Low tyre pressures and misbehaving central locking

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Well that was fun. We took Bryony for a short run up the local dual carriageway and the low tyre pressure warning light came on. At a local Shell station it took a few tries to get the tyres inflated to their correct pressures as indicated on the driver door pillar. 

It then took thirty more miles up the road before the tyre warning light went out! During which time we thought we might have a slow puncture!😆

What with that and also a misaligned central locking system - its all quite confusing! 

(Our central locking wont work on the rear habitation door - the sensors are misaligned with each other - we think it happened when they replaced a broken hinge under warranty. Of course, Bryony is now out of her three year warranty - ho hum!  I could try and fix the problem. I did unscrew the frame sensor and moved it up and hey presto the central locking worked perfectly. However, trying to reposition either the door or the frame sensor is proving very problematic. Both recess into little cut outs and as soon as you move the sensor bed - it wont recess into anything - which means cutting a new recess slot! Something I dont feel that confident to do myself!)

Maybe we will just live a little longer with using the key to lock the habitation door! 

My temporary exploration and fix of the central locking situation 

You will be pleased to know that I returned it all to its correct position

On a different point - have you discovered the facebook group called NikNaks for motorhomes? What an ingenious group - all those gadgets and gizmos you dont realise you need until you see them and then think "oh yeah - why didn't I think of that before".

We bought a pair of very simple but wonderful gizmos. How do you secure your cab doors at night so that no one can open them? We have been passing each seat belt through the internal door handle and then clipping it in. It works although I recently discovered you can open each door a fraction - enough to get a long thin blade through the gap to cut the seatbelt where it comes down from its upper wall mounting!

Our new gizmo's - two neon ratchet straps - each has a seat belt clip - you literally pass the ratchet strap through the door handle - thread the end through the ratchet block - tighten it and clip it into the seat belt holder.  Can you then open the door? Can you heck - no gap whatsoever. and in an emergency so quick to release. 

Perfect! 

Our next purchase - a strong suction cup affair that attaches to the outside wall of your motorhome - it has a bungee cord running from it and ends in a plastic hook - which you put on your habitation door handle. Hey presto - the door, when open, isn't swinging about in the wind! 

Simples!