Fresh water connection problem

[lmurphy]

Again, here I am with another problem. Went to Bodega Bay this weekend for a much needed heat relieve trip. Hooked up to the city water and found out water was not going into the trailer. I understand it has something to do with the anti-siphon valve. Would anyone know what caused this and how to fix it.

lmurphy

[boat391]

just a thought I have a fillvalve for filling my water tank from the city water hook up do you and if so was it in the fill position instead of city water?

tim ford

[sreigle]

Hi lmurphy. Haven't seen much of you and Lydia on the forum for awhile.

I don't remember whether you have one of the new Montanas with the connection center and the switch Tim mentioned or one of the older Montanas. If an older one, the anti-siphon valve is at the connection, just under the screen. It has a white pin. If the o-ring in the valve gets out of place it can keep the valve from functioning correctly. When the o-ring in ours got out of place it was because I didn't push the pin when winterizing to release the water under pressure. The water froze, forcing the o-ring out of place. I managed to work the o-ring back into place although it wasn't much fun.

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[lmurphy]

Thanks for the input you guys. We've been busy remodeling our kitchen, the financial shock and the extreme heat was one of the reasons we felt like getting away for a few days. But, I'm telling you, it seems like everything was going wrong with the Montana, ours is a 2002, model 2955RL. The batteries were dead, the hydraulic fluid was leaking, the anti siphon valve didn't work and then later, Tim decided to take a shower and found the connections to the shower hose were split and had broken away. I suppose the extreme heat did most of the damage(we had triple digit temperatures for 12 days straight). We have a lot of repairs now that we're home.

lmurphy

[sreigle]

Sorry, Lydia! I assumed Larry wrote that post. Obviously I was wrong. Sorry.

See another Montana or Mountaineer on the road? Flash lights twice, it might be one of us!
Steve Reigle (pronounced Regal)
Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'03 3295RK
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

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