The bath in most of the winnie drops is a rather tight space to work in. My bad this year as I did not charge up the system with rv antifreeze and the dometic pressure flush toilet now needs a replacement pressure flush valve assembly. That is the only issue as well as the possibility of expansion cracking elsewhere in places like the outdoor shower valves and connections.
Unusual for here in Victoria to have the hard freeze necessary to split fittings but &&it happens.
In a way pulling the toilet was a very good idea anyway because the galvanized nut on one of the brass bolt stems was starting to rust to the point of seizing and in a few more seasons may very well have made the job a real nightmare as it is in older houses where sometimes the only sensible option for toilet removals is to smash the porcelain. In this case a hack saw would have made short shrift of the plastic dometic, if toilet murder became necessary.
As it is we should be able to repair the original bone colour unobtainuim toilet if the plastic insert valve assembly can simply be changed. We do have a new replacement toilet coming but it is white not bone white in colour so you know what will happen if someone with a decorator eye sees the difference in appearance
The pic of the toilet in the sun does not show that it is bone white but it is. Such is the nature of light on differing shades of whites. The new toilet should be here tomorrow sometime. Bone white dometic 301 replacement toilets are impossible to get right now here in Victoria... I wonder why LOL.
If we can we will salvage the old bone coloured one with a new fitting change. That is if in future we need to sell the trailer to an interior decorator shop or dealer who will undoubtedly knock dollars off for a decor deficiency as serious as a white toilet instead of an OEM bone white poop blasting pressure power dometic .
Martha Stewart would not approve of my toilet replacement choice, until someone has to go to the john that is! The pic of the toilet out of the trailer shows the part by the flush valve that has most likely split and it is adjacent to the flush handle valve.
Fortunately the inlet connection is fine and does not leak otherwise a supply hose resection surgery would have been necessary. As it is all that is needed is a new high quality neoprene washer for the connection coupling.
I will replace the rusted nuts with proper brass toilet grade nuts as the cheap galvanized factory install ones can become a nightmare over time if they seize up.
Not much different than owning a boat and maintaining it IMO except winnie drops are useless on the salt chuck or the pond for that matter.
Simple toilet replacement for common leak problem
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