It might be the gasket between the toilet and the floor (tank). Airstream
used a rubber gasket which dried out. An old time service mechanic (who
worked at the Cerritos, CA Airstream factory recommended using the standard
toilet wax seal. Worked well for me on a 76 tradewind.
Oliver Filippi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: [VAC] Re: Blackwater Tank on 70 Sovereign (31')
> At 10:49 AM 3/24/01 -0500, Patty & Chris Peters wrote:
> >All-
> >Took the A/S on it's maiden voyage from Wake Forest,NC to Murrells
Inlet, SC
> >with the wife, 4kids and a dog. Overall an excellent experience except
for
> >the odor that eminated from the bathroom. Upon closer inspection
outside I
> >quickly discovered a portajohn odor at the rear of the trailer. I
figure
> >it's the blackwater tank.
>
> I'm going to back up a step, and make a suggestion. I don't know
> how your '70 is plumbed, but my '78 has a common vent for both holding
> tanks (though it occurs to me that you probably only have one tank)-
> anyway, the bathroom sink drain plumbing has a "pro vent"- a one way check
> valve in the drain plumbing. If this vent degrades, odor from the holding
> tank can come out. They are fairly easy to see, if you can see the
> drain/vent plumbing in the rear- it will be a short stub sticking up at a
> high point in the plumbing.
> They are very cheap (under $2 ), but are fairly failure prone.
>
> Again, though, I'm not sure if your trailer has this. (BTW, I had
> to do a double take- my wifes name is Patti- with an i).
>
>
>
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> Chris Bryant
> Bryant RV Services
> DeLand, Florida
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