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Originally Posted by gtsum2
well, the grey tank handle is hard to pull out and push in all of a sudden...went to dump station and flushed out the black tank several times and a lot of stuff came out...did this until it ran perfectly clear...tried operating the grey tank handle during and after and before this and it would dribble out and then nothing. I ran water in the shower with the grey tank valve open and all of a sudden it started dripping out from under the body somewhere...and then a big gush of water came out the sewer hose...and then that stopped. So I have no idea??
I am thinking the pipes are loose under the shower drain and that is causing the leaking as taking the shower drain cover off and putting a coat hanger down there seems like the pipes are all loose underneath, but I cannot understand how or why some water then came out of the sewer hose and then stopped after 2-3 seconds?
In order to pull the belly back I would have to take off at least 15ft of it, and the spare tire holder, as well as what appears to be metal bracing for the holding tanks...just to get a look up in there......hmm...
Unit has operated flawlessly for the last 3 months as we have about 29 nights already in it. We have birthday celebration planned and reserved for this weekend and 3 other reservations already made for next 5 weeks, so hopefully dealer can get a look at it, but I am not optimistic about turn around time.
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gtsum2; Valve operation very similar to my black tank valve, sometime very easy to pull and then next camp site can hardly pull the handle. WTH
Finally got aggravated enough to drop the under belly cover enough to get a look and get my hand in there to move around the foil insulation
After empty tubes of caulk and other construction stuff fell out got a good look at the insanity:
It was a cable activated valve with the pull handle located straight on about 3 feet from the actual valve.
The YOHOs at the factory installed a cable at least 6-7 feet long looped in the opposite direction and pinched between the frame and floor
That cable had no restraints other than where it is caught between the frame and floor. Seems like it was lying on the frame when the floor was attached to the frame.
Appears that the long cable with no restraints just moves around as you travel. Based on position cable ends up in determines how easy or difficult it is to activate the valve.
Thinking about removing that cable from between the frame and floor, shortening the cable, adding cable restraints, and if required looping it in the correct direction depending on the length I end up cutting it at. Looks like may even be possible to remove the cable and add a shaft from handle to valve.
I did notice that with the plumbing on the Raptor the bathroom gray and black tank feed into a common 4". I have noticed as I dump the black some crap back flows into that gray tank section. I make a point to flush the black tank and make sure I have enough water in the bathroom gray tank to flush it after the black tank is clean. Usually when I pull that gray valve a considerable about of CRAP is seen getting flushed out. That CRAP if not flushed out of that gray tank section could hardened and block the draining of the gray tank in the future. Just a thought.
As far as water dripping from the under belly could be shower piping not glued properly.
Believe me it is very entertaining to look into these rigs
An adult drink before opening the under belly may help