Here's a problem no one needs...

[Ncbob]

After connecting up yesterday, here at Bussin' 2008, I took a much needed shower and wondered why the water wouldn't run out of the shower pan. Great!  Now what?  I checked and yes I had opened the valve for the gray water discharge to the sewer connection....but wait.  No water in the hose!  I pushed the "T" handle down gently and turned it a number of times in a clockwise direction praying that if iut was threaded into the slide I could pick up the threads. Nope.

So here I sit quietly filling my holding tank, thankfully 100 gallons, and I must somehow repair the faulty dump valve without making a mess of everything. At this point I should be able to get to the final (faulty) dump valve without bothering the black water valve.

Please wish me luck!

Bob

[white-eagle]

Since we're on the other side of the parking lot, let me know if you need help.

i'll try to find someone who can!  i'll be over later.

[Dallas]

Bob,

If I read your post right, the threaded portion of the handle came loose from the gate valve?

I did a quick fix once on a camper once so the guy could get his black water dumped and then replace the valve.

The quick fix was to unscrew and remove the handle then slobber some gorilla glue on the threads. I then put some vaseline on the shaft of the handle so the glue couldn't stick to it. I then shoved it back in the hole and screwed it in to the valve as much as it would go.

After about 4 hours of curing, the glue swelled out, tightening the connection between the valve and the rod, and waah-Laah, the valve opened with no problem.

I'm not saying it will work on yours, since I don't know if your handle is removable or not, but it is a thought for a temp repair on some.



Dallas

[FloridaCliff]

Bob,

Well I knew you were full of ****, Oh yeah, you said grey water, never mind........

See ya soon! 

Cliff

[JohnEd]

I once had a serious failure in my black water system.  It did drain but wouldn't reseal for some reason.  I don't recall what i needed repair and redesign the system but it wasn't on the shelf at my local RV place and the sales Clerc sent me out into the shop to see if they had what I needed.  Well, that repair forman went skipping through all his take off parts and found pipe pieces and old valves and etc. that he thought I "might" need to reconfigure and repair my system.  He was energetic about it and very smiley and gracious.  Armed with this pile of stuff he cheerfully told me "no charge, Sir".  I said "well, thank you very much and I hope I can return the favor".  He replied "No! Thank you, Sir."  I puzzled that and asked why he would be thanking me since he just gave me an armload of repair parts for free.   He replied " Thank you, Sir, for not bringing that problem in here for me to work on."   What a Guy!   What a Guy!     

True story.

John

[Ncbob]

Well fellas, here's the rest of the story...and by the way thank you all for your good advice...although with Cliff's I'll take his under advisement for the moment.

Jack Conrad graciously came by and he offered his best advice...which I took after mulling over any side consequences with my neighbor, Cody. Cody came up with an extended paddle bit which if drilled into the elbow at an angle and just deep enough to penetrate the point I might leverage the slide open and only have the hole in the elbow to repair.  Sounded good to me.

I very carefully bored the hole in the elbow...... and struck fluid. Huh?  Let me see...the hose is empty so how can there be fluid in this elbow if the slide is closed?

I carefully removed the elbow and the hose and got a bit of gray water (which I won't report if you don't) and Lo and Behold right there in the inlet of the elbow was a cap I use to keep the odors inside of the hose when I store it...it shouldn't be there...it will now go out with the trash or I'd better look a bit more closely at the discharge elbw when I install it.

IT WAS STUPIDITY GUYS!  Mine for sure...but it might happen to anyone, like me, from the shallow end of the gene pool.

Thanks again for your concern...Jackie has mace the reservation for the rubber room.

Bob

[gumpy]

I'm sorry Bob, but for some reason, I found this humorous    It reminds me of so many dumb things I've done myself.

[jjrbus]

If you were working on a computer, this would be called an  Id  10  T  error!!!   But like my dear old Grand Dad, who smoked, drank like a fish and chased women and paid for it dearly by dying at the young age of 86, always said and I quote',  "No sense acting stupid if you cant prove it"!!!!

[Ncbob]

Well, you could imagine the feeling I had when I revealed to Jack what the problems was.....

Then, with that eternal twinkle in his eye Jack asked, "Are you going to take some pix and post them on the Board?"  (A) How can you refuse to be honest about something even this dumb? (B) Is it possible to refuse anything to Jack? and finally, (C) Wasn't it Shakespere who said, "to thine own self be true"?

So there it is...for whatever you wish to call it...

Kyle is gonna have a ball with this.......

Bob

[jjrbus]

 I respect people that make mistakes and do not try to hide them. We learn by our mistakes, which makes me almost the smartest person in the world.

[JohnEd]

JJR,

Was your grand daddy's name "Mark Twain?".  That was one to remember.

John

[mandolinplucker]

Mental lapses happen to us all . it seems like the older I get,the more often it happens. I had bought a new  5th wheel that I wasn't accustomed to. The water backed up in the galley sink. I drove all over town to find a plunger to clear the obstruction. Plungered myself to a frenzy---didn't help. Took the cabinet apart and disconnected drains to run wire down to clear obstruction--- didn't help. I had already made sure that I had opened the drain valve but still no grey water drained. As I was sitting in the floor surrounded by drain and cabinet parts,a friend stopped to give me a hand. He said "my camper has a drain for the shower and one for the kitchen with two drain handles outside. Then it hit me that I did too. Good thing that I have a good since of humor so that I could laugh along with the rest of the people at the bluegrass festival.

[kyle4501]

Hey Bob,
My granddad said "if you hang out with people smarter than yourself, it's easier to learn stuff"

And, boy Howdy, do I ever learn stuff from you! 
Who knew that cap needed to be removed before use - maybe you should put a warning label on it.



Bob, you know we will always make room for you.   At least now you will know why we ask you to park down hill from the rest of us 

[jjrbus]

 Did Mark Twain plagierise that line from my granddad?

[NewbeeMC9]

Hey Bob,  thanks for our lesson in prevention

The A$$ pendulum swung, if you push it out to SmartA$$, it'll swing back to the other side before you know it.

Just remember, you have to be doin something to do something wrong,  and glad your problem didn't result in calling out the HAZMAT team 


and just think how much you enjoyed those brewski's while in figuring stage(liquid courage)

Thanks for sharing,

the same type thing happened to me with a clear dust cap on a vw brake master cylinder.  I had to fight to do it wrong. It went toghether much easier and bled with no problem once i pulled it loose and figured out the cap was there.