rmw1990
East Central Georgia
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This past week we spent 5 nights out in our TT and the kitchen sink decided to drip. This is the second time we have used the trailer and this did not happen before and only started the 2nd or 3rd day of this trip. I had the pressure regulator on the hose of course and the hot tap was not affected, just cold. I took the handle off and repositioned it which helped some but did not stop it all together.
How can I get it to stop without taking it all the way back to the dealer? It is really not hurting anything other than getting on my everloving nerves!
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1995brave
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You may have a piece of dirt or something else stuck in the valve seat. Take the cold water valve apart and clean it good. Also if it has a rubber seat check for cracking or tears.
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rmw1990
East Central Georgia
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Thank you I will do that!
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downtheroad
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Factory equipped RV faucets are notoriously poor quality. They are designed to be inexpensive, light weight and used a couple of times a month. But, it still should not leak.
On all of our previous rigs I have replaced them with a decent faucet from Lowes or HomeDepot. The swap out is easy. Our present trailer has a pretty good one stock so I'm leaving it in for the time being.
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Get'n R Kicks
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Our Springdale had a really decent faucet. Well this Pilgram, it has a all plastic hunk of junk. But it should work for awhile. You can turn the supply vavle off when you are not using it. And if you get bored while the water is off, remove the handle, and see what is under it. If it is a big hunk of white plastic with wrench flats on it. Well if you are half way handy you can take it apart and look for another stem, or washer. Or leave it be until you get back home. If it is plastic and yo mess it up on a trip, then you may be without it. If it has metal stems it may be easier to work with. As the faucet may have seats and washers. Usually easy to fix. But it may also be metal stems in a plastic body, now them do stink, the meatal has a tendency to strip out the plastic easier. Me myself even though I am a plumber it would be off until I got back home. I am noton vacation to plumb. Good Luck
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Still Searchin'
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We had a kitchen faucet that wouldn't shut off (after many years of use) and new gaskets only helped temporarily. Finally just bought another RV faucet and it has worked OK for the last year.
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Col. Kurtz
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RMW,
My Jayco started doing the exact same thing about the 3rd trip out. Only the cold handle had the problem.
Let me guess, the handle doesn't look like it's closing all the way?
Well, after I got home I removed the handle and the cold supply line under the sink (remove the drawers, It'll be easier) and removed the entire valve assembly. There is a black plastic cup that has a hex socket in the middle of it. Remove it and wrap some teflon tape around it and re-install it with an allen wrench in the brass valve. This will keep the black cup from backing out again.
My guess as to why only the cold is affected is that when the handle is twisted that direction it will eventually loosen the cup. In other words the hot is constantly being tightened and the cold always gets loosened. This is a perfect application for left-handed threads.
It would have been under warranty, but that would have meant $40.00 in fuel to the dealer and back>>>
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Cmarshall
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We had a similar problem with our Coachmen, when it was new. The dealer was over 1 and a half hours away, 3 hours round trip. I found the same plastic cheep faucet at Wal*Mart for $10, and changed it myself. Cheaper than the fuel for the trip to the dealer!
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Chickenhawk
Philippi, West-By God-Virginia
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I had the same problem twice with my 213. Since the dealer is close, they got to deal with it. First time they replaced the black cup that the Col is referring to and the second time I insisted that they replace the entire faucet since it was also leaking under the countertop. Was not a problem for them since they could write it off as warranty work. Don't know how it worked out yet since the trailer is still winterized.
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