is my toilet installed correctly

rasbury

I have one of the manual factory toilets and frankly, don't like it. I have rebuilt it with new seals and the famous jake valve, but looking how it is installed, the line goes up before it goes down to the tank right there in the bathroom- I don't see any way the thing can possibly pump out that bad stuff without some of it coming back into the toilet, what am I missing?

BellevilleMXZ

Well the joker valve keeps it from coming back in. Mine looks the same, but works fine. I replaced the whole thing last winter, old one was getting rough looking, and complete wasn't that bad a price.

Liberty44140

There is supposed to be a high loop. Here is the typical install diagram. Here are some reasons that it may be coming back in to the toilet: Bad Joker Valve, Holding Tank Air Vent is not letting air in to tank, full tank, clog in the line from toilet to tank. I had backup in to the bowl when I first got my 342. Was both a bad joker and a kink in the air vent line cutting off air to the tank. Fixed both, all good. 

rasbury

That is my set up @Liberty44140 so I guess I need to rebuild again. It just did not make sense to pump up hill without a large supply of fresh water and a limited space to store it. Will try that again! Thanks all as always. Will be at the marina and it works ok- I can tell from pump out it does vent and I have a horrible story of getting caught with a full tank- I do recall instance of stuff, paper, getting stuck for a bit...

rasbury

Well, more issue than I thought.while heading into the marina, thought I'd pump out before I parked it, could not get anything out.had not had it out since July so figured I must have pumped? Then I notice my bilge came on.it never comes on. My tank is leaking. I know my vent is working, have never had it suck in while pumping so surprised it has somehow failed. Yuk.

Liberty44140

Ahh bummer! Can you get to it to see if and where it's leaking?

rasbury

When I get home...

Michael T

To eradicate any possible smell I recommend hydrogen peroxide as it "eats" biologics like blood etc. I'd use 3% weight to volume and probably 4 to 6  500 ml bottles. I'd clean the bilge as clean as I could get it then pour or spray the HP from all directions and let it drain right out the bilge drain hole. Good luck, not a pleasant task.

Cableguy Greg

You will get water from the end of the boot. When the drive moves up, down, left, right it moves the shift cable in the boot. I used a zip tie the last time I did a shift boot and it worked fine for years. Be sure to use a black zip tie because they are more UV protected. The white ones break down outside very quickly.

Dream_Inn

Oh man Ras, sorry to hear about that.  Hopefully you'll be able to get in there and figure it out without too much cost.  Please keep us up to date and hopefully we can help you out.

rasbury

Well, not sure now what is going on......as mentioned, have never had the auto bilge turn on before. So, as the weekend has progressed,I hit the pump and pumped out some water- and then it stopped! When I assumes the tank was busted it was wet all around it. When I opened the hatch yesterday it was completely dry around the tank and before I left the doc this am, no water when I hit the switch. I ran the motor, shower, sinks and no water. Weird! I no my a/c will generate some water but I had water jn the boat before I ran it- we have had no rain.

rasbury

Ok, pulled the boat - the clamp for the shift cable has broken and a fair amount of water in the bilge. I ran the boat across the lake, kind of ruff and about 30 mins run time. There was, as a guess, 4 to 5 gallons came out when I pulled the plug. I had the plug screwed in there pretty tight, I use a wrench to put it in and out...any ideas? Won't be back in the water until after the first...

frenchship

Rad, the clamp is made of steel, not SS but it should be easy to replace with the proper tool.
here is how to do one. Some poeples use a ty-wrap if you go this way make sure that the locking pin on the ty -wrap is SS or plastic.

rasbury

Would this account for this much leaking? Also should add, just had the coupler replaced and this was the first time back in the water except for a quick little run. Other than the connection for the foot pick up are there any other connection to check?

rasbury

The place where I store the boat also did the coupler -he is putting a tie on it for me so hopefully the end of this- thanks all for the input. Will be back in the water after the holidays!