i have aal redy repaired mine . its not that bad . but if you get a screw that will not come lose try tighting it a some and then back off .i hade trouble with this i think its corison that gets in the therds from holding tank chemicals. good luck go very easy with it and you will be all rite charles >From: "Tim Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [VAC] Holding tank valve seals? >Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:09:45 -0400 > >Chris, >thanks for the info. I assume by separating the halves, I can get to it by >dropping the belly pan in that area and get at it that way? My version >comes down vertically from the holding tank and just hangs under the >trailer. The valve I have is the plastic version I would say, I looked up >in there and it is all plastic as far as I can tell. If you could get the >part numbers and an approximate cost I would really appreciate it.. >Thanks again >Tim >----- Original Message ----- >From: Chris Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 5:46 PM >Subject: Re: [VAC] Holding tank valve seals? > > > > At 07:54 PM 6/8/00 -0400, Tim Cook wrote: > > >I have a 71 25' Trade Wind and am having some problems with the waste >tank > > >valve seals leaking. I can see where it looks like the seal has >deformed > > >and part of the lip has come down enough to stop the valve from >completely > > >closing. Does anyone know if these seals are replaceable without >removing > > >the entire unit? > > <<..>> > > > > I'm not sure which valve you have, but the seals are available. Thetford > > made (makes) several different versions of the valve, but there are just > > two rebuild kite. One for Stainless steel backed valves, and one for > > plastic backed valves- obviously, one valve has a stainless steel back, >and > > the other has a plastic back. > > > > You do have to be able to separate the two halves of the valve, which > > sometimes, on some models, be a pain. The other thing I dislike, is that > > the kit comes with all the seals for the valve, but no new blade- though > > you can order the blade separately (I would recommend replacing it, >also, > > while you're in there.) > > > > I'll dig up the Thetford part numbers, if you like. > > > > ________ > > > > Chris Bryant > > Bryant RV Services > > DeLand, Florida > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
