1985 PT-40 Holding Tank Valve

[Stephen Birtles]

Use a non petroleum based Grease like silicone grease Dow 111
Is what we use
Stephen 77FC35
dupreeproducts.com




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Leroy Eckert
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> It's good for the grass. If you lubricate the rubber on those valves
every three months with grease you will extend their life for quite
some time.
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
> Dahlonega, GA
> Royale Conversion
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> --- On Sun, 2/1/09, Ryan Wright wrote:
> From: Ryan Wright
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: 1985 PT-40 Holding Tank Valve
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 6:42 PM
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> Stephen is right, this is really easy.
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> I had a small leak past my black valve when I bought the Bird - every
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> time I removed the cap to hook the dump hose up, a gallon or two of
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> happened in a campground while several people were admiring the Bird!
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> I bought two new valves from Stephen and installed them. Real easy,
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> remove the screws, pull the old one out, stick the new one in and
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> screw it back down. Nothing to it. Do make sure you fully drain your
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> tanks first, and I recommend you replace the valves while your dump
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> Don't do what I did: I don't have a dump station setup at home, so I
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> dumped at a public station, then drive home to replace the valves. I
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> can only guess there was a mass of "product" stuck to the blank tank
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> walls that didn't dump, but fell off during the drive home, because
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> when I removed the valve from my just-dumped (and, I thought, empty)
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> black tank, a large mass of indescribable, smelly "goop" flew past the
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> valve location and deposited itself under my coach. There was easily
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> 10-15 gallons of it and it was nasty, in a big nasty pile, and there
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> was nothing I could do but sit there for several hours hosing it down
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> until it dispersed into the ground. The smell lingered for days. Thank
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> God my neighbor on the coach-side of the house is a long time friend.
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> -Ryan
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> '86 PT-40 8V92
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> On 1/25/09, Stephen Birtles wrote:
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> > We have the parts Give me a call 888 668 4288
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> > Or go to dupreeproducts. com
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> > Stephen 77 fc 35
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