I love that casino near your town! Anyway.. In upgrading the plumbing on one of my rigs (89 Sprinter), I used sikaflex marine sealant on all tank-to-fittings. No leaks with three years use. Sikaflex is a flexible, urethane based (moisture kicks it)sealant that does not harden. The putty Billy Mays pitches is an inflexible epoxy with good adhesive capability but limited - due to its nature, as a sealant. Also, be aware that your tank(s) and fittings may be of differing types of "plastic." If both are ABS, then perhaps an ABS glue would be appropriate. In my case the tank was polyethylene and the fittings were ABS.
As for the low pressure issue, perhaps the drain valves are partially open. Those valves are likely to be of the "gate" variety and without physically checking them, you cannot determine whether they are fully closed or partially open. I switched to Ball type valves. I can ID their status by simply looking at the position of the handle. If you have an accumulator tank inline, you might want to check the air pressure. Also check the voltage at the pump vs voltage at the auxiliary (house) battery. Dirty or corroded terminals/wiring can cause excess resistance and a subsequent voltage drop, resulting in a weak stream.
* This post was edited 12/19/09 04:18pm by usmcdad03 *
Im in northern CA as well and an Army vet. You anywhere near Santa rosa?
I'm in the Stkn/Modesto area. I'm restoring yet another Dodge Dinosaur and plan to start a thread detailing my efforts but hey, little / no time, lol !!And btw, Thanks for serving and Welcome Home Brother!
It's been a few daze since I have been out here
viewing the thread, there's a bunch of new folks
here too- welcome to this odd little thread!! It
all started with a "message in a bottle" question
that I asked nearly 360 pages ago, and it continues!!
Thank all of you for perpetuating the goodwill and
camraderie, the sharing of wisdom, experiences, humor
and pictures of our unique means of seeing America
at asphalt level- our rigs!!
I have to turn a page in my history now. My rig- the
Kobayashi Maru- is no longer. While out of town, a
fast-spreading grass fire consumed an outbuilding and
the Koby where she sat. I came back to find a badly
burned shell. Because I was still in the process of
replacing rotted sections in the walls and roof, most
of the stuff that goes in the Koby was spared, but what
was stored in the outbuilding was lost. I had no insurance
coverage on either the Koby or the building.
I'm looking for a class A now. 413's welcome. Year? I don't
know... Make? Open to debate. Size? 28' or bigger. Would
like to find as large as I can. Or maybe a Travco? Those are
classy rigs!! If anyone has suggestions I'm open too. Hopefully
soon, the Kobayashi Maru II will be, and will set sail for the
Promised Land...
Thank you all... for the sharing, the friendship, and best of all...
the memories!!
your resident lunatic...
Mark, a.k.a. "whiteknight"
1972 Mobile Traveler 20' Dodge B300 Class C
"The Kobayashi Maru" Trans- Prarie Land Craft
"Requiescat in pace et in amore..."
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Besides Travcos, Champion/Titan/Concord rigs came with 413s, as well as The Executive. A few more that I can't remember right now, too...
'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo
Doug
I am so sorry. Losing the Kobyiashu is awful.
However, methinks you ought to opt for a Travco.
I would, huh? ;0)
There are a few nice ones on Craigslist and travco-dot-org, look around.
And buy one with lotsa spare parts, will ya. I might need them.....
I'm watching here locally, if I don't find something
that grabs me I'll widen out the search. Who knows what
I'll find? I think the 413 was in use up to the early '80's
so there's "always possibilities".
There is a rationale behind my search for a rig with the
413. Even if it's in bad shape. The Cummins 6BT/518 trans
combo that was used in Dodge 3/4 and 1 ton trucks is almost
a dead-on swap for the venerable 413/747 combo. I'm still
thinking diesel, but keeping it Dodge. The Cummins and 518
are waiting in a corner of my shop.
I think there's even a Travco guy who did the same swap...
Can you imagine a diesel Rectrans rig? I'd have to name it
the Enterprise, as "space-shippy" as one looks...
Great to hear from y'all!!
Mark
Travcos show up on Craigslist and eBay all the time.
I'm pretty sure a 6BT/518 swaps out almost directly for a 440/727, too, just like the 413/727. So don't rule out a 440 rig.
Trish Davis wrote:
Mark....
I am so sorry. Losing the Kobyiashu is awful.
However, methinks you ought to opt for a Travco.
I would, huh? ;0)
There are a few nice ones on Craigslist and travco-dot-org, look around.
And buy one with lotsa spare parts, will ya. I might need them.....
Mark....
I am so sorry. Losing the Kobyiashu is awful.
However, methinks you ought to opt for a Travco.
I would, huh? ;0)
There are a few nice ones on Craigslist and travco-dot-org, look around.
And buy one with lotsa spare parts, will ya. I might need them.....
Hey Trish!!!
Great to hear from you too!! There is a YouTube video of that diesel
Travco- from what I heard he's supposed to be an "outcast" of the
Travco folk- whatta shame! I can admire the point of holding to a standard, but if it's a Dodge chassis, and the components hold true to Dodge standards, and it "theoretically" might have been produced,
had Travco used a chassis from Dodge, with a Cummins 6BT...
If I run across one, and I even have one spare part, I'd be happy to
share with you- whatever it be. And you can hold me to that. If you do
happen to hear of a Travco in need of rescue or purchase, let me know.
I really would like one. No kidding. I think that would be just too...
All silliness aside... I'm glad to hear from you. You and Leeann keep this rowdy bunch here in check- even me... y'all are kinda like the Cub Scout den mothers for all of us here...
your l'il fat buddy...
Mark