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I have a water line leak in a 2014 38GK, under the bottom skirt, need drawing detail if I can find it

 
Posted : May 20, 2017 9:12 AM
Danny_and_Linda
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Pull down the basement wall & you'll find 95% of the water lines waded up in a big pile, exception is the kitchen sink lines take off under the floor or the ice maker line (which is where I'd start) runs through the floor outside & back into the bottom of the slide. Good luck, water leaks are a PITA to locate.

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Currently rvless!!

 
Posted : May 20, 2017 11:28 AM
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Check the plastic angle fitting connected between the fresh water tank and the drain valve on the bottom. They have been known to crack if the fitting was screwed in too tight when manufactured. You will have to open the Coroplast bottom covering to get access.

 
Posted : May 20, 2017 11:48 AM
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I have a water line leak in a 2014 38GK, under the bottom skirt, need drawing detail if I can find it

Don't believe any such drawing exists. Check our Technical Library for what drawings are available.

 
Posted : May 20, 2017 11:51 AM
Danny_and_Linda
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Whatever drawings there are are definitely not "as built", pretty much just a suggestion, as the factory guys must have got paid by the foot for some things & pieces work for others. Not sure any 2 RWs are wired/plumbed/satellite or cable feed ran the same, it's whatever the guys felt like at the time when yours came down the line, hopefully it wasn't close to noon as that's when they go home for the day.

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Posted : May 20, 2017 6:28 PM
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A bunch of the plastic hose clamps that hold the piping to the convenience center connections and on to the internal piping, behind my convenience center leaked about 2 years in. Replaced them all with metal clamps and no more leaks.

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Posted : May 21, 2017 12:20 AM
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X2 on the suggestion to look at the drain line from the fresh water tank, on ours the 90 degree angle elbow that screws into the tank was only screwed in a turn or so, the piece came loose and the residual water in the tank flooded the plastic area. Fortunately the piece wasn't lost in transit and I was able to re-install it properly with some T tape.

In terms of loose connections on plastic piping, we've seen this on a friend's RV (not a RW), it can be corrected by re-crimping with a PEX crimper, it worked for my friend. I carry PEX stuff with us for these kind of problems.

 
Posted : May 21, 2017 7:11 AM
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