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07-19-2019, 02:16 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Bonney Lake
Posts: 9
M.O.C. #21387
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Water connection leaks
On our 2015 Montana there is a white plastic cover over the water connection points- 1 for fresh water, 1 for filling the tank and 1 for flushing (if I'm remembering correctly). There seems to be a leak behind the cover for the fresh water connection. Can anyone tell me how to replace the white cover or what is behind it? We plan to try to take it apart this weekend to see what we can see but if anyone has been through this please share your experience!
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07-19-2019, 02:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Alton
Posts: 2,678
M.O.C. #24086
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This is what my 2019, 3130re looks like when you take off the wall cover in the basement. I added the styrofoam on the pipes to quiet the water pumb. Different thread.
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07-19-2019, 05:43 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Once you get the basement wall removed (a couple of screws) you'll find all the connections. Usually it's just a matter of tightening connections. Once I had to replace the water connection itself. Got the part from an RV dealer, didn't have to be Montana specific.
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07-19-2019, 07:04 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Alton
Posts: 2,678
M.O.C. #24086
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True. When I had mine open the fittings were finger loose. I tightened them up.
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Daryl and Marianne,
2019 3130re 20th Anniversary Edition
2016 F350 Lariat
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07-19-2019, 08:36 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Lake Gaston
Posts: 8,773
M.O.C. #12156
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I found the water connection leaking and cheap plastic. Replaced with a brass fitting.
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2002 3655 FL, 2005 3650RK
2010 3665RE, 2015 3910FB
F350 crew cab dually 6.7
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07-24-2019, 06:06 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 525
M.O.C. #19994
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1retired06
I found the water connection leaking and cheap plastic. Replaced with a brass fitting.
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07-24-2019, 09:57 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Box Elder
Posts: 4,690
M.O.C. #12947
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That was one of the first repairs I made to our rig when new, tightening the water fittings behind the convenience center. This is just a Welcome to RVing episode, and if things are not leaking right now, just wait a while and you will have more.
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2012 3402RL
2012 Chevy 2500HD D/A CC 4WD
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07-25-2019, 07:10 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Glendale/Eagar
Posts: 22
M.O.C. #24185
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If Montana sends the trailers out plumbed and wired like that then someone needs to be replaced! If I wired crap like that at my work I'd be fired lol!
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Originally Posted by Daryles
This is what my 2019, 3130re looks like when you take off the wall cover in the basement. I added the styrofoam on the pipes to quiet the water pumb. Different thread.
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07-27-2019, 08:49 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Sidney,B.C.
Posts: 138
M.O.C. #23585
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mr68gts
If Montana sends the trailers out plumbed and wired like that then someone needs to be replaced! If I wired crap like that at my work I'd be fired lol!
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One thing to keep in mind, IMHO, is the environment is a little bit different than a normal Sticks-and-Bricks setting, namely a lot of vibration as the rig travels the roads and RV parks, and the time constraints on the RV factory workers.
Granted some of the 'workmanship' is of the taking-shortcuts variety, but a lot of backed-off fittings are no doubt due to vibration. So far, in updating and maintaining our (new to us) 2012 Monty, the workmanship is better than SOB we had earlier, and very little poor factory assembly experienced so far. Some poor design, but that's another story !
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07-27-2019, 12:17 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Hixson
Posts: 3,436
M.O.C. #11397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rohrmann
That was one of the first repairs I made to our rig when new, tightening the water fittings behind the convenience center. This is just a Welcome to RVing episode, and if things are not leaking right now, just wait a while and you will have more.
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Correct. Hand tighten them only!
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07-29-2019, 08:17 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Fargo
Posts: 213
M.O.C. #19032
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What is surprising to me in Daryl's picture of the back side of the convenience center is the presence of the furnace right below all of those water connections and the possibilities of even a drip!
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07-29-2019, 09:06 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pensacola (mail forward service)
Posts: 3,198
M.O.C. #13740
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Mark7, that picture is not oriented correctly. The tangle of wiring is the view towards the rear of the unit. The dark grey to right is passthrough floor. No furnace in sight.
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07-30-2019, 09:25 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Austin
Posts: 226
M.O.C. #18363
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Machfun
On our 2015 Montana there is a white plastic cover over the water connection points- 1 for fresh water, 1 for filling the tank and 1 for flushing (if I'm remembering correctly). There seems to be a leak behind the cover for the fresh water connection. Can anyone tell me how to replace the white cover or what is behind it? We plan to try to take it apart this weekend to see what we can see but if anyone has been through this please share your experience!
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It's a backflow prevention device. If water comes out of it, it needs replaced. $30 part, get a brass one. Montana puts in plastic ones. They fail often.
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