Arctic Fox black tank valve glued in?
I had a mobile service guy come out to quote me on replacing my black tank valve. The valve has been very difficult to operate (especially close) and is leaking a small amount. After cutting an acc...
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It's actually not that crappy a job if you plan through it. It's even easier if you have a way to dump at home. Find a way to access the valve and look to see which side of the tank it is mounted to.
- Figure out how to tilt the trailer using the jacks or leveling blocks on only one side so the everything flows toward the valve.
- Drain the tank and give it an extra 5 minutes to drip dry.
- Close the valve and reposition the jacks or blocks to tilt the trailer the opposite direction.
- Get some disposable gloves and a new valve.
- Crawl under and look at the whole drain path.
- Loosen but don't remove some downstream hangers to allow some movement in the piping.
- Pull the 4 bolts.
- There should be only a few drops of liquid coming out of the open joint.
- Remove the old valve and make sure you also remove the o-rings (1 per side of the valve).
- Replace with a new valve making sure to use the new o-rings that came with it.
- put the bolts back in and tighten them up.
- Tighten the downstream hangers.
- If necessary use a paper towel to wipe up the few drops that landed on the ground.
