| [GMCnet] Clasco on the road [message #211813] |
Fri, 21 June 2013 12:40  |
glwgmc
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We holed up for a couple of days at Steve and Nancy Ferguson's - thanks guys!- although Steve was off galavanting around on a bachelor motor cycle ride. I replaced the obviously failed fan clutch, removed the electric fans the PO had installed in front of the air conditioner evaporator and added some air wings to direct more air through the radiator. That seems to have done the trick as it no longer appears to be running hot. We will know for sure as we cross the desert this afternoon where it will be triple digits out.
Everything continues to be great with the coach and no vapor lock at all. We did discover one anomaly, however. Beneath the floor in the wet bath there appears to be a recess area that had filled up with water and made the carpet wet in front of the door. I used a squeeze bulb to evacuate the water and will watch to see how long it takes to refill. I am surmising that the recess is there to make room for the shower drain trap and something there is leaking. It could be that no one has showered there for years so a seal shrank or something similar. Do any of you know how I can get in there to fix whatever is leaking? I sure would not like to think in terms of dropping the black tank to get to it! All suggestions welcome.
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
Http://jerrywork.com
541-592-5360
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| Re: [GMCnet] Clasco on the road [message #211824 is a reply to message #211813] |
Fri, 21 June 2013 14:07  |
gbarrow2
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Jerry,
The trim and kick plate below the bath door is removable. If you remove that and pull the carpet and pad back you will have an opening about 3 inches high to access the shower drain p-trap. You "Might" be able to tighten the loose connection through there.
Before doing that try to tighten the metal drain that goes through the shower floor and screws into the plastic p-trap. You can get a tool for this at HD or Lowes.
Or you can try to loosen or tighten the drain by placing plier handles in the cross at the drain bottom and turning the pliers with another set of pliers or an adjustable wrench.
The through the floor drain opening may just need some new plumber's putty to seal it.
If all this fails you can male a hole in the soft rubber dust cover below the p-trap. That will allow the leak to flow out onto top of the black tank and on to the ground. Not a final solution but your carpet will stay dry till you can get around to dropping the tank.
Good luck.
Gene Barrow
Lake Almanor, Ca.
1976 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Clasco on the road [message #211828 is a reply to message #211827] |
Fri, 21 June 2013 14:50 |
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If I had that problem, I think I'd drill a 1/4 (or larger) inch hole at the lowest point for any collected water to drain.
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> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: wallyand@aim.com
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:45:28 -0500
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Clasco on the road
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> glwgmc wrote on Fri, 21 June 2013 12:40
> > We holed up for a couple of days at Steve and Nancy Ferguson's - thanks guys!- although Steve was off galavanting around on a bachelor motor cycle ride. I replaced the obviously failed fan clutch, removed the electric fans the PO had installed in front of the air conditioner evaporator and added some air wings to direct more air through the radiator. That seems to have done the trick as it no longer appears to be running hot. We will know for sure as we cross the desert this afternoon where it will be triple digits out.
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> > Everything continues to be great with the coach and no vapor lock at all. We did discover one anomaly, however. Beneath the floor in the wet bath there appears to be a recess area that had filled up with water and made the carpet wet in front of the door. I used a squeeze bulb to evacuate the water and will watch to see how long it takes to refill. I am surmising that the recess is there to make room for the shower drain trap and something there is leaking. It could be that no one has showered there for years so a seal shrank or something similar. Do any of you know how I can get in there to fix whatever is leaking? I sure would not like to think in terms of dropping the black tank to get to it! All suggestions welcome.
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> > Jerry Work
> > The Dovetail Joint
> > Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
> > in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
> > in historic Kerby, OR
> > Http://jerrywork.com
> > 541-592-5360
> > Cell 541-499-1027
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> Jerry, Here is what it looks like under there with the kick panel removed.
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/power-level-valve-fitting/p27905-shower-trap.html
> HTH
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