Assume My Dump Valve is Closed and Won't Open !
...........So what pump do I Need so I can run a hose down into the black tank via the commode and siphon out the contents and then replace the dump valve ? , thanks , jigger
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This is a solution that dougrainer posted last year for the problem of a broken pull handle. I hope I never have to do this, but here's the solution:
Fred
dougrainer wrote:
IF you have the standard 3 inch valve with the pull handle. The pull handle has BROKEN loose from the knife valve. NOTHING you do externally will open it. What you have to do is, connect your dump hose and install in sewer drain. On the opposite side of that pull rod on the valve body, you drill a 1/4 inch hole thru the plastic valve body and then insert a 1/4 inch rod (most phillip screwdrivers are 1/4 inch or sl;ifghtly smaller) and shove the internal plastic knife valve open. LEAVE that screwdriver IN or you will get a little sewage out that hole and have the 1/4 rod avaiable immediately after drill that hole to prevent excess waste from coming out that hole. Then replace the complete valve after flushing out the system. Doug
Fred
