Attaboy Steve!

I look at it this way - anything at all that I did to my camper (which was a lot) was a rather substantial improvement over how the factory did it....

 

AMEN BROTHER!! I know for a fact that no body at the factory took as much time and was as careful as I'm being.

Assuming all goes well with this project, it will be a significant improvement!

 

I may do this myself. The access compartment to my water pump and outdoor shower handle is impossible to get a hand in when needed. Watching!!

 

Which water panel are you going with, Steve?

 

I think waiting for the actual panel to land before cutting is wise Steve. I'd want to measure it quite a few times before cutting...

On my project, I got my Equalizer clocked correctly, wet bolt installed, and ready to go in tomorrow morning. I was going to skip all that as it won't be in forever but I can't help but do things right. Even if they are only going to be in short term.

 

Believe it or not, that was initially the primary driver for this project. My boys like to jokingly refer to my fingers as sausages and my hands as "fists of furry". Bottom line, I could not get my fingers or hands into the original compartment to tighten the water connections. It drove me crazy. As I considered options, I finally said "well, if I'm going to do it, why not make it big enough for filtration and pressure regulation as well?"


I've decided to build my own instead of using a prefab. I really don't need a lot of the functionality that comes with them unless I undo a lot of other plumbing in the rig. It didn't seem to make sense to me to tear out stuff that is working fine just so that I could use a prefab unit. I already have factory installed winterizing and heater bypass valves in the pass through storage compartment and they have worked fine. This panel will essentially be inlet, filtration, pressure regulation, outdoor shower and black water flush.

 

Looking good. We'll anxiously await the next set of pics with it installed.

 

Surgery scheduled for about 12 hours from now Steve. What I'm awaiting is the moment when the whole thing is gone. I'm very patient while making a decision. Once I've made the decision though, I have the patience of a gnat. I'm hoping MorRyde get's me in sooner than Aug 8th. I have 2000 miles worth of trips before that and another 800 miles to IN to get it done. I'll be waiting for something to go boom the whole time...

 

Lol, ain't that the truth!

 

I hear you brother! I spent almost the entire day today on my back under our rig. I was installing the back two Barker valve actuators on my rear holding tanks and then running the wiring harnesses for them. That project will be finished and ready for testing tomorrow .... finally! I figure I then have another 1.5 days under the rig fixing and cleaning up s..t wiring that was done at the factory on everything else before I can start putting coroplast back on. That will easily take another full day at least in order for one person to do it right. By then my new compartment door should be here and I'll switch to that project.

To be completely honest, I wish I had enough confidence in some pros out there to have done this electric holding tank valve conversion. It has been a much more labor intensive project than I had anticipated. I just know that someone else would not have done it as carefully as I have, particularly the wiring.

 

Alright guys, looking at TPMS for the wagon. Any thoughts/recommendations/ experience over this?
One I'm looking at.
https://tsttruck.com/product/tst-507-internal/
The picture has stems for dual wheels, but 1" stems are available.

 

Good for you, and a good choice. I'll be looking forward to seeing photos of the finished project.

 

I've used TST monitoring system for years. Just replace battery once a year. I did get the external antenna though. Didn't need the repeater.

 

I don't know anything about their internal senders, but I had the external sender TST510 systems.
I have 2 things to say -
1) They are a PITA to program
2) Get the ones with user serviceable batteries

 

I too run the external Chad just in case I have to change the battery.

I guess Dave was right about the plastic bushings.