Ours is in the outside locker under a seat, with the EHU cable, two ramps, awning strops and pegs. steady pads. tool box and loose tools plus rags.

I have my padlock in a sandwich bag and taped upside down to the cradle to stop it dangling, i managed to catch my last padlock on the camber of the road and it bent the shackle.It was a hell of a job cutting off with a hacksaw lying on my back...
My spare tyre is also in a black bin bag to protect it even further, anther thing to consider if you have a Familia and a motor mover fitted is can you drop the cradle down fully to get the tyre out, I had to modify mine...

Derek, I'm not mentioning the spare wheel in the locker to Neil. It's the thing he misses most about our old PuckL. He used to keep all his tools,pegs, EHU cable, levelling pads plus the spare in that locker. He hasn't got one on the 420 and he doesn't half moan about it. This thread has made me worry about our spare now, it's under the van AND we have a mover fitted. Is it accessible? Who knows but I don't want to find out in the dark in the middle of France. Best have a look tomorrow.

I don't think it's a problem on a 420 Julie.

Thanks for that Tony. What with the red light and the spare wheel I haven't had time to worry about whether I have packed everything for the trip. Oh and the toilet top cassette won't refill at the mo so that's one job for tomorrow already and that's after the car has it's service. Once again we have left everything to the last minute. Planning, moi?

'Toilet top cassette'?
Do you mean the flush tank?
You should have a small green cup shaped attachment that is fitted onto the flush tank filler to allow a raised level of the surface area to enable a proper flow into the tank. Without it the tube overflows not allowing the tank to fill.

Another potential little problem is kinking of the black flexible rubber joint at the bottom of the sight glass.

TonyP

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Derek, I'm not mentioning the spare wheel in the locker to Neil. It's the thing he misses most about our old PuckL. He used to keep all his tools,pegs, EHU cable, levelling pads plus the spare in that locker. He hasn't got one on the 420 and he doesn't half moan about it. This thread has made me worry about our spare now, it's under the van AND we have a mover fitted. Is it accessible? Who knows but I don't want to find out in the dark in the middle of France. Best have a look tomorrow.

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Thanks for that Tony. What with the red light and the spare wheel I haven't had time to worry about whether I have packed everything for the trip. Oh and the toilet top cassette won't refill at the mo so that's one job for tomorrow already and that's after the car has it's service. Once again we have left everything to the last minute. Planning, moi?

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That's one thing I don't have to worry about, the bikes are folders so go in their bags and in the back of the car, safely held down, just in case.
Thanks Tony, again, so need to get that little green thing out and check the bottom of the glass tube. OK, think I've got it now.
Methinks we could be doing a bit of Eriba spotting in the next few weeks.

We are off on to France on Monday too, then on into Spain Portugal and Morocco, that is of we can avoid the Italians, would be nice to "bump" into any forum members along the way.
Dave

Have a good trip and hopefully they can avoid you. 😀

Have a good one all of you and hope you don't have to extract your spare. Our Foreign trip is postponed till next spring as too mucn one this year.

I recall seeing some Eribas with what looks like a spare wheel mounted under a cover on the rear of the van - is that a custom fitting or just on certain models - although it gets in the way of the towel rail it looks like a good idea?