Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356413] |
Sat, 04 July 2020 16:04 |
LNelson
Messages: 335 Registered: December 2008 Location: Springfield, MO
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I am guessing I am not going to find a replacement (flush) knob assembly for my Thedford Aqua Magic III. This toilet works great but no luck with finding a replacement knob, which has a fractured collar that fits over the shaft. So I am now pondering replacements. This thing fits on a Thedford base. I am assuming that the toilet itself is bolted to a raised closet flange that lives INSIDE that raised base. Yes I can find all this out by pulling the toilet and seeing what I have inside that base. I don't want to order a new toilet that might be too tall. I see Thedford sells the Aqua Magic V in high and shorter versions. But I don't know that either will mate up with this base. Anyway, I am assuming that someone has lived thru this. I know it is not much of a job but I don't want to pull the toilet without having the replacement at hand. If we chose the go camping, we can still use this toilet with a pair of needle nose vise grips doing the job of that flush control knob. Thanks.
Larry Nelson Springfield, MO
Ex GMC'er, then GM Busnut
now '77 Eleganza ARS WB0JOT
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Re: Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356414 is a reply to message #356413] |
Sat, 04 July 2020 16:14 |
SpookyEng
Messages: 208 Registered: June 2016 Location: Navarre, FL
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I would call Thetford:
Thetford’s Customer Service Department at: 1-800- 543-1219. When you call, please have available:
■ Your name and address
■ The toilet model and serial number from ID labels
■ A brief description of the problem
JD Lisenby- USAF Ret
1978 Royale-455
MacDash, Manny Tranny, FI-tech, 3.70 etc etc
Navarre, FL
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Re: Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356422 is a reply to message #356413] |
Sat, 04 July 2020 21:57 |
rvanwin
Messages: 325 Registered: April 2007 Location: Battlefield, MO
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LNelson wrote on Sat, 04 July 2020 16:04I am guessing I am not going to find a replacement (flush) knob assembly for my Thedford Aqua Magic III. This toilet works great but no luck with finding a replacement knob, which has a fractured collar that fits over the shaft. So I am now pondering replacements. This thing fits on a Thedford base. I am assuming that the toilet itself is bolted to a raised closet flange that lives INSIDE that raised base. Yes I can find all this out by pulling the toilet and seeing what I have inside that base. I don't want to order a new toilet that might be too tall. I see Thedford sells the Aqua Magic V in high and shorter versions. But I don't know that either will mate up with this base. Anyway, I am assuming that someone has lived thru this. I know it is not much of a job but I don't want to pull the toilet without having the replacement at hand. If we chose the go camping, we can still use this toilet with a pair of needle nose vise grips doing the job of that flush control knob. Thanks.
Larry,
I wish I had known you needed that part. I just threw out an Aqua Magic III last month that I was replacing. It had not been used since before I acquired it many years ago. I had a bad leak around the vacuum relief valve. I could not find a replacement and could not repair the nearly disintegrated original. Anyway, I got a V as a replacement and it was super easy to replace without any modification to the existing flange. Took about 15 minutes.
Randy & Margie
'77 Eleganza II '403'
Battlefield, MO
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Re: Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356434 is a reply to message #356422] |
Sun, 05 July 2020 11:40 |
LNelson
Messages: 335 Registered: December 2008 Location: Springfield, MO
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Randy, was yours on the riser I mentioned? I will email you a picture.
Larry
Larry Nelson Springfield, MO
Ex GMC'er, then GM Busnut
now '77 Eleganza ARS WB0JOT
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Re: [GMCnet] Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356454 is a reply to message #356413] |
Mon, 06 July 2020 09:52 |
Rich Kinas
Messages: 113 Registered: July 2019
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What does the knob look like. Anything that would fit into a 5" square box
can be 3-d printed on my printer. Of course you have to draw it up in a 3-d
software package, then select the material you want to print with. I have
recently been using a Carbon reinforced vinyl (black - but it does come in
different colors, but black is what I have on hand. I got tired of not
being able to find the parts I needed, so decided to invest in the time and
material to make sure that never happens again.
Rich
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 5:05 PM Larry Nelson via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> I am guessing I am not going to find a replacement (flush) know assembly
> for my Thedford Aqua Magic III. This toilet works great but no luck with
> finding a replacement knob, which has a fractured collar that fits over
> the shaft. So I am now pondering replacements. This thing fits on a Thedford
> base. I am assuming that the toilet itself is bolted to a raised closet
> flange that lives INSIDE that raised base. Yes I can find all this out by
> pulling the toilet and seeing what I have inside that base. I don't want
> to order a new toilet that might be too tall. I see Thedford sells the Aqua
> Magic V in high and shorter versions. But I don't know that either will
> mate up with this base. Anyway, I am assuming that someone has lived thru
> this. I know it is not much of a job but I don't want to pull the toilet
> without having the replacement at hand. If we chose the go camping, we can
> still use this toilet with a pair of needle nose vise grips doing the job
> of that flush control knob. Thanks.
> --
> Larry Nelson Springfield, MO
> Ex GMC'er, then GM Busnut
> now '77 Eleganza ARS WB0JOT
>
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1976 Elaganza II
Orlando, FL
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Re: Aqua Magic III (again) [message #356470 is a reply to message #356421] |
Mon, 06 July 2020 19:38 |
SpookyEng
Messages: 208 Registered: June 2016 Location: Navarre, FL
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Unfortunately customer service sucks at most places these days
JD Lisenby- USAF Ret
1978 Royale-455
MacDash, Manny Tranny, FI-tech, 3.70 etc etc
Navarre, FL
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