> In my previous two airstreams and an old sportscoach motor home I have
> replaced the water pump hoses with thick wall, food grade, nylon reinforced
> vinyl clamped in place with stainless steel gear clamps. Never had a problem
> with leaks or the tubing "blowing up like a balloon". Installation is made
> easy by using a heat gun to heat up the tubing as you force it over the barbed
> fittings. A pot of just boiled water will also work but messier. The other
> advantage to doing this is it is a fairly simple and inexpensive matter to create
> a bypass with a shut off valve around the check valves that prevent city water
> from going into the fresh water tank. Then it becomes a simple matter of turning
> a valve to fill up the fresh water tank when you are in a campground and connected
> to water. You do need to watch this so you do not overfill your tank.
Still waiting for someone to tell me how to access the outlet port in the water tank.
Also I would like to get inland RV's e-mail address or phone # ( not their toll free#)
Tony Grange WBCCI 4935
1977 31 ft Sovereign Mid bath.