As many regulars will remember, I did an extensive amount of work to the plumbing while I had the coroplast down. It all started because the dump handles on the gray tanks were difficult to move--in one case it was rusted so badly the cable wouldn't slide in the sleeve at all.
Fixed all that and put everything back together. The kitchen gray valve (which I did not take apart) started bypassing, as evidenced by a buildup of fluid behind the external Valterra valve I'd added to the end of the drain pipe. While I didn't take the valve apart, I did mess with the cable attachment to the valve.
What I found was the block that holds the cable sleeve had split into many small pieces. Shattered is an apt description. Therefore when the handle was pulled the sleeve slid instead of the cable pulling the knife valve.
I had a replacement valve on hand so I took off the block and replaced that one piece. The new block is significantly larger.
What I suspect I might have done is 1) used too large of a screw which split the original block (without knowing it) or 2) the original block was much smaller and the multiple removal/installation processes during the initial work in the area weakened it.
So there's my tale of woe for the day.
Fixed all that and put everything back together. The kitchen gray valve (which I did not take apart) started bypassing, as evidenced by a buildup of fluid behind the external Valterra valve I'd added to the end of the drain pipe. While I didn't take the valve apart, I did mess with the cable attachment to the valve.
What I found was the block that holds the cable sleeve had split into many small pieces. Shattered is an apt description. Therefore when the handle was pulled the sleeve slid instead of the cable pulling the knife valve.
I had a replacement valve on hand so I took off the block and replaced that one piece. The new block is significantly larger.
What I suspect I might have done is 1) used too large of a screw which split the original block (without knowing it) or 2) the original block was much smaller and the multiple removal/installation processes during the initial work in the area weakened it.
So there's my tale of woe for the day.
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