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Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection
I have established the check valve in the city water connection on my LB 26 IB is faulty and the "reset" procedure is not working. I would like to remove the entire assembly which is fastened on with three screws but it is firmly held in place by adhesive or aging paint, etc.  tugging on the brass fixture does not help. I assume I could put a sharp putty knife or makeshift chisel at the seam and strike with a rubber mallet to loosen the circular panel and get to the point that I can remove and replace the entire fixture.. So.. My question ..I don't want to risk scratching the paint or breaking something inside the fixture..IS there a better way...?  THANKS for your help. All the best, John Hagan in Hornblower.. (getting ready to head west to Cheyenne WY for Frontier Days)..
Shift Colors - Underway
1999 26.5 IB
Re: Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection
Reply #1 –
"...is this good thinking or is their a better way...?"

Yes, there is a better way! Research on the forum should turn up the info you need.

Basically it will require that the 'guts' of the device be changed out. This is normally a two person job, one on the outside inserting parts and another on the inside holding the inserted parts in place. I've done it once and have had it done for me once. I've even demonstrated to a GTG group how it is accomplished. By changing only the internals you do not have to mess up the paint.  8)  Make a search, I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for.   ;D   ;)
Steve S.
Lazy Bones & Cedar
2004 30'IB (Island Bed)
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Re: Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection
Reply #2 –
Jhagen58 (name?)

There are repair directions on the "Lazy Daze Companion". You can find a link to the LD Companion on the main page of this forum. Somehow it seems when that site got reorganized, it became harder to find the repair instructions for the "city water connection".

Suggest you go to the LD Companion and click on the alphabetical index of articles. Scroll down to "Water" and click on "Repairing the city water connection". I contributed the information for that repair. It will read as more difficult than the project really is. I was originally given the directions for this repair by Vince at the Lazy Daze factory.

Several folks have made this repair and I think all agreed it is much easier than replacing the city water valve.

Good luck,
Steve K
Steve K

2003 Mid-bath
Re: Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection
Reply #3 –
I don' know a better way to remove to remove the old inlet but do suggest just capping the inlet with a plug and never using it again, instead filling the water tank and using the water pump.
The inlet check valve a very prone to trouble and many of use never hookup using the city water connection.
This prevents the rig from being subjected to the high pressure water surges that RV parks can suffer from.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
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Re: Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection THANKS
Reply #4 –
Thanks to everyone for the quick replies.   To Lazy Bones.Thanks ..Now that I look closer I can see it from inside with the draw below the refrigerator removed but looks like I will have a problem reaching the cpmmectopms  let alone manipulating..but will puzzle over it with your directions.. and see what I come up with on a cooler day.. Steve K. Thanks for pointing me to the Lazy Daze Companion site .. I had searched unsuccessfully on the owners forum.. And Larry W  in the meantime I have taken your advice and  plugged the city water connection tightly and the system is working fine  from the fresh water tank.... Thanks again to everyone... Continuing to clean up, pack and organize to hit the road to Cheyenne.. .
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1999 26.5 IB
 
Re: Advice on Replacing the Check Valve in City Water Connection THANKS
Reply #5 –
Quote from: jhagan58  - 
Thanks to everyone for the quick replies.  To Lazy Bones.Thanks ..Now that I look closer I can see it from inside with the draw below the refrigerator removed but looks like I will have a problem reaching the cpmmectopms  let alone manipulating..but will puzzle over it with your directions.. and see what I come up with on a cooler day.. Steve K. Thanks for pointing me to the Lazy Daze Companion site .. I had searched unsuccessfully on the owners forum.. And Larry W  in the meantime I have taken your advice and  plugged the city water connection tightly and the system is working fine  from the fresh water tank.... Thanks again to everyone... Continuing to clean up, pack and organize to hit the road to Cheyenne.. .

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Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
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