$h|tty Job!
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$h|tty Job!
Replaced the ball valve and base seal on our Aqua Magic style II toilet. The last time we performed this task was in 2019. No matter how much cleaning, scrubbing and seal conditioning I tried, the top seal was not holding water for more than a couple hours.
It took me and my wife less than a hour to remove the toilet, disassemble, clean, reassemble and install.
Job well done and ready for another 5+ years of adventures.
FYI: We used Thetford 34120 seal kit.
It took me and my wife less than a hour to remove the toilet, disassemble, clean, reassemble and install.
Job well done and ready for another 5+ years of adventures.
FYI: We used Thetford 34120 seal kit.
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From: Parker, CO
Ya, except many plumbers won't work on RVs & getting a RV tech scheduled these days is usually months out. Not to mention you kind of need to be able to fix your own gear when you are on the road. So spending the time wrenching on your own gear builds the knowledge & experience so you can stay on the trip if there are issues. Trying to get somebody to wrench on a true RV is super scarce & expensive, one of the reasons I stick with a normal truck & a trailer. Not hard to find somebody to wrench on a normal truck.
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Make sure you have a new/extra actuator valve on your trailer too. Mine started leaking just days into a 3-week vacation that required shutting the water off and also using lots of towels when on. Also, I had a lav sink faucet that started to leak on our first of the year camping trip a few weeks ago. It wasn't leaking when I tested all of it after waking it up from winters nap. It was leaking from under the single handle and running onto the countertop. It was raining pretty good also when my wife called me into the bathroom to say water was all over the sink....I was just hoping it wasn't the roof, etc.
Once again we had to leave the water unless using it.
When I got home I ordered a new lav faucet and kitchen sink faucet that is NOT all plastic that must have cracked during winter from a small amount of water still trapped up in the plastic guts.
I also replaced the cheap plastic lav bowl with a stainless steel one that now matches the faucet, and I put shut-off stops on both the hot and cold water supplies to the toilet, lav and kitchen sink. Those cabinets are tight, I had to feel my way to remove and install new fixtures, as I couldn't fit even my shoulders into that small area. .
Once again we had to leave the water unless using it.
When I got home I ordered a new lav faucet and kitchen sink faucet that is NOT all plastic that must have cracked during winter from a small amount of water still trapped up in the plastic guts.
I also replaced the cheap plastic lav bowl with a stainless steel one that now matches the faucet, and I put shut-off stops on both the hot and cold water supplies to the toilet, lav and kitchen sink. Those cabinets are tight, I had to feel my way to remove and install new fixtures, as I couldn't fit even my shoulders into that small area. .
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From: Wyoming
Replaced the ball valve and base seal on our Aqua Magic style II toilet. The last time we performed this task was in 2019. No matter how much cleaning, scrubbing and seal conditioning I tried, the top seal was not holding water for more than a couple hours.
It took me and my wife less than a hour to remove the toilet, disassemble, clean, reassemble and install.
Job well done and ready for another 5+ years of adventures.
FYI: We used Thetford 34120 seal kit.
It took me and my wife less than a hour to remove the toilet, disassemble, clean, reassemble and install.
Job well done and ready for another 5+ years of adventures.
FYI: We used Thetford 34120 seal kit.
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I am not mad at the rubber seal. It cost us 1 hour and less than $3.50 annually over the past 6 years of heavy use. Just like a home, it requires maintenance.
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It mostly the hard water in the west that does the ball seal in or at least in our case.
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When I sold it, my prior camper was 18 years old. I don't know if the prior owner had to change the seal, but I know I never did and the toilet held water.
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I put the RV antifreeze in the traps but not in the toilet where it accumulated above the seal.