Water Online

The water lines at the hot water tank in my 1988 Itasca Sundancer 25ft motorhome have been bypassed.  Back in February, the hot water tank ruptured. And I thought that the T connections were a part of it and non-serviable? But I have a replacement tank and saw threadded holes on it, which lead me to investigate.

The hose connections are not your typical 1/2in variety. Their noses are more rounded off, or bullet like. My local hardware stores dont have anything for them. Either the space where the hot water tank's located was too cramped for me to see then, or I just assumed that all 3 connections in the T were the same?

With the new information, I took one of the T's off and found that the one that mounted to the hot water tank was a standard 1/2in. I was then able to screw in a PVC valve that could later bypass the hot water tank in case of an emergency.

From there, I got some 1/2in, threaded PVC caps from my hardware store. At that point, I removed both T's and used the caps to turn them into couplers.

Right now, I have cold water running to the kitchen sink, shower/ bath tub, toilet and bathroom sink. But the bathroom sink plumbing has a rupture and its leaking.

I had to use my black water hose to clear out some sewer blockage. I use a jet attachment on my sewage outtake port for this. After about 5 minutes, it cleared and went right down.

I found a mouse hole at the exterior hot water tank relief valve and patched it up with some Big Gap Filler.

Omnibus May 30th, 2019

The rent-a-car (van) was turned in today.  And I cleaned out the back holding tank (sewage) in my motorhome.  I used both an attachment on the outtake port and wand with a tube and 3 way jet to dislodge the buildup.  All in all, everything took about 15 minutes.  Right now, with the black outtake valve closed, I'm treating the tank overnight.

I used my kitchen gloves to deploy my mouse traps without bait.  I'm hoping that the mouse, or mice get use to it being there?  The next step is to wait and see if they get use to it.  Then I'll use chunky peanut butter as the bait and set the traps.

I just had a look at my kitchen sink faucet replacement.  It looks like the base is exactly the same as the one that's installed on it.  It's a model PF211304 by Phoenix Faucets.  The replacement went fast.

While the water jet intake on the sewage attachment was working, I attempted to install two valves to bypass the motorhome's hot water tank.  They had dual 1/2in male screw on ends.  But this is the second time that I got in trouble with this.  My water lines mount to a 3/8in connection.

Adventurer's Project has supporters who'd want to be more involved.  But some need a ride and I have to get either my motorhome drivable or get my car to turn on.  I've been living in my motorhome and there are things that need to get to storage.  After I cleared the blockage from the motorhome's black tank, I put the wand/ tube in my luggage carrier on the roof.  I probably should have wrapped it in a plastic garbage bag and tied it up.  Since I didn't do that, it looks like I may have a date with a hose, sprayer and some bleach?

Upcoming Automotive Work, Motorhome Roof Seal Problems

I've had a rented Dodge Caravan for the last day and a half.  Out of all the vehicles that I've rented, this one is my favorite.  I just like how boxy it is and how it holds 7 passengers.  The motorhome's transmission pan gasket is leaking.  I should have the replacement for that as soon as tomorrow?

Last night, I received my catalytic converters for my 2008 Chevy HHR.  I have all the parts that I need now (or I can think of) to completely replace the exhaust.  That excludes the exhaust clamps, but every auto parts store is within walking range.  My plan it to either install the exhaust manifold first, or just put it together and lift up everything at once?

I have a gauge to measure it's fuel pressure.  Under the hood, my car has a schrader valve for this.  I'm pretty foggy on this, but there might be one near the fuel pump, which is on top of the gas tank.  If it does, that would give me an easy indication of what condition the fuel pump is in?

While I had the rental van, I stopped at the Stoney's RV in Cambridge, Ohio and got some two way valves that I'm going to bypass the motorhome's hot water tank with.  Basically, I want the water to bypass the tank on its way to the kitchen sink.  Ever since that cold snap in February, there was some bloating at the kitchen sink faucet.  I now have a replacement.  I'm looking forward to ditching my Aquatainers.  For the last 3 months, I've been using one for drinking water and the other to flush the toilet. 

The roof was sealed with some gray stuff.  it's forming a ridge at the front and back seal and I can't get the motorhome level with it being on.  If I got it level, I could get the stock refrigerator and freezer to work.  But the problem with those gray seals is that if I scraped it, I can get it off the aluminum roof okay.  But I'm worried about the fiberglass body that it's also on?  What needs to happen is something I should have done before.  Roof seam tape needs to be applied.  Then the roof needs to be painted and sealed (I have a product here that does both).

The motorhome has a mouse.  I'm going with traps this time.  But I read online about the mistake I made last time.  Mice have a very good sense of smell.  And if I put down a trap without wearing latex gloves, my sent will be on it and they'll avoid the area.  I just got some kitchen gloves that should do the trick?