Black water tank completely full and won't drain. Help pls.
2006 heartland bighorn
Our black water tank is completely full, and I cannot get it to drain. We just had a baby and were gone 6 days. I had already been so busy with work I hadn't drained it like I should have. We've been back a few days but the last 3 I've spent attempting to empty it. I've tried rv septic chemicals, using a plunger, and a not so great auger from tractor supply. Nothing is working. It's a cable system, and I have not been able to notice 100% if the valve is actually opening or not. I've been flushing from the sewer hose port and have had little by little come out. I read on a different post here about drilling a hole opposite the gate valve stem to open manually so I gave it a shot. I drilled the hole and have been using 3/16" tig wire to try and hammer the slide open but I'm not feeling it at all. When the gate rod is out all the way the wire goes in easily but if I try to close it with it still in it hits on it or is in a bind. When the rod is closed all the way I can still tap the wire in with some resistance but the rod doesn't budge. Idk if I'm maybe not hitting the slide with the wire but the hole is centered up perfectly with the body of the valve. Within the 1st 2 days or so I came home to my wife saying the toilet clogged up. I turned off the water and was able to use a plunger to fix it. Next day same thing but she also said the toilet would be sending up air bubbles when flushing. The next day on though the plunger had not helped and I've been at a loss. Any insight, help, or ideas would be greatly greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm just missing the gate when I'm tapping in the wire? I had tried an auger from the hose connection also, but it's about 34in from the hose connection to the valve with 1 lateral 90 and 1 vertical. I couldn't manipulate the coil that the auger was made of enough to get it to the valve. Thanks in advance to everyone.
Our black water tank is completely full, and I cannot get it to drain. We just had a baby and were gone 6 days. I had already been so busy with work I hadn't drained it like I should have. We've been back a few days but the last 3 I've spent attempting to empty it. I've tried rv septic chemicals, using a plunger, and a not so great auger from tractor supply. Nothing is working. It's a cable system, and I have not been able to notice 100% if the valve is actually opening or not. I've been flushing from the sewer hose port and have had little by little come out. I read on a different post here about drilling a hole opposite the gate valve stem to open manually so I gave it a shot. I drilled the hole and have been using 3/16" tig wire to try and hammer the slide open but I'm not feeling it at all. When the gate rod is out all the way the wire goes in easily but if I try to close it with it still in it hits on it or is in a bind. When the rod is closed all the way I can still tap the wire in with some resistance but the rod doesn't budge. Idk if I'm maybe not hitting the slide with the wire but the hole is centered up perfectly with the body of the valve. Within the 1st 2 days or so I came home to my wife saying the toilet clogged up. I turned off the water and was able to use a plunger to fix it. Next day same thing but she also said the toilet would be sending up air bubbles when flushing. The next day on though the plunger had not helped and I've been at a loss. Any insight, help, or ideas would be greatly greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm just missing the gate when I'm tapping in the wire? I had tried an auger from the hose connection also, but it's about 34in from the hose connection to the valve with 1 lateral 90 and 1 vertical. I couldn't manipulate the coil that the auger was made of enough to get it to the valve. Thanks in advance to everyone.
