waste black water valve broke

saulfun1971 wrote:
Nomad297

Yes it worked perfect without any mess! Thank you all very much for your suggestions and help!

I'm happy it worked for you. Changing out the valve is a snap. Have fun.

Bruce

Nomad297

Yes it worked perfect without any mess! Thank you all very much for your suggestions and help!

Try wrapping some monofilament fishing line (or string) very tightly around the threads on your rod. Coat it with super glue. Let it dry. Clip the ends close.

Then push it through the hole and see if you can screw it (with a little pressure) back into the valve blade. Might give you enough strength in the threads to open the valve.

No we haven't done it yet but maybe today. Back home to Florida and it rains here everyday so we will try this afternoon if no storm

Call a local septic tank pumper and see if he can pump out the tank thru the toilet.

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Did you have success?

saulfun1971 wrote:
Black water valve handle and rod both pulled out of valve and possible mess in future. Please help any suggestions??

Is that thing you call the rod, the cable that leads to the enclosed underbelly to the valve? :h

If so once I got to the valve I would try clamping onto the end of the valve rod that the cable attached to and then tappy tap with a small hammer to see if I could slide the stuck valve open.

saulfun1971 wrote:
Thank you all! WE will try that. And yes it could get messy.lol

If you can't change the valve right now, you should be fine opening and closing the black water valve using the old hole and the new hole. The hole will not leak once the gate is closed. This should get you by until you are more prepared to replace the valve.

Bruce

Thank you all! WE will try that. And yes it could get messy.lol