First trip Out

ArkyGeorgetown330TS · 04-14-2010, 08:57 AM

This past week-end I turned the big 60, and it was our first trip out with the new Georgetown 330TS. We drove to Tunica, MS where the Casinos are, which we do every year for my BD. We had a couple of issues that were semi-major. The toilet leaks from the water supply fitting, and the hydro leaked at the manifold where all the hoses connect to the pump. I was able to fix the leak at the hydraulic pump, but could not get the toilet leak fixed. Anyone have a suggestion for the water leak? I live about 80 miles from the dealer and hate to drive all that way just for a hose leak. Also what type of fluid do I put in the hydraulic pump?
All in all we enjoyed our trip, and love the coach. Its smaller than our 5th wheel was, but we really don't miss the room.
Thanks for all the good info I have gotten from the forum over the past few weeks.

ronhanson · 04-14-2010, 09:14 AM

The toilet sounds similar to an issue I had. In my case the supply hose was too tight which puts some stress on the plumbing fitting at the back of the toilet that caused a leak. If you can't pull any extra hose out from the cabinet, the easiest way to get at it is to take the toilet off and take some stress off the fittings by adding some hose, or an elbow worked in my case.

NWJeeper · 04-14-2010, 10:30 AM

I had the exact same problem with the toilet water supply line. How strange that it is so common. I simply added a 2" or so section of hose into the line to take the strain off it. Another thing you could do if you are so inclined is to add a "T" fitting inline with the hose and connect up a toilet sprayer (if you don't already have one) which would solve the problem and give you a sprayer. I have seen guys on other forums who have done this. This is one of my next projects in fact is to put in a sprayer.

You can find the tube and fittings an many good RV parts and supply stores. I was lucky that there was one right across the street from the RV park we were staying at when it became an issue. They even gave a discount for people staying in the park.

Oh and happy birthday by the way.

tmmar · 04-14-2010, 10:38 AM

If you have PEX tubing in your rig, you can pick it up at Home Depot and probably at Lowes. They have fittings called Shark Bite that just push on to the ends of the tubing to make a connection. Very easy to use.

cfsoistman · 04-14-2010, 11:09 AM

First off Happy Birthday.
We have 2 toilets, one leaked, one did not. Solution was the same as above, taking the strain off the connection. We were fortunate that there was a little bit of slack in the line inside the bulkhead to pull out. I guess who ever is connecting these toilets is trying to keep the water line straight but needs to leave just about another inch and the problem is solved.
As for what type of fluid in the Hydro Pump???? Water

ronhanson · 04-14-2010, 11:28 AM

Maybe he meant Hydraulic Pump? In which case ATF with Dextron III or Mercon 5 or a blend is recommended by Lippert.

cfsoistman · 04-14-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ronhanson

Maybe he meant Hydraulic Pump? In which case ATF with Dextron III or Mercon 5 or a blend is recommended by Lippert.

That does make more sense than what I thought!

ArkyGeorgetown330TS · 04-14-2010, 01:34 PM

Thanks for the replies. I will check the water line to toilet and see if it is to short. And yes I did mean hydraulic. Thanks.

cfsoistman · 04-14-2010, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ArkyGeorgetown330TS

Thanks for the replies. I will check the water line to toilet and see if it is to short. And yes I did mean hydraulic. Thanks.

Be sure your levelers are in the up position before checking the fluid level. Otherwise it will show low and when you fill it to the full line and retract the levelers you'll over-flow. This is not from experience I actually read it in the library when we first bought our coach.

tmmar · 04-14-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cfsoistman

Be sure your levelers are in the up position before checking the fluid level. Otherwise it will show low and when you fill it to the full line and retract the levelers you'll over-flow. This is not from experience I actually read it in the library when we first bought our coach.

Also make sure your slides are in if they are hydraulic.

TimF · 04-18-2010, 08:12 PM

We had the same problem with our toilet as well, there is a one year warranty, so we put it back on the dealer and they put a 2 inch straight tube on it which solved the problem, I also put two clamps on it to help. I believe the line was slipping off the fitting at the back of the toilet. Also, started using a pressure gauge on the water inlet to regulate the water pressure. Also, on the hydrualics, I would suggest getting this checked out. I had all fo the hydraulic fluid leak out of the unit after we had used it only one time, the alarm sounded like the jacks were down.

Tim

ArkyGeorgetown330TS · 04-20-2010, 02:53 PM

I found the cause of the fluid leak, and fixed that just need to add AT fluid. I will be checking the toilet hose next.

tmmar · 04-20-2010, 03:23 PM

What was the cause of the AT fluid leak?

ArkyGeorgetown330TS · 04-21-2010, 09:31 AM

The leak was caused by a plug in the manifold that was used where a hose would normally fit. It was loose from the factory and I used a allen wrench to tighten. No more leak. Sure was worried for a while, it was our first trip out. Now to tackle the potty leak. Thanks for all the info from everyone.

tmmar · 04-21-2010, 09:53 AM

Happy to hear it was nothing big and an easy fix!!!

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