fit existing pipework.
It works so much better than the Smev unit which clogged up at the smallest of pieces to enter it.
20240503_164659.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)20240503_164047.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)


2012 Troll 550 - BMW 220d Cabriolet


Simboc2004 likes this post!
Last edited Sat Jun 08, 2024 10:18 pm | Scroll up

#7

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Jun 08, 2024 11:03 pm
by Inspecta_Gadget | 334 Posts

Colin,
Isn’t there supposed to be an o-ring at the bottom of the plug?
We’ve got the plastic pale-imitation version in our 21 model, and lost said seal early-doors.


Hyundai i30 Estate pulling “Little Flo”, a Troll 530.
Scroll up

#8

RE: Kitchen sink plug hole on New vans

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Jun 09, 2024 8:45 am
by eribaMotters | 5.587 Posts

Ours does have the O ring. After a bit of searching I think a replacement might be a part stocked by Leisureshop Direct, the Domestic Siphon AC557
E-bay are also showing a couple of candidates from Hymer motorhomes, one with a 32mm plug and I think a more likely candidate with a 38mm plug.
When we get home I'll probably dig deeper into this if I'm still not happy with it

Colin


Forum Moderator. aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol - oh dear me, I've gone to the darkish side and bought a Feeling after 4 Tourings
Simboc2004 likes this post!
Scroll up


Visitors
1 Member and 410 Guests are online.

Board Statistics
The forum has 12872 topics and 107951 posts.



disconnected Forum-Chat Members online 1