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Posted By: Teacher's Pet
on 09/04/12 04:04am
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I replaced both water fills and the cable hookup on ours last week due to aging plastic. The three new pieces and the stove vent, I painted bright white, since these original items, had all "yellowed"and gotten "soft" due to UV breakdown of the plastic. A very, very, sticky gray sealant was found on all mounting surfaces. "Gaska-A-Tape" I had on hand was used for re-installing. A bead of non-clouding, long life sealant will be used on upper edges before we leave for Alaska next summer as the 213 goes into heated storage today or tomorrow.
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Posted By: Teacher's Pet
on 09/04/12 04:14am
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Burl, re: the jack-knife sofa bed frame support on the 213. I followed your suggestion and used schedule 80 PVC 2" pipe with a 2" to 4" coupler for a base. I put a 1/4" wide x 2" deep slit across the diameter of the of the 2" pipe. The total assembly is about 11" tall, is very stable, works great and was about a $10 fix.
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Posted By: burlmart
on 09/04/12 04:29am
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I like simple stuff!
2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy
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Posted By: Snowman9000
on 09/04/12 06:14am
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Teacher's Pet wrote: I replaced both water fills and the cable hookup on ours last week due to aging plastic. The three new pieces and the stove vent, I painted bright white, since these original items, had all "yellowed"and gotten "soft" due to UV breakdown of the plastic. A very, very, sticky gray sealant was found on all mounting surfaces.
That sounds like putty tape to me. That is good news. Maybe the guy in who installed the water heater on my unit was in a hurry to get home that afternoon.
I'm tempted to just replace all those plastic parts anyway, for the deterioration you mentioned.
Currently RV-less but not done yet.
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Posted By: Teacher's Pet
on 09/04/12 06:34am
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The round gravity water fill was hard to find...found it in beige (another reason I painted white) and the cable hookup at Tom's Borderline Bargain's an RV surplus dealer north of White Pigeon MI. The most commonly found fill has a flat top. also the inside spout is about 2" long on all. The original inside spout will "turn out and can be reused on a new one with the short spout. I bought the check valve and backing plate for the pressure fill at Bontraeger's Surplus in White Pigeon for about $5. The Elkhart RV surplus dealers wanted $18 for this part and $9 for the cable hookup. I bought all my parts for under $10. The plastic cabinet struts I replaced with metal ones from Tiffin Motorhomes Service Center parts department for $1.60 each. Two plastic OEM parts (junk) were $6 for 2 in Elkhart.
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Posted By: Teacher's Pet
on 09/04/12 01:04pm
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BTW, the "putty tape" was developed by a neighbor of ours when I was in high school south of Elkhart. The original brand name and company name was "Gask-A-Tape", which I still call it. The tape I found on our 213 was very different more of a silicone based caulk/tape that was sticky almost like the automotive trim tape, but not foam based.
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Posted By: burlmart
on 09/04/12 01:54pm
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Can y'all tell me what putty tape is and what and where are its intended use
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Posted By: Snowman9000
on 09/04/12 04:43pm
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Burl, google Phred's Poop Sheets and start reading about RV care and repair!
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Putty tape is what RV builders use under all the things that are screwed to the sides and roofs of RVs. Then in most cases they caulk over the outer junctions of same objects. It is a belt and suspenders system but they both can fail.
Pet, they now have about 3 varieties. The advanced ones are more butyl rubber based versus the older gray stuff which is probably what your neighbor developed.
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Posted By: Teacher's Pet
on 09/04/12 05:17pm
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Yep know about the Black Butyl tape..once you put it between two surfaces and screw it down, almost impossible to get separated without destroying one part. Used it 25 years ago installing aluminum flanged windows on a house we were remodeling, screwed down tight..no moving it again or air leaks.
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Posted By: Gene in NE
on 09/04/12 10:16pm
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Since mine is a 2002, wonder if they used different materials in different years? Whatever they used on mine seems to have oozed out on all the penetrations and looks a little like a dirty clear material. It is very rubberrry.
2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
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