"Shocking" discovery in my AF
Began some simple maintenance on the TC today. Removed the bottom cover to replace the plywood and found some issues. The frame holding the rear of the fresh water tank was damaged. ...
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RamTC wrote:
Joe417, no stir about quality or design flaws as mine would have crashed through many times already. I've seen a few similar pics over the years on the AF forums, but I believe they now have sold over 10,000 TCs. Just have to be careful filling and under stand why. It only takes 1x to cause the damage shown in your pics which may show itself years later, could have been from a previous owner too. Good luck with your repair. From my 2005 AF Owners Manual:
Well thats where the extra 20 gallons goes. Hmmm. Im going to check my manual again, I remember caution in filling to fast and a suggestion to attach a smaller gauge fill hose with a valve to restrict force and volume of water entry. Mine cost less than 10 dollars to put together. I dont remember Lance saying anything about swelling. I wonder if the 2 manufactores use the same type of tank. I know my FW tank looks to be rigid spun poly ,fairly thick. IIRC my friendmentioned when his tank fell through, that the tank expanded during filling. Guess AF was serious in the manual. But I also remember his AF had no metal , aluminum or otherwise supporting the tank. It was wood crossmembers and flimsy. He fixed it himself, and was able to reuse his tank.
