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Our pills are locked in our Jayco cabinet

Hey Jim said
06:14 PM Jun 30, 2016

Ho Sh.....it a brick Jayco.

Where packing the van an hour ago. We placed our box of medication in the cabinet between the club lounge and bed. Heaps of space to spare. Closed the cabinet door. Fine. push the button to open again. Will not open, Lambie is still out there. Its got my heart meds inside plus lambies meds.

We are going to film the bloody thing soon, with Jemmy bar and if does not open. I will call Jayco's Roadside assist first. Before I use a small Jemmy bar on the bloody door. We are still in our cave, not on the road yet.

Can anyone give us any suggestions Please.

Jim And Lambie

adreamer said
07:02 PM Jun 30, 2016

Oh dear!! Maybe call Bill Shorten and he can call the Unions and they can call Jayco, this should be a simple solution I think.

Maybe with such serious medications you should just stay at home. It could be cheaper for Medicare!!

The Redhead

kiwijims said
07:05 PM Jun 30, 2016

If it's a case of emergency getting your pills Jim, ring the S.E.S. that is if you don't have any luck with Jayco .

K.J.

meetoo said
07:15 PM Jun 30, 2016

Jim, PM sent.
Cheers, John.

Hey Jim said
10:03 PM Jun 30, 2016

Hi all,

The cabinet door is still closed. We have been down to Chemist warehouse tonight and they have fixed us up with repeats, after putting our GP on the line to ok our meds.

I am parking our van across gossip street entrance in the morning and they can call who ever they like till its fixed. biggest load of lemon ever built.

As for others here who wish to make a joke of my wife and I health.

Karma is a Bastard.

Happy Travels to all.

Jim & Lambie

Dougwe said
06:16 AM Jul 1, 2016

This is serious Jim. I am a cabinet maker by trade and if we had problems like that we formed a fist and with the outside soft part of fist would give the catch a couple of not to hard bangs. It would loosen the catch parts and door opens. catches are all cheap catches anyeay. Might be worth a go. Sometimes it doesn't work. I have one in my van that is the same and so far that works. I don't put much in it anyway. I don't think anyone thinks it's funny Jim just seeing a lighter side to a mongrel situation. I was going to say a 'sticky" situation but didn't :)

-- Edited by Dougwe on Friday 1st of July 2016 06:19:44 AM

brickies said
07:19 AM Jul 1, 2016

A spray of silicone at the button and wriggle the button , But I am sure a call to the dealer this morning will get the solution

Trevor law said
08:13 AM Jul 1, 2016

Hey Jim and Lambie glad you got your meds sorted out we are all getting to that age that we need some kind of medication for those who don' t good on ya. Don't move until they fix it. I used to work for a car dealership and one guy had a lemon bought from us he got no joy from the dealer with all the problems he had with it so one day he parked on the main road across form the dealer with the biggest cardboard lemon (lol) i had ever seen well I tell you his problems soon went away as the dealer sorted everything out. So don't give in. Good luck.
We had the same thing with a cupboard handle would not open so the only way to get the handle off and open the cupboard was to break the bloody thing and of course out of warranty so had to buy a new one at $60 thank you very much.

Desert Dweller said
11:41 AM Jul 1, 2016

A while ago we met a couple with a large Jayco heritage van. Every handle on every cupboard & overhead locker had broken off.

Aus-Kiwi said
01:31 PM Jul 1, 2016

I assume the hinges are internal ? If the hinge screws can be reached ? Just unscrew hinge . Yes the locks are cheap . Try pulling door down or away just in case catch isn't clearing latch . ? Things you learn in travels !! Like TV remote location with fold up bed . Oh the dramah !! lol

kiwijims said
04:03 PM Jul 1, 2016

Hey Jim, If you could pop a pic of the cupboard knob or handle on here we might be able to give you a hint.

K.J.

Dav4Cris said
04:32 PM Jul 1, 2016

Mine has been jammed before, I found that if I put a knife blade between the top of the door and the body and lever the door down a bit the lock would operate properly. I ended up getting new hinges and and lock as van was out of warranty.

goodie said
05:22 PM Jul 1, 2016

Hi JIM, If the locks are a round push button type, with finger and thumb push on the button and turn anti clockwise at the same time. Usually works for us.

Regards CHRIS

Bruce and Bev said
05:58 PM Jul 1, 2016

We have a lemon caravan, but luckily we 1) don't have locks on drawers or cupboards and 2) they shut on the long metal pin into a nylon receiver so they cant jam (I hope!). When I was over in Melbourne and took it to the manufacturer for another round of warranty repairs, I scored spare drawer/cupboard latches, the plastic clips that hold the Dometic window covers shut and a few other things that they also reckon would break/wear out. Now I have a large bag of bits and pieces which I haven't yet had to use.

Jim - good to hear you didn't have a fatal heart attack - I would have had to claim against your estate for the promised red and fish n chips lol.

Our main lot of meds are kept in the 'van when we travel, but we also carry about a weeks supply (small pills) in our ute as a back-up

brickies said
06:01 PM Jul 1, 2016

We haven't heard from Jim he may be lock in the caravan and can't get out .

Aus-Kiwi said
01:26 PM Jul 2, 2016

Over dosed on viagra ., ahaha

Plain Truth said
07:23 PM Jul 2, 2016

Maybe there locked in the cabinet too.

brickies said
10:00 PM Jul 2, 2016

We may never know the outcome

Delta18 said
12:32 PM Jul 3, 2016

For future reference, not much use for Lambie, there has been a bit of talk on Jayco Owners forums about this problem.

For prevention ALL cupboard locks are to be taken apart, there is a screw on pin that is to activate the lock inside. This pin is often loose, needs to have a drop of locktite applied & screwed tight. No more problem.

Cheers Neil