sputnick10
First Time Fulltimers
Well, we finally took delivery of our new 09 Landmark Cape Cod on Sunday... got to our temporary rv park 2 miles down the road from the dealer, got everything hooked up and going... a few hours later I find a pool of water in the basement, and the dealer is closed and would be for Monday too... UGH!
We searched for the right unit for months and I have been lurking on these threads for awhile now... I had every intention of making the dealer hook up the water for the PDI, but my wife and I have both had the swine flu for the last week or so... and we were basicly delerious for the delivery so I did not have them do it, and the salesman had assured me it was part of their pre delivery... We are full timers and first timers! We sold our stick home and have been in hotels since Dec 1st, so we have been looking forward to getting in our Landmark and being "home".
Back to the leak... I have all my tools in storage and have not been able to retrieve any of them yet, so I could not even remove the wall in the basement to see what the issue was, so I turned off the water and waited until the next morning... went and bought a few tools, removed the wall, and bingo... 3 leaks, all at connections at the WH bypass valve. One was the hose clamp had cut into the hose, it was the worst leak. I removed the clamp, cut the hose and reclamped it... that one was now fixed. The other two have proved more difficult. They are leaking at the threads. I remove the valve from the UDC wall, and remove all three hose clamps and hoses. I went and bought new teflon tape, removed the plastic fittings, retaped the threads and put back in... no luck, still leaking. Went and got some thread lube and sealant, tried again, still leaking. It is now Monday night and we have not had water for over a day... the wife is not happy, and neither am I... Removed the fittings again to examine the brass valve for cracks, no cracks, but I notice the threads in the brass valve appear damaged. Decide to take the valve to the dealer in the morning...
Tues. AM, I took the valve and fittings to the dealer, they don't have any in stock, but do have another landmark they rob another valve from... after about an hour the service guy brings out the "new" valve with the fittings in place, but says they have no way to test it. He said the plastic fittings broke in the "new" valve they took from the other landmark and that they had to chip the fittings out... (now I know what happened to the original valve)... I took the "new" valve back and put it in. UGH! Still leaking!!! And now, I can't get the fittings out of the valve. I think he used JB weld or something because they won't budge. I have had it, not having water for going on three days! This was supposed to be a great new experience for us, and it has started as a nightmare!
Made another trip to the HD and Lowes, got a cap and coupler, capped the bypass tubing, and coupled the water supply side to the WH tube... My connections are not leaking, and we have water now... just no way to bypass the WH until I can find a new valve and fittings!
I plan on calling Heartland tomorrow to see if they can send me a new one since the dealer has none...
Now, if I can just figure out why no water is getting to the icemaker...
We searched for the right unit for months and I have been lurking on these threads for awhile now... I had every intention of making the dealer hook up the water for the PDI, but my wife and I have both had the swine flu for the last week or so... and we were basicly delerious for the delivery so I did not have them do it, and the salesman had assured me it was part of their pre delivery... We are full timers and first timers! We sold our stick home and have been in hotels since Dec 1st, so we have been looking forward to getting in our Landmark and being "home".
Back to the leak... I have all my tools in storage and have not been able to retrieve any of them yet, so I could not even remove the wall in the basement to see what the issue was, so I turned off the water and waited until the next morning... went and bought a few tools, removed the wall, and bingo... 3 leaks, all at connections at the WH bypass valve. One was the hose clamp had cut into the hose, it was the worst leak. I removed the clamp, cut the hose and reclamped it... that one was now fixed. The other two have proved more difficult. They are leaking at the threads. I remove the valve from the UDC wall, and remove all three hose clamps and hoses. I went and bought new teflon tape, removed the plastic fittings, retaped the threads and put back in... no luck, still leaking. Went and got some thread lube and sealant, tried again, still leaking. It is now Monday night and we have not had water for over a day... the wife is not happy, and neither am I... Removed the fittings again to examine the brass valve for cracks, no cracks, but I notice the threads in the brass valve appear damaged. Decide to take the valve to the dealer in the morning...
Tues. AM, I took the valve and fittings to the dealer, they don't have any in stock, but do have another landmark they rob another valve from... after about an hour the service guy brings out the "new" valve with the fittings in place, but says they have no way to test it. He said the plastic fittings broke in the "new" valve they took from the other landmark and that they had to chip the fittings out... (now I know what happened to the original valve)... I took the "new" valve back and put it in. UGH! Still leaking!!! And now, I can't get the fittings out of the valve. I think he used JB weld or something because they won't budge. I have had it, not having water for going on three days! This was supposed to be a great new experience for us, and it has started as a nightmare!
Made another trip to the HD and Lowes, got a cap and coupler, capped the bypass tubing, and coupled the water supply side to the WH tube... My connections are not leaking, and we have water now... just no way to bypass the WH until I can find a new valve and fittings!
I plan on calling Heartland tomorrow to see if they can send me a new one since the dealer has none...
Now, if I can just figure out why no water is getting to the icemaker...