The Man and His Tools...

As any male can tell you, you need to have the right tools to do the job! Most of the time a new job also requires at least one new tool! This time Forry had to buy a new valve to replace the one that wasn't closing, but he did seem to have all of the tools he needed. ;-) Thanks to this massive set he bought a year or so ago at Costco...









Forry's been complaining about the valve that opens and closes the black water tank so that it can be drained. It has an electric switch, but he has had to tap the actual valve handle with a hammer to make it work while I hold the switch down on the opposite side of the coach (of course, it's on the opposite side, isn't that the way it always works?!)

Last night the valve stuck half open and we couldn't get it closed. Knowing it was getting worse, Forry had purchased a new valve when we were at Camper World last week. So after extensive flushing of the tank this morning, we got the valve to open all the way, then flushed it well so that he could replace the valve.

It really pays to have a man who knows how to fix things! It took a couple of hours to get the job done -- I wonder what it would have cost to have hired someone to do it down here in Arizona? The last time we were at Uhlmann's, one of the guys said they were making $90/hour.






The old valve was fairly corroded -- I would presume it's from all of the hard and salty water we've experienced as we traveled....