Marzapan:
Double dittos on installing a new toilet.
Jim hit the nail on the head (no pun intended).
Rebuilding is tedious and time consuming.
If the goal is to roll, put in the new toilet,
take care of all the other details and roll.
Your wife will hug you and kiss you.
Save the toilet for the day when you don't
have anything better to do with your time.
Dollars to donuts, the old toilet will be
exactly where you left it, 5 years from now.
Terry
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>Marzapan:
>Pack it in and install a new toilet. Your wife will thank you,
>everybody will be happier. I installed a modern, plastic Thetford
>toilet in my 1969. It fit the old floor flange, the job was not messy,
>just two bolts and a water fitting. What is more, it looks like it was
>designed for the Airstream. Which is philosophically not far from the
>truth. In 1969, the typical RV toilet was descended from the heads
>built for boats, which is a whole different set of problems. Today we
>benefit from 30 years of evolution.
> ED
>
>marzapan tartikoff wrote:
>
>> Help!
>> The toilet pedal spring has broken and dissappeared
>> somewhere. I am somewhat handy with things around the
>> trailer yet I am perplexed as to how to get the toilet
>> shroud off short of unbolting the whole unit from the
>> holding tank (not pleasant I would guess).
>> It is the petal that pulls the plastic thingy to allow
>> waste into the tank. It looks as if there was a
>> spring that hooked onto the pedal.
>> I have even used a dental mirror and flashligh in
>> there to discover how it works and where the spring
>> went, with no luck.
>> I believe it is a Galaxy 100 toilet or something like
>> that.
>> To put it in more personal terms:
>>
>> Help ! My wife wont step foot in it until the toilet
>> issues are resolved.
>> If anyone has a clue as to what is the best way to
>> service this other than handing it over to the
>> Dealership, let me know,
>>
>> thanks,
>> Roy
>> ('71 Tradewind)
