Re: [VAC] Holding tanks

["Scott & Lise Scheuermann" <schrmnns@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 

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Then I went outside and looked under the
> trailer on the toilet/street water inlet side.  Yikes!  It was like someone
> had poked the trailer with a fork.  Water was pouring off two metal pipe
> thingys that both have caps on them (about 1/4 inch size pipes, looks
> original) but it wasn't coming out of the caps, just using the pipes to
> direct the water flow. 

 

These are drains for the water system.

 

I turned the water off and there continued to be water
> pressure in the sinks for several minutes. 

I believe that you have an air pressure water system, if so you will have pressure for quite some time, this is normal. The tank is designed to hold water and pressurized air, which keeps the water pressurized. It was around '62 or '63 that they changed over to a water pump system, which does not function this way.

 

> How do I tackle this.  My guess is the system froze at some time and burst a
> seam or something. 

 

Yes, just try to track it down, the pipes should all be inside the trailer, not inside the belly pan except for the drains and holding tank. Being the low points in the plumbing, perhaps the drains burst within the belly, but just because the leak is coming out of one end of the trailer doesn't mean that the leak is at that end.

 

I keep hearing about taking off the underbelly to get to
> the black water tank.  Could I also pull the toilet and rip up the bathroom
> floor (could use replacing along that side). 

 

If you wish, now is as good of a time as any.

 

Does the 62TW have a fresh
> water tank that fills up?  Come to think of it, that might be under the bed
> on the opposite side. 

 

Yes, it should have a fresh water tank, my '60 has it under the front couch, the air pump is located there also.

 

> Janis, Silver Trailer Trash
> '62 Tradewind, "Flowing Fountain"
>

 

Scott Scheuermann

'60 Overlander