Water heater plastic plug cross thread
So this is my 3rd camper w the same Atwood water heater w/plastic plug. It's terribly located to get a wrench to tighten it, and it cross threads everytime I try to reinstall it. There has to be a way...
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A visual inspection and an old tooth brush are your friends. When you remove that plug all the stuff that settled in the tank rolls out through that opening. You will end up with sand and sediment laying in those threads when it is done emptying. After it is done hook up your hose and run some water into the tank to finish flushing the rest out. When you get it running clean shut the water off and get in there with your tooth brush to clean everything out of the threads. Then when you put that plastic plug back in the threads will be clean and it should go in easily.
