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Borrowed a trailer and getting ready for some fun in the sun (it's cold here now 30's again tonight) I went and bought a 8 inch drop hitch, the 6 inch had the deck at too much of an angle, and ...
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Time to finish up a project that I started yesterday.
When I removed the winterize port from the water city water station the "gasket between the pipe and the port fitting disintegrated. I was unable to get a new one at Home Depot as urethane pipe is not code here and they had no fittings.
I went to a plumbing store today and got several candidates, the replacement parts are on the left and the pieces of the old gasket are on the right. I was able to see what it should look like when I remove the city water port.
This is the pipe that the washer needs to go into, not sure how to get a good picture of this, note that there is a feral inside the castle nut that the washer sits on.
This is the end of the port fitting.
After several different test fits I though tis washer fit best and had no leaks. I know on the end of the fitting is does not look right as it is balanced there, but when slid over the pipe it is held in place and fits nice.
Here the washer is slid onto the pipe end. I know it is hard to see, but it fits very nice.
I lubed up the outside of the washer with a silicone grease to help the fitting go on without "bunching" up the washer. This silicone grease is made for o-rings.
The winterize port is threaded onto the pipe and taken just beyond hand tight.
The port is screwed to the station panel and this project is now done.
When I removed the winterize port from the water city water station the "gasket between the pipe and the port fitting disintegrated. I was unable to get a new one at Home Depot as urethane pipe is not code here and they had no fittings.
I went to a plumbing store today and got several candidates, the replacement parts are on the left and the pieces of the old gasket are on the right. I was able to see what it should look like when I remove the city water port.
This is the pipe that the washer needs to go into, not sure how to get a good picture of this, note that there is a feral inside the castle nut that the washer sits on.
This is the end of the port fitting.
After several different test fits I though tis washer fit best and had no leaks. I know on the end of the fitting is does not look right as it is balanced there, but when slid over the pipe it is held in place and fits nice.
Here the washer is slid onto the pipe end. I know it is hard to see, but it fits very nice.
I lubed up the outside of the washer with a silicone grease to help the fitting go on without "bunching" up the washer. This silicone grease is made for o-rings.
The winterize port is threaded onto the pipe and taken just beyond hand tight.
The port is screwed to the station panel and this project is now done.
