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Veebyes wrote:
Got one that would have surely cost us thousands if it was taken to a dealer. Changing the black tank gate valve.
Our Alpenlite has a Waste Master electric gate valve system. Great when it works, push a button, not so much when it does not.
Changing the valve, in an extremely awkward inaccessible location, involves getting the tank empty as possible at the dump then going somewhere on a slope, or creating a list with boards to make what does not drain go to the low side away from the valve.
You then have to get under the trailer, with your face right below the valve that you have to remove.
I will stop the story there. It only gets worse.
โMar-08-2022 03:13 PM
โMar-08-2022 07:55 AM
jdc1 wrote:memtb wrote:
jdc 1, We should write a book together! That sounds like some of our trips over the last 30 or so years! The bright side....it keeps life interesting! ๐
memtb
That it does. I've repaired everything, even stuff I didn't know was screwed up until I got home. Boy, I'm glad I can do this stuff, or I might be living in this trailer (5th wheel) because I would be broke if I had to pay RV repairman prices. Yeah. I get sore getting up and down, crawling under and over, contorting my body like a hula dancer....but.....That soreness goes away in a few days,
โMar-08-2022 03:34 AM
jdc1 wrote:Veebyes wrote:
Thanks for my laugh of the day. Had to read this one.
We are rolling around the country with a 2007 5er which has had well over 1800 nights spent in it & some 220,000 truck miles. With age & use stuff goes wrong. It has been in storage, & not even seen, since last October but the spring refit list is well underway where we actually do go into a boatyard to do the work.
The Amazon order for known issues gets placed in a week or so. I am figuring 3-4 days of boatyard work. Any longer & they start threatening to launch me with the travel lift.
Just look at all the money you save keeping that trailer and old boat!
โMar-07-2022 04:00 PM
Veebyes wrote:
Thanks for my laugh of the day. Had to read this one.
We are rolling around the country with a 2007 5er which has had well over 1800 nights spent in it & some 220,000 truck miles. With age & use stuff goes wrong. It has been in storage, & not even seen, since last October but the spring refit list is well underway where we actually do go into a boatyard to do the work.
The Amazon order for known issues gets placed in a week or so. I am figuring 3-4 days of boatyard work. Any longer & they start threatening to launch me with the travel lift.
โMar-07-2022 03:59 PM
memtb wrote:
jdc 1, We should write a book together! That sounds like some of our trips over the last 30 or so years! The bright side....it keeps life interesting! ๐
memtb
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โFeb-27-2022 05:48 PM
time2roll wrote:
Furnace Creek fuel is $7.00+. Only $5.50 at Stovepipe Wells.Good to see the RV is still on the road having fun ๐
โFeb-27-2022 05:46 PM
ScottG wrote:
To answer your question, yes, there is normally a back flow valve located in the city water connection.
โFeb-27-2022 05:24 PM