water leak suggestions?

[Tom Warner]

When I had my 1982 FC 35 I was in the process of designing a way to
completely fill the lines with antifreeze quickly. Believe it or
not, it is not an easy thing to do because of the way BB designed the
fresh water system. It is even more difficult to do it on the PTs
from what I am seeing with mine.

However with that said I would strongly urge anyone that is in a cold
climate for even a short while to understand how the fresh water
system works and make sure that you can winterize your copper lines.
If one splits as you can see it is almost impossible to get it back
into its orignial configuration.

One of the first projects after the installation of the Heart 2500 in
my PT 40 will be a winterizing system that is quick and easy to both
winterize and flush the lines quickly of the antifreeze and get it
back to its original condition.
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Tom Warner
Vernon Center,NY
1985 PT 40

At 10:35 PM 6/12/2006, you wrote:

>Kerry- all I can say is 'good luck'. LOL..
>
>I had the same NIGHTMARE in my 'bird.. took a few months to get
>all the pipes replaced, and sort everything out. YES, I had to take out the
>fresh water tank, and the rear furnace, ect.while I was at it- I did it
>right. I replaced the water pump, A Sporlan Valve rebuild kit, All the
>fittings to adapt to the new plastic water line. Tubing put in---BLUE color
>for COLD, and RED color for HOT.. Lowe's has it all. Picked up new water
>pump at Camping World down the road.. Now everything works as designed-holds
>water pressure with pump off for weeks..
>
>See my pics in the forum for my old split copper pipes..
>
><http://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/W...rowse/4c94>htt\
p://autos.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wand...rowse/4c94
>
>Any Q's? I will be happy to help.. Been there and done that.!!!!! Finally a
>leak free BIRD
>
>Stephen Hare
>
>81 FC-33SB
>
>Plant City, FL GETTING NICE RAIN FROM ALBERTO!!!!!!!
>
>_____
>
>From:
>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of davidkerryedwards
>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:03 PM
>To:
>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] water leak suggestions?
>
>I'm paying the price for buying my bird in the winter when I couldn't
>pressurize the plumbing. Pressurized it today and had a number of
>leaks. First one I found was behind the shower. Terrible place to
>get to, but I cut the copper and replaced the section with reinforced
>polyethelyene. However, once I got that done and pressurized it
>again, a second leak appeared probably behind the water tank along the
>outside wall. The odd thing is that before I fixed the shower leak, I
>had water at the kitchen and bath sinks but now I've fixed the shower,
>I've got no water at the sinks and the whole floor from the water tank
>forward is soaked. Any suggestions on how to figure out which of the
>three pipes that wind behind the water tank is leaking? I'd like to
>avoid removing the rear bed, left cabinet and water tank to access the
>pipes. I think the easiest fix is to figure out which pipe is
>leaking, cut it fore and aft of the tank, fish in some reinforced
>polyethelyne and replace it. Any advice is appreciated. I'd planned
>to leave for a long trip in a few days and this has put a serious dent
>in my preparations.
>
>Kerry
>82 FC 35
>Denver
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