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SteveC7010 · 10-24-2012, 12:32 PM

If you're inclined, you can do what I did facing the same opportunity. I took the brass valve from the winterizing kit and went down to the local hardware store. They set me up with two hose barb adapters that fit the pipe threads on the valve. I also picked up two small stainless worm clamps.

Back at the trailer I cut the hose going to the pump about 8" before the pump. Then I installed the two hose barb adapters on each end of the valve with some teflon plumbing tape. Fit the barbs into the cut ends of the hose, tighten up the clamps. Voila! It looks factory original. (Sorry, no pic - trailer is in storage 'til spring time.)

Brass hose barbs look like this:

Or this:

10-24-2012, 12:32 PM	#10
SteveC7010 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Northville NY in the Adirondacks Posts: 2,128	If you're inclined, you can do what I did facing the same opportunity. I took the brass valve from the winterizing kit and went down to the local hardware store. They set me up with two hose barb adapters that fit the pipe threads on the valve. I also picked up two small stainless worm clamps. Back at the trailer I cut the hose going to the pump about 8" before the pump. Then I installed the two hose barb adapters on each end of the valve with some teflon plumbing tape. Fit the barbs into the cut ends of the hose, tighten up the clamps. Voila! It looks factory original. (Sorry, no pic - trailer is in storage 'til spring time.) Brass hose barbs look like this: Or this: __________________ '11 Cougar 326MKS loaded with mods '12 Ford F250 SuperCab 6.7 PowerStroke Diesel Amateur Radio: KD2IAT (146.520) GMRS: WQPG808 (462.675 TPL 141.3)