1985 PT-40 Holding Tank Valve

[Ryan Wright]

Wayne,

Stephen is right, this is really easy.

I had a small leak past my black valve when I bought the Bird - every
time I removed the cap to hook the dump hose up, a gallon or two of
nasty liquid would come out. Quite embarrassing the first time it
happened in a campground while several people were admiring the Bird!

I bought two new valves from Stephen and installed them. Real easy,
remove the screws, pull the old one out, stick the new one in and
screw it back down. Nothing to it. Do make sure you fully drain your
tanks first, and I recommend you replace the valves while your dump
hose is still hooked up at the dump station.

Don't do what I did: I don't have a dump station setup at home, so I
dumped at a public station, then drive home to replace the valves. I
can only guess there was a mass of "product" stuck to the blank tank
walls that didn't dump, but fell off during the drive home, because
when I removed the valve from my just-dumped (and, I thought, empty)
black tank, a large mass of indescribable, smelly "goop" flew past the
valve location and deposited itself under my coach. There was easily
10-15 gallons of it and it was nasty, in a big nasty pile, and there
was nothing I could do but sit there for several hours hosing it down
until it dispersed into the ground. The smell lingered for days. Thank
God my neighbor on the coach-side of the house is a long time friend.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92

On 1/25/09, Stephen Birtles wrote:
>
> It is not a 10 minute job it is a five minute job
> We have the parts Give me a call 888 668 4288
> Or go to dupreeproducts.com
> Stephen 77 fc 35
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