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Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?

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TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 17:24

Where the fuck is the water tank and how do we fill it?

We were very kindly given one for our ds', we need to get a new hose for it, but we simply cannot find the god forsaken water tank!! Please help!!

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BlueThursday · 17/07/2020 17:39

Chad valley is Argos isn’t it? They have a Q&A section under the products

TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 17:49

Oh, did not know that! Thank you!

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TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 18:02

Bugger, Argos don't have the water pump version. It says sainsbury on the battery cover if that makes any difference?

I know this seems like an unimportant question but ds1 has asd, doesn't really connect with many toys and I know it would blow his mind if we could work out how to make it squirt water.

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LK0813 · 17/07/2020 18:33

Ours is from Tesco, and the tank is the clear box on the bottom.

Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?
Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?
DerekTheDodo · 17/07/2020 18:34

We had one and the tank was at the back, but even when filled it didn't squirt very well

TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 18:54

@LK0813 thank you for taking the time to reply and add pictures. Unfortunately our one is different.

I've attached ours, the hose is broken but it's easy enough to order tubing, the close up shows where the tubing should go and the little pump button.

Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?
Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?
Do you have a Chad Valley Fire Engine with water pump?
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TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 18:56

@DerekTheDodo where do you mean at the back? I can't see anywhere?

Maybe the tank holder is missing and it's all fruitless Sad

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LK0813 · 17/07/2020 19:05

Is this the same one on ebay? The tubing goes in the back

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124208539562

DerekTheDodo · 17/07/2020 19:10

If you look at the ebay one, picture 5 the black rubber stopper comes out. You need a funnel or something small to fill it

TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 19:11

@LK0813 thank you for finding that! I'm obviously crap at Google 😂

It looks like the tubing is threaded through the fire engine and then into the tank (which is missing).

What a shame we won't be able to fix it, oh well. He's happy with it how it is, it's just me wanting more 😂

Thank you everyone, you've all been very helpful and I appreciate it Flowers

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ItsSpittingEverybodyIn · 17/07/2020 19:21

Do you pull the pump button off and fill it under there? We had a small version of this from tesco and that's what you did!

LK0813 · 17/07/2020 19:23

As Derek says, it's rather disappointing anyway! The tank on ours is so small it needs filling every few minutes!

TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 19:24

@ItsSpittingEverybodyIn I can give that a go, but looking at the ebay one it's meant to have a tank at the back. I'm going to have a go at unscrewing it tonight when ds is in bed to have a look see. Worst case scenario is I get the glue gun out if I break it. As long as I'm careful he won't notice. 😬

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TheBabyAteMyBrain · 17/07/2020 19:25

I realise at this point it would be easier to buy the ebay BTW 😂

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