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pk1023
Explorer
May 09, 2014

Advice for fixing a Thetford toilet valve, it's EASY!

Hey all,

So as the worst beginner ever, I let me toilet freeze after de-winterizing too early. The water valve on my Thetford AquaMagic v5 potty popped as it was supposed to! :)

After trying to glue that mess, I bought a new one on Amazon for 21 bucks.

Let me tell you, this is a SUPER simple fix. One screw and a couple plugs here and there.

You should totally do this yourself, don't pay some RV place 70 bucks. Save 50 and do it yourself!
  • Road_Runners's avatar
    Road_Runners
    Explorer
    May 09, 2014
    You got it. Most repair jobs on an RV can be do it yours self projects if you have the inclination.

    I have always done all my repair work, but now that I am getting up in age getting my body in position to do some of the repairs that I used to easily do is now dang near impossible. So now I often opt to pay someone to do some of these repairs.
  • F105's avatar
    F105
    Explorer
    May 09, 2014
    Road Runners wrote:
    You got it. Most repair jobs on an RV can be do it yours self projects if you have the inclination.

    I have always done all my repair work, but now that I am getting up in age getting my body in position to do some of the repairs that I used to easily do is now dang near impossible. So now I often opt to pay someone to do some of these repairs.


    X2 - I know exactly what you're feeling . Not RV related,but I was asked (told) recently by my wife to mount a water hose reel assembly onto a brick wall on our home.

    No problem I said to myself as I had done this same job a couple of years ago.

    Only this time,she wanted the assembly mounted much lower on the wall than the one earlier. This required getting on my knees and up again a couple of times. I was hurting for the next couple of days afterwards.

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