Accessing Water Heater Lines on Montana High Country 37FLL

[Travellnman]

In the 37fll model, how do I access the water lines to the water heater? It looks like I might go at it from under the kitchen sink but the panel there has the water lines passing through the wall with no apparent way to get the panel off the lines. My water tank is oozing water out from the bottom of the tank somewhere and flowing into the bathroom slowly. I have the tank in bypass and all leaking as stopped. Ideas?

 

[Mikendebbie]

Looks to me like you will need to get into the cabinet under the sink and remove a panel. If you could magically make the stove disappear, and remove the left side panel of the stove, you would be looking at the piping.

The other option is to pull it out from the outside. Try this first before tearing into the cabinets.

 

[Travellnman]

Looks to me like you will need to get into the cabinet under the sink and remove a panel. If you could magically make the stove disappear, and remove the left side panel of the stove, you would be looking at the piping.

The other option is to pull it out from the outside. Try this first before tearing into the cabinets.

Is there enough play in the water lines to pull it out without breaking any of the lines? I just want to know if its the tank that’s leaking or if one of the hoses to or out of the tank are leaking. When in service, there is water pooling from the bottom of the tank and running into the bathroom and my water pump cycles on for about 1 sec, then it’s off for about 10in and repeats. I put the water heater in bypass mode from the water convenience Center and the cycling and the leaking have stopped. That’s why I am wondering of just one of the hoses ie oozing

 

[Mikendebbie]

If there is no obvious access panel below the sink - then it is probably ok to pull it out…99.999% of RV water heaters can be pulled out. They ALL have to vent to the outside. Set up a table or TV tray to set it on.

 

[Travellnman]

This is what’s under the sink. If that’s the panel, how do I get it past all those hoses , the hole is formed around them

 

[Mikendebbie]

I would push the EASY button and pull it out from the exterior. There are lots of YouTube’s to help. Once you get it out and evaluate the situation, then decide if it would be beneficial for you to cut an access panel in that wall. I’m betting that once you figure out the issue and correct it, you will not need an access panel. Next time it will be easier to pull it out than it was this first time.

 

[DutchmenSport]

OK, you have the 376FL or the 377FL? Right? Your High Country has the loft above the master bedroom, and rear door on the opposite side? Right?

If so.... I have the 375FL, which was the model before yours.

All of these models have the same floor plan with the back door on the opposite side.
(374FL - RV refrigerator, 1 battery)
(375FL - Residential refrigerator - 2 batteries - inverter)
(376FL - built when the 374 and 375 were discontinued - RV refrigerator, 1 battery, loft with stairs behind bathroom)
(377FL - 2nd generation of the 375 - Residential refrigerator, 2 batteries, inverter, loft with stairs behind bathroom)

Your water heater is located behind the stairs going up into the loft. It will accessed through the closet behind those stairs accessed from the bedroom side. The bottom floor of that closet has to be removed, then you can accessit.

I installed a washer and dryer in that cabinet and pulled the floor out to reinforce the floor and supports to better support the washer and dryer. Here's what it looks like:

Before adding the washer/dryer:

Removing the shelving, exposing the water heater, reinforcing the supports for the washer:

After the install:

 

[Travellnman]

Actually my water heater is right beside my side between the right hand side of the sink and the left hand side of the oven. I was just trying to figure out if the water lines have enough slack in them to pull it out from the outside and I have discovered that there isnt. Now I have to figure out how to get the water lines disconnected when I have no apparent access panel to get at them short of pulling my oven out

 

[Mikendebbie]

I say you should keep slowly trying to work it to the outside.

 

[Travellnman]

I tried, the pex lines have no give in them. I might just cut them and put new connectors with flexible line added

 

[DutchmenSport]

If your oven is a Furrion oven, it's very easy to remove. Lift the glass top off and remove it. 4 screws on the front of the oven and simply pull it out. It's not heavy at all, and you should have some slack in the gas pipe to easily reach it and disconnect it from the pipe. Then, just pull it out. Reinstalling will take 5 minutes.