City Water Inlet Repair October 17, 2016, 08:06:05 pm Blew out the lines for winter storage today including the city water inlet. However, once I pressed in the plastic piece (as I have done dozens of times) and then released it the air kept flowing so I have a displaced O ring <sigh> I was unable to continue the blow out process until I found a plug in my magic bag of bric a brac. This worked well with the black piece in place for completing the blow out.Camco Blow-Out Plugs - Walmart.comI see inlet replacement threads and this at the LD Companion:The Lazy Daze Companion: city water However, I would sure like to find an easier fix. Any thoughts?Thanks, Dave
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #1 – October 17, 2016, 09:54:24 pm Just winterized today. The LD owners manual is very specific about being certain all that air pressure has been relieved from the water system before this pin is pushed or else the o-ring will be unseated.I learned this lesson the hard way, like you, years ago.Most garden stores will have a plug to seal the fitting. Will work as either a temporary or permanent fix, depending on your needs. If nothing else, you can deal with it at your leisure.EdAnother repair idea.The Lazy Daze Companion: Water Filler
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #2 – October 17, 2016, 10:21:24 pm Thanks Ed, right on point. I sure hope your description that this is easier done than said is true!!!! 🤓Dave
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #3 – October 17, 2016, 11:12:31 pm I fixed the same problem using instructions from the "Repair A Leaking City Water Connetion" section of the page Ed D. posted. This article has similar instructions:The Lazy Daze Companion: Repairing City Water ConnectionGood Luck. It's not hard once you figure it out. Rich'03 MB in NC
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #4 – April 09, 2017, 06:17:53 pm Reversed the winterization today. The "brass plug" I bought didn't hold under pressure and water is escaping at the base of the inlet, <sigh> Will need to do one of the two fixes indicated in the original post.I have a couple replacements purchased over the winter and will try and tackle this next weekend.
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #5 – April 22, 2017, 04:17:32 pm Epilogue: THAT WAS EASY!! Follow the guide above and all is well. The only issue was once I popped out the old "golf tee" the base was much wider than the one in the similar replacement part. Amazon.com: Valterra A01-0176LFVP White Lead-Free Metal Recessed Water... I found a wider one in this piece: Amazon.com: JR Products 160-85-A-26-A Polar White City Water Flange with... They were cheaper at the local Camping World store.Man, Ruby is firing on all cylinders and we are headed out in a couple weeks!Happy camping, Dave As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #6 – April 22, 2017, 04:36:59 pm Quote from: huskerblue - April 22, 2017, 04:17:32 pmEpilogue: THAT WAS EASY!! Follow the guide above and all is well. The only issue was once I popped out the old "golf tee" the base was much wider than the one in the similar replacement part. Amazon.com: Valterra A01-0176LFVP White Lead-Free Metal Recessed Water... I found a wider one in this piece: Amazon.com: JR Products 160-85-A-26-A Polar White City Water Flange with... They were cheaper at the local Camping World store.Man, Ruby is firing on all cylinders and we are headed out in a couple weeks!Happy camping, DaveAre you saying that both of the inlets you link to have the same larger size part you needed?Jim As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #7 – April 22, 2017, 06:05:49 pm No, the new recessed inlet that matches my 2004 RK's set up had a check valve that was smaller in diameter than the valve that fell out when I "pushed in" the old parts. You really can't look inside to check the size without taking it apart as this is all right behind the toilet (again, for the RK which basically has the same bathroom setup of the MB).If you have this happen to you and you want to try this route I would push in the old housing and take the check valve to Camping World and match it up to the parts they have there. I was nervous about doing that without the parts available to immediately finish off the project which cost me a few extra bucks.Strangely, the cost at Camping World is substantially less than Amazon, like $12 something per inlet.There are basically four parts to this set up. There is a check valve (golf tee) that has a rubber gasket in a slot around the base (this is what gets dislodged when you apply too much air pressure while winterizing. The two parts that fall out of the outside of the inlet are a spring and a small plastic piece that has dog ears. Your assistant holds the check valve in from the inside while the outside partner pushes on the spring and then the dog eared piece that "clicks" into place. The click is real obvious and you know you're in business!Here is a YouTube of a guy who has removed the entire housing and fixes what he already has:https://youtu.be/Vy5ISONusNk
Re: City water inlet, sigh Reply #8 – April 22, 2017, 06:16:28 pm "There are basically four parts to this set up. There is a check valve (golf tee) that has a rubber gasket in a slot around the base (this is what gets dislodged when you apply too much air pressure while winterizing."Yup, been there, done that! In fact, I gave an instructional seminar to a group of camping friends (Northern Exposure of Lazy Daze) NELD for this very fix and they all had their jaws on the table when they saw how simple it was.
Re: City Water Inlet Repair Reply #9 – April 23, 2017, 10:40:10 am One of the classic LD repairs. I don't know if there's a hall of fame entry, but I've done it twice.First time was the typical clueless newbie blow out by attaching high pressure city water. Went in via the back door as described. For the MP, that meant taking off the floor cover in the closet to get at the city/pump junction. (I've done this twice as well since I replaced the water pump 6 mos later.)Second time was a failure of the replacement part around 1 year later. Since I've never hooked up to city water since the first time, and we don't winterize in SoCal, the valve began losing pressure on its own.This time around I elected to take off the cover. I figured I could give it a 10 second try and if it looked like a bear, I'd go in the back way again. I used a butter knife and taped the edges around the cover/coach so as not to scrape or score the paint. It was surprisingly easy to work around the edges until the cover came off. At that point it's a piece of case to really get into the unit.I took the valve to an RV place, and then stopped by our local hardware store to reinforce the collar with another micro teflon ring. Had the whole thing cleaned up and working very nicely. It was easy to re-seal putting the cover back on and it's been perfect for 4 years now.(I think my second repair instructions are somewhere in the archives.)
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