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- woodworker414ExplorerFinally got the new sensors in the holding tanks at a level that will show a more true reading of what the level is, the orginal location was way to low,tank wasn't even half full.
Eaay fix.
Bill - BerticusExplorerJust bought a water valve assemply kit for my thetford am iv toilet and put it on. THis fixed my water leak that I discovered on our last trip.
Happy and Safe Camping, Robert - HarvardExplorer
cachearoo wrote:
Had the tranny rebuilt on Weds...1200 miles from home.
What make, year and mileage? - cachearooExplorerHad the tranny rebuilt on Weds...1200 miles from home.
- woodworker414ExplorerTo darn hot to work out side now, suppose to be cooler next week, then I will install the new sensors in the 2 holding tanks, stopped at Lowes the other day and picked up the supplies, should be and easy install.
Bill - woodworker414ExplorerWestronics, I would say that those temps are acceptable.
Bill - WestronicsExplorer
rgrcpa wrote:
Just had a replacement Norcold three way refer installed. Took only one hour. The freezer stopped freezing stuff and the lower section went to over 60 degrees in the old unit. Diagnosis reported that the ammonia in the "tank" behind the refer unit had almost run out. I didn't know this took place. The old refer must have been only nine years old. Rather costly replacement at $1,400, no? Just another thing no one teaches you when you become a new RV owner.
BTW, can anyone suggest an optimum temperature for the freezer and the lower food compartment? I'm sitting in Colorado at over 5,000 feet.
Fridge: 35 - 38 degrees Fahrenheit
Freezer: 0 degrees Fahrenheit - rgrcpaExplorerJust had a replacement Norcold three way refer installed. Took only one hour. The freezer stopped freezing stuff and the lower section went to over 60 degrees in the old unit. Diagnosis reported that the ammonia in the "tank" behind the refer unit had almost run out. I didn't know this took place. The old refer must have been only nine years old. Rather costly replacement at $1,400, no? Just another thing no one teaches you when you become a new RV owner.
BTW, can anyone suggest an optimum temperature for the freezer and the lower food compartment? I'm sitting in Colorado at over 5,000 feet. - woodworker414ExplorerThe kids borrowed the C to go to the lake for the week, the son-in-law said that after just 2days the tanks needed to be empty. Only 4 people on board, should not need to be empty that soon.We got to looking really close at things. One of the sensors was dirty turned on the flush, took care of that. The tanks go all the way across the chassis, they are a L shape, with the L secton hanging down into the compartment where the dump vavles are, in looking closely we saw that the 1/3 sensor is only 1" off the bottom of the L. the 2/3 full is part of the prpblem its located just a little below of the long leg of the L, so it is not reading any of the contents in the tank part that goes across the chassis, so it really only reads about 10 gal. The full sensor is about 4-5 inches from the top of the tank. So the fix will be two new senosrs, moving the 2/3 wire up to the full sensor and then install a new sensor for the full spot at least 2-3" higher. Both black and gray water have this problem. This should fix the wrong readings on the guage. Sensors are nothing but a stainless steel bolt,phillips head, witha piece of rubber hose about 1" longer followed by a large rubber washer, followed by a fender washer then a nut, when tighting the nut it cause the hose to expand and fill up the hole so there isn't any leak. Then put wire on and another nut, done.
Bill - picklebillExplorerremoved the gas tank. Had a bad fuel gauge sender. What a job! Problem is, getting it back in is probably going to be a real pain.
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