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One other thing to winterize that a lot of people miss, the fresh water fill connection. Two ways of doing this, depending on your setup. If you have a newer Montana with the convenience center. connect the blue coil water hose, from it's hookup to the city water hookup. Put the lever in the FILL position. Turn on the water supply. This in turn will pump antifreeze into the fresh water fill and let it run long enough to get antifreeze to the fresh water tank. You'll know when it enough when PINK comes out the fresh water tank drain. You can also connect the blue coil hose to the black tank flush out and put antifreeze in the line to the black tank. NEXT: If you do not have the convenience center, you will have to install a winterizing kit at the water pump, or disconnect the line from the fresh water tank at the pump and connect a hose to the in side of the pump to your antifreeze. To winterize the outside fresh water fill, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, OR YOU WILL DAMAGE THE CHECK VALVE IN THE FRESH WATER FILL. TURN THE PUMP OFF. OPEN A FAUCET TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE WATER LINES. (This is a 2 person job) Have someone go to the outside fresh water fill. If there is a screen covering on the connection, remove it. In the center of the fill connection is a plastic tip. MAKE SURE THERE IS NO PRESSURE IN THE WATER LINES. Push in gently on the plastic tip. Turn on the water pump till antifreeze comes out the fresh water fill. Do this step last, winterizing done. IF YOU PUSH THE PLASTIC TIP IN WITH PRESSURE IN THE LINES, IT WILL BLOW THE "O" RING OUT OF THE CHECK VALVE.It can be fixed if you find the "O" ring and know how to get the plastic tip out of the check valve, if not you have to buy a new check valve All of this might sound complicated, but it's not once you've done it. Kerry
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