RV Black Tank Gate Valve Breaks WHILE FULL!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2020
- RV - 2016 Thor Vegas 25.3
Our RV black tank was full and I could not open it. The connection between the valve and the handle had broken loose. Fortunately I was able to cut away the sleeve that holds the gate valve and empty the tank at the dump site with a pair of needle nose pliers. When I got home it was a matter of removing four bolts and replacing the valve. I now carry a small hack-saw with me in the coach and a replacement valve if one of the two black tank valve gates ever breaks again.
Perfect video! Thank you!
You're very welcome! Judging on the number of views, This is an occurrence that happens far too often for RV owners 🫤
@socal33 Just looking at the design of the handle, it's easy to see a major flaw in its attachment. Or it may be designed that way so that you have to buy a new one after so many pulls. Who knows?
@@leftcoastdrifter The weak spot in the system is, imho, where the metal handle meets the plastic gate. That's where the wear and tear begins to fatigue the plastic and eventually it fails like you suggest.
I’m an experienced Rv and live in ours full time. In Canada. Cold here. Same issue for black tank valve. Did a similar repair. Good video brother! Cheers.
Thank you for the positive feedback. After this RV, we purchased and lived in a 35' travel trailer for 5 months. Talk about a learning curve! But strangely enough, I miss it. We grew closer as a family.
Thanks so much. Finally found a video that demonstrated not just how to change the valve but what do while the tank is full!
Hey! Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad it all worked. They should have had a situation like this on Fear Factor :)
I am an RV newbie facing the same problem, full tank. My only advantage is 40+ years of HVAC repair and problem solving, and that I am right next to my equipment shop. I didn't really get much info pertinent to my situation, but I subscribed anyway after I caught your screen name. If I have good success I'll drop you an update.
Thanks I’m going to have to break mine off too Did not think of that !! Full tank as well 😷
I hope it all went well!
OMG...my sister is going through this as I type. She pulled the black tank valve...and it just came out...detached....black tank is full! I am going to try to help her replace it but ....GAG...I am not looking forward to this. Thank you for this video...otherwise I would have called a company and been charged over $400!!
Glad to help!
Great video thanks so much for putting this together. Going to have to do this today. not looking forward to it, but you saved me a lot of headaches trying to figure everything out.
Hey man, no problem. You’re welcome and glad to be of help.
Thank you. This happened to us just the other day. Don got a "safety" gate valve to cut off anything at the main end of the system (which everyone should have anyway) and a replacement valve for the one that the handle broke off of at the tank. This is in case the broken valve won't shut again be cause we will need to flush the tank before replacing the broken one. With the safety valve at the very end we can still do that. Nice tip about the porta potty. We have a similar one.
Glad that it all worked out. No matter how hard you try with this kind of problem, it'll get messy :)
Mine only has one gate valve for the black tank. Now what?
There’s only one gate for the black track on mine as well. You just have to ensure that you have a place to empty your black take into once you pull the gate out with your pliers. AFTER the tank is empty, you replace the gate.
Mine too. I am stationary camping though and tied into septic tank. I may have to do this too as my tank wouldn't empty today when I pulled valve handle. Just trickled some of the liquid. I put bottle of enzymes in and going to try to empty again in a day or 3. Hope just a clog since gate must have opened enough to allow liquids to drain some.
I had an interesting experience today while dumping our Thor Windsport. I have an attachment that lets you put water into the tanks for flushing them out. I asked the wife to check black tank fill level while filling. Dummy me, I went inside and pushed the buttons and nothing was working. All the sudden, gurgling in the bath sink!!! I ran out and pulled the gate valve. The sink is connected to black tank. Got it dumped just before a very nasty overflow!!
Thought I would share!
Dodged that bullet!
Update: I found a 3/16" x 4" steel bolt with a 1/4 hex drive head and silver brazed a 1 1/4" long, steel sheet metal screw onto the thread end. Then ground the braze and head of the sheet metal screw down to fit. lined up the pointy end into the valve gate pocket and using my cordless drill with a 1/4" drive and carefully ran it into the plastic gate pocket, (the hole that the rod pulled out of), until it felt firm then used vice grips to carefully pull out the gate until it fully opened. I know that most will not have the advantage of lots of tools, but you might be able to find some kind of screw that is long enough, like a 6" deck screw or gutter screw that will work for you. I just used what was at hand and it took a total of about 30 minutes including making the tool and cussing a little when I burned my fingers.
Nice work. No...I didn't have enough tools at my disposal. Now, I can't find enough places for them all! Safe travels.
Be gentle with those valves and lube the rods from now on !
It just happened and I live alone and don't understand any of this how to fix it and am scared
Good video except that you went into time-lapse and silence which didn't give a whole lot of visual info for a person to closely follow.
It was pretty self-explanatory there since it was jus bolts being tightened, but thanks for watching.
the volume on this vid is bad.
Really? I just checked it and there’s no static, levels are consistent except for the point right before the time lapse. But don’t worry, you don’t miss anything there. It’s pretty much a visual at that mark. Thanks for watching.
Shit happens 😂
No kidding! The hard part is keeping it off you 😜
Pouring rain in my RV so I can’t hear a word you are saying. Speak up.
I'm sorry it's hard to hear. The microphone on my camera was not very good. I'm afraid you'll have to turn the volume up to 11 :)
How disrespectful about the president of the US. You should be ashamed of yourself. I don’t care if you don’t like the president, but I was taught you should pray for our leaders, not demean them.
Truth can be painful.
I can tell from your response you must not be an American and part of the Trumplican group that is ruining this country. I believe an served my country, that is about respect for our leaders and others. You don’t know what truth is. Go watch some more of Fox so called news.
So you say he doesn't like kids?
It's not a matter anymore of "not liking" because of an opinion. In today's world when a leader does not uphold our laws and even takes steps to circumvent them, respect is not earned or warranted. This current regime does nothing but abuse the power that has been - stolen - and is tearing this country down. Look around you....