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Re: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
4x4van wrote: Still curious as to the brass valve that the OP mentioned; a low point drain valve, perhaps? Once the RV was home and I got a look at it, I identified it as a fitting to use for winterizing. It was capped off with a brass fitting. The hose you would use to stick in the gallon jug of antifreeze isn't there so we will have to get one of those. Happy that the winterizing fitting is there and easy to get to. In our old RV's it was impossible to even fit the fitting near the pump so we had to pump though the city water connection.545Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hitch Mount Bike Carrier???
We had the same problem with cheap bike racks. Nearly destroyed a $600 bike when the brand new rack bent almost in half on bumpy Oklahoma turnpike roads. It's just not worth it to risk using a cheap rack. We bought a used Yakima for $50 (less than the cost of the new cheap one!) it's solid steel structure holds the bikes perfectly and solid. We always put the larger adult bikes closer to the rig with the light weight kids bikes on the end.569Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
Cloud Dancer wrote: Cloud Dancer wrote: For me, a piece of hose that would connect to the inlet port on the pump and a bucket of water are things that I can readily put my hands on, even if I'm out camping. I suppose that when I posted the above, I should've added that you're supposed to hook up the piece of test hose and stick the loose end into the bucket of water and then turn on the pump. If it doesn't pump water, the pump is not working. Sorry I'm glad you stuck with it and found the problem. Learning what you did will serve you down the line. But, it's knowledge that you hope you never have to use....:B Yes that is EXACTLY what we did! I sorry didn't post my results correctly. We took the new pump, hooked up a hose to the winterizing brass fitting with hose into bucket did nothing, hooked the old pump into bucket and same fittings pumped perfectly! So it had to be the pump not the set up in the RV. Someone posted once about thinking their hobby was going to be RVing but now realizing their hobby is actually fixing the RV. Sounds about right doesn't it!545Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
Thank you everyone for all the suggestions! It's so nice to have such a great group of knowelable people in our RV "family". After trying several of the suggestions we decided the pump must be bad. The RV repair shop is close to an hour away and closed at noon on Saturday's anyway. SO...got thinking that our "old" RV is sitting right next to our "new" RV (old one is leaving Tuesday) we know that the pump in the old RV was working just fine last time we used it so thinking that it would be faster to pull the pump out of the old RV and attach it to the new RV and see what happens. (it was the exact same pump) Then we would know if it was the pump or some phantom valve or something else in the system of the new RV. Guess what, the old pump worked just perfectly in the new RV! Ran for a few seconds pressurized the system and shut off just like it should. So since it works just fine it must be that the "new" Rv's pump was bad. Now like I said at the first of this post we bought the RV on Tuesday and we were told everything was checked. (Paid for this service check too) I am guessing what happend is they hooked it to city water, filled and checked for leaks. Then turned on the pump heard it run saw a water come out the taps (which was already pressurized from the city water being hooked up) and called it good and working. When in reality it wasn't. I have a hard time thinking that all was well and good on Tuesday and the first time we use it it's broken. But I guess it's possible. Something has to break every time we use our rigs right? Of course the dealer will hear about this on Monday! We didn't try taking the pump apart, just left the one in from our old RV. For now thanks to all of you, it seems to be working.547Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
Old-Biscuit wrote: Basic RV water system.... Then 'water works/utility' panels started being used. Some where simple with minimal switches/valves and some were multi switches/valves. Turn this/turn that......this one open/this one closed/this one this way/this one that way...........fill/pump/city/winterize. OP has basic system. Gravity fill for fresh water tank. Garden hose to city water and pump sucks from fresh water tank. Normal bypass on backside of water heater. OK on city water but can not get water to flow using pump. Sooooo Either there is a air leak on pump suction side or winterizing kit on suction side of pump is not closed (sucking air in) GREAT DIAGRAM! It's nice to see it all in pictures so much easier to explain. I guessed there must be one way valves preventing backflow. But wasn't sure. Our 5th wheel doesn't have any type of 'water works/utility' pannel. That does seem very handy however. I can see that would make it very simple.545Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
Cloud Dancer wrote: Now, I'm curious. I'm trying to think of how the water circuitry is designed, such that you can access the same distribution system from city water and also with the RV's water supply,....without a selection valve. There has to be at least a shutoff valve where you connect the city hose. I don't know for sure but logically thinking I think they work without a shutoff valve because the city water connection is on the other side of the pump. I assume the internal water pump valves are one way only so when the city water is connected the pressure will shut those preventing water from going through the water pump and backfilling the fresh tank. However, if this is the case I don't know what prevents pumped water from exiting the city water connection when city water is not in use. Perhaps there is a one way valve on that line. Our other RV has all the lines exposed and I don't see a valve on that one either. Now I'm curious on that too!270Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
RJsfishin wrote: Quote: Actually believable because the tech spent close to an hour with us upon pick up to show us how everything worked. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Everything ?? Care to rephrase that ??? Or weren't you paying attention. I'd think it would be perdy simple. Neither of our other 5th wheels had a valve to switch between the two types of water. Just a button on the pannel to turn on the pump. We actually spent a fair amount of time in the water pump area with the tech. Partially because we were interested in the water filtration system and because the water pump is located in the basement where it is much easier to access than our other two 5th wheels where it was located in a tiny compartment under the sink. There was no mention of a valve to switch between the two water types. I would think this would be simple too!!!270Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
Cloud Dancer wrote: It's up to you to read the manual and become familiar with the system in YOUR unit. It took me a while to learn mine. I would LOVE to have a manual! This rv is used and came with none! If anyone has a manual for a 2004 Wildcat, or even a generic Forest River 2004 PLEASE send me a message! The only thing I could find online was for a 2013.270Views0likes0CommentsRe: Water pump is on NO water pressure, Help!
mogman wrote: Winterizing valve still open? We looked for a winterizing valve, there isn't a one ended hose that we can find. There is a brass fitting between what appears to be the pex coming from the tank and the pump tried it both directions but it didn't do anything. I can't figure out what that valve would even be for. The tech did show us the water tank winterizing pass valve. It's behind a screwed on pannel now. However even if this happened to be in the wrong position for summer then we should still have water pressure in the rest of the rv.270Views0likes0Comments
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