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Well I have already hijacked my own thread so I will continue this valve discussion here anyway. Steve, this is the first thing I looked at when I first noticed the problem. The handle on the black drain on the cable outside wasn’t in as far as the handle on the grey drain so the cable hasn’t slipped at that set screw. I wonder if the seal is rolled or distorted at the bottom of the gate valve. Before I start taking the valve apart I want to have new seals on hand. Are these the seals that I need? https://www.amazon.com/Valterra-T1003-9VP-Bladex-Valve-Hardware/dp/B00303XGRI Bill

Is the Barker Auto Drain the same one Oliver is offering as a option in place of the manual valve on the bathroom drains?

Rideandfly (Bill) our black tank drain valve is not closing well either. It will close if I push down on the gate while Martha is pushing in on the cable. I have put 8 ounces of Camco valve lube and water in the tank twice and slowly worked the valve but it still won’t close. KountryKamper suggested I put enough Ethylene Glycol in the drain to completely saturate the seal and let it set a few days.

Follow up: Received 4 new shades yesterday from AutoMotion.

I didn’t take pictures this time. In and out quick. Ready to get home and see my girls. Sorry we missed you roguebooks. We did see Dream Catcher and it’s owners.

At the factory for a few hours this morning. Anyone want a picture of their Oliver if parked outside?

Steve, I know there are several things different about your Oliver, but on my wife’s Oliver (#313) the handles stick out way too far when pulled to close the door. Who makes the electric valves? Is there a way to open the valves if you lose power?

Anybody done a mod where you can close the basement door while a drain valve handle is pulled? I know it’s best to only drain the tanks when there is water in them so I’m not wanting to open the valve and leave it open. I want to be able to open a valve and then close the basement door when it is raining cats and dogs and the water is pouring off the roof directly onto the open basement door. Bill

What is that mounted up high on the back of the Outlaw Oliver? Some kind of anti-tailgater device?

It was #301. From Ohio. Don’t know their forum name. Staying somewhere on the Schoodic Peninsula.

Turns out it isn’t Walter Jenkins. The owners saw our post on the Facebook Group and said it was them.

Yes. Pretty sure that was it.

We think it was Walter Jenkins. Saw a picture of his outfit on the Facebook group and that looked like the rig we saw.

So, if not enough air flow and the vents are all open could it be a plugged return filter?

Don’t think it was him. I’ve been PMing Maniac. He said by his count he thinks there are 10-12 Olivers in ME this week.

Today, headed east on US Highway 1, just outside Ellsworth ME eastern city limits. Burgundy and gray stripes. Black TV. I was driving the white Chevrolet truck, waving with both hands, not pulling a trailer. Does anyone here belong to it?

I’ve been checking the threaded knob under the license plate that holds the spare tire cover on. I have found it loosens after a day on the road. I am going to add a Nyloc nut to keep it from backing off. Edit: Just found a post by DavePhelps September of last year that addresses this. http://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/spare-tire-cover/#post-72664

Who carries an Xtend & Climb ladder? Is the 750P (8.5 ft) tall enough?

Mainiac, we do have the black tank flush fitting but it is my understanding that it just allows you to put water in the black tank, same as if just pouring water in through the toilet valve. It doesn’t have a spray function to dislodge, as you put it, the “pyramid of doom”. Edited to add: Mainiac, just reread your post. The black tank flush fitting is on the street side, outside, under where the front dinette seat would be. The curb side rear fitting is for filling the fresh tank and winterizing. Edited to add: The black tank flush fitting has a check valve and a fixed nozzle with several holes in it that spray water in several directions. Look up Valterra No Fuss Flush fitting.

The ice cubes in the black tank sounds like a good idea, but I think I would be careful about doing that. I’m sitting here looking at a cold bottle of beer right now and there are water droplets on it. Now if you put ice in your black tank and the humidity is moderately high you will have water droplets form on the outside of your black tank and the water will end up in your bilge (you sailors may correct me on the use of the term, if incorrect). I have a thing I wash my tractor radiator out with. I stuck that thing down through the open valve in my toilet and blew the, well, you get the idea. Just be sure to stick it all the way in. Don’t ask me how I know. Edited to add: Submitted by Bill. Not Martha. (She wanted me to be clear on that point).

The sensors are on the rear end of the tanks. If hooked to sewer at a campsite I like to be level side to side and tilted slightly back.

How do you use the search function on this forum? I can type in something to search for but I get a lot of unrelated stuff to go through and I may or may not find anything that I searched for. Are you supposed to use certain words or characters to do a search?

Steve, the door is plenty tight. The water is entering where there is no seal. Don’t know why the factory would leave a gap like that.

What have you all done to keep road spray out of the basement?

Topgun2, I think Mainiac was letting me know that he couldn’t respond to a PM that I had sent him. (Another) Bill.