So I've been having a think. Not something I try and do too often, especially before breakfast, but sometimes it can't be avoided. We were hoping to get some numbers from Graham the Eberspacher man before close of business yesterday telling us how much a brand new unit would be (one that's a more 'modern' version of what we already have, with the water and fuel pumps incorporated), and also how much a replacement for what we currently have would be.
The former is apparently classified as military spec, whatever that means - so we've been told to expect it to be more pricey for that reason if nothing else. Replacing the unit we have with a duplicate seems in some ways a little odd as we've already pretty much rebuilt it, and theres no guarantee that whatever the problem is, its within the unit itself.
Either way, Graham didn't hear back from his supplier before hometime yesterday and as at lunchtime today, we still haven't heard. Whatever the costs are and whatever unit we eventually decide on, either way its got to come from Germany (its that pesky 24v thing again). Today is Wednesday 24th November. That means that even if we hear from Graham today and make a decision today and the people in Germany put it in the post today, its not going to arrive with us this week. Based on the last Eberspacher package we received from Germany, around 10 days delivery time is closer to what we should expect.
So that takes us on to around 3rd December before we have a replacement part on the doorstep. Jason then has to either do a straight swap of the unit we already have for the replacement identical version, or he has to find a new home for a new unit, re-plumbing and re-wiring it into wherever it gets bolted. The former will take a couple of hours and the latter could easily take a couple of days. Then assuming everything is ok, we'll be free to leave here by maybe the 6th December. Of course, if anything goes wrong, we will be here longer than that... Add to that the fact the last ferry this side of Christmas we can get on departs Barcelona on 19th December and ideally we'd like 5 days to travel there, that means the latest we can realistically leave here and arrive before Christmas is 14th December. That's only three weeks away and we've already been faffing with the Eberspacher for five weeks :-( Maybe we really will be here for Christmas - if that happens, we're going to get in a couple of bags of logs, an obscene amount of chocolate and eat and drink ourselves silly for a few days, gorging on loads and loads of DVDs too! Mum and dad are back to the UK on the 23rd December so we'll have the house to ourselves, which will be a little odd as there aren't going to be any decorations up. Although I do have a 1ft 6" tree for Moglet we could always put up in the corner!
Keeping chins up though, fingers crossed it'll all be fine and we'll be well into Morocco long before anything like Christmas arrives.
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