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uintafly
Explorer
Apr 15, 2014

A few issues in my first long trip

We have taken our new TT out on a few short overnight trips, but this weekend we pulled it on our first extended stay trip. 4 nights and 700 miles roundtrip, and noticed a few issues. Both issues would be covered under warranty but I woudl rather just fix them myself if possible as opposed to taking it to the dealer to sit for a week or two.

First issue is that there is a very slow drip coming from the shower drain, where it makes it's first connection to the drain line about 2" below the shower floor. I am thinking I should just be able to tighten this up a bit and fix it (assuming I can get my arm in the ridiculously small 4"x6" accesss panels they put on these trailers. This is a threaded connection and I can't see any issue with tightening a bit and seeing if that fixes it. Any reason not to?

I have a feeling the other issue is not something I can do, but I figure I would give it a try. If the TT is perfectly level the water pump is adjusted so that it can't access propbably 5-8 gallons from the tank. This will be an issue once we start doing anything longer than a weekend with no water. And it will be a huge issue come time to get antifreeze through the lines. Is this an easy adjustment, or am I gonna have to take it in?

Thanks
  • lushy's avatar
    lushy
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    uintafly wrote:
    We have taken our new TT out on a few short overnight trips, but this weekend we pulled it on our first extended stay trip. 4 nights and 700 miles roundtrip, and noticed a few issues. Both issues would be covered under warranty but I woudl rather just fix them myself if possible as opposed to taking it to the dealer to sit for a week or two.

    First issue is that there is a very slow drip coming from the shower drain, where it makes it's first connection to the drain line about 2" below the shower floor. I am thinking I should just be able to tighten this up a bit and fix it (assuming I can get my arm in the ridiculously small 4"x6" accesss panels they put on these trailers. This is a threaded connection and I can't see any issue with tightening a bit and seeing if that fixes it. Any reason not to?

    Thanks


    My shower drain was leaking on my previous TT. I did tighten up on it and it did stop leaking. Be careful not to over-tighten. I think it started leaking as a result of me storing a 5 gallon jug of drinking water in the tub, which may have caused the nut on the drain to loosen as the jug bounced around during travel. Needless to say I do not store anything in my tub now.
  • AirForceAngler's avatar
    AirForceAngler
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    Can't help you with the tub, but there is a thread on here recently about modifying the plumbing to draw water from the drain location of the fresh water tank. This helps you to get almost all of the water out for use. Basically, you can thread a "t" into the drain, put a petcock on one end and connect the pump draw tube to the top side of the "t".
  • K_Charles's avatar
    K_Charles
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    If you use antifreeze, I don't, you don't pump it in from the tank but from a line right at the pump. You mean if you fill the tank the pump can get all but the last 5 gallons? That's fine.
  • AirForceAngler's avatar
    AirForceAngler
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    For winterizing, install a tank bypass kit if there isn't one already installed. This allows you to draw antifreeze straight from the bottle via a short hose. With this, you'll be able to winterize your whole camper for 2 gallons or less.
  • NanciL's avatar
    NanciL
    Explorer II
    Apr 15, 2014
    On the tub drain.
    Mine leaked and I tightened the big nut. It still leaked and I tightened it again. It still leaked and I know if I tighten it any more something is going to give.
    Then I happen to notice that it is not dripping on any wood and just on the plastic underlining, so I just cut a small hole in it, and it drips out the bottom. it is only about a cap full at the most.
    That was several years ago. I have no idea if it is still dripping, but my problem is solved.

    jack l
  • RoyF's avatar
    RoyF
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    You want a tank by-pass kit ( to keep anti-freeze out of your hot-water tank), but a "pump converter kit" is what you use to pump anti-freeze directly through the water pump. My first RV was a pop-up, with neither of the above, and I winterized by pouring a lot of anti-freeze directly into the fresh water tank every winter. When I bought my fifth-wheel, I did not realize right away that it came with a pump converter kit. So I poured gallons of anti-freeze into the fresh tank!! Once I figured out that I actually had a pump converter kit, the winerizing process only needed one gallon of AF.
  • uintafly's avatar
    uintafly
    Explorer
    Apr 15, 2014
    AirForceAngler wrote:
    Can't help you with the tub, but there is a thread on here recently about modifying the plumbing to draw water from the drain location of the fresh water tank. This helps you to get almost all of the water out for use. Basically, you can thread a "t" into the drain, put a petcock on one end and connect the pump draw tube to the top side of the "t".


    That's a great idea. It will be a little more of a project though becuase I have an enclosed underbelly.

    Also some of you mentioned you can add antifreeze directly to the pump. That would be nice for sure. I will have to check that tonight and if not wil linstall the kit this fall.

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