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RVcircus
Explorer II
Mar 01, 2016

How I replaced our city water inlet

Another week, another new part on the travel trailer. This week I finally got around to replacing our beat up city water inlet and was happy to have a simple fix.

The install was exactly what I expected and was fairly quick. I just zipped the 4 screws out, pried the old inlet off (with my favorite pocket knife), cleaned up the old sealant, and installed the new inlet. Below are the items I used for the install.

* New City Water Inlet
* 1/2" MIP adapter (not needed if to buy the correct inlet)
* Mineral Spirits & a rag
* Butyl tape
* 3 new hex screws
* Benchmade Griptillian folding knife (I would recommend an actual putty knife, but I was feeling lazy)
* Electric drill with 1/4" nut driver
* Channel lock pliers

Checkout our 55 second install video to see how I did it:
https://youtu.be/1cBuGLHzV_4

Here's our related blog post as well:
http://www.rvcircus.com/how-to-replace-rv-city-water-inlet/

8 Replies

  • RVcircus's avatar
    RVcircus
    Explorer II
    Mar 02, 2016
    Lynnmor wrote:
    You have more guts than me. Powering screws into thin lightweight walls might strip easily. I would take a few seconds longer and do it by hand. The factory stripped screws in just about every attachment on my trailer.


    I have the clutch on the drill cranked way down to avoid stripping anything. It might look worse than it is with the video sped up 2x's.
  • RVcircus's avatar
    RVcircus
    Explorer II
    Mar 02, 2016
    RoyB wrote:
    Did you get to check-out the one-way valve that is suppose to be close to the city water connection... Some of them are part of the water port connection I think...

    This is there to keep the water from escaping the trailer when you are pumping water from the fresh water tank using the on-board water pump.

    Roy Ken


    Yep, there's a check valve on the old and new one.
  • Lynnmor's avatar
    Lynnmor
    Explorer
    Mar 02, 2016
    You have more guts than me. Powering screws into thin lightweight walls might strip easily. I would take a few seconds longer and do it by hand. The factory stripped screws in just about every attachment on my trailer.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Mar 01, 2016
    Did you get to check-out the one-way valve that is suppose to be close to the city water connection... Some of them are part of the water port connection I think...

    This is there to keep the water from escaping the trailer when you are pumping water from the fresh water tank using the on-board water pump.

    Roy Ken
  • RVcircus's avatar
    RVcircus
    Explorer II
    Mar 01, 2016
    icanon wrote:
    That was simple! Love watching your vids thanks for posting.

    gbopp wrote:
    :C :C :C Nice, thanks for posting.


    Thanks for checking it out! We had another video planned for a bigger project (still to come), but that fell through at the last minute. I was glad to have something go well after a frustrating weekend.

    rhagfo wrote:
    Is your drill driver a souped up model like used in NASCAR? :B


    The soupiest! Gotta love the magic of double speed;) Now if I could just manage to work that fast myself my life would be a piece of cake.
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Mar 01, 2016
    Is your drill driver a souped up model like used in NASCAR? :B
  • icanon's avatar
    icanon
    Explorer
    Mar 01, 2016
    That was simple! Love watching your vids thanks for posting.

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