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Last week 2 days from the end of an 8-day camping trip I was dumping the tanks into a 21-gallon tote just when I thought it was full enough and pushed in on the black tank handle it bent down at about a 70-degree angle. Of course, I couldn't close the valve. I got lucky and tank emptied before tote over filled. So, get a Valterra valve and finish camping.
Today I decided to see what I needed to fix the problem. Spend time dropping part of color Plas to try and get to black tank valve. Not enough room to reach, without removing even more color, Plas. So, instead I spend 30 minutes cleaning and straighten shaft on handle end. Spray with some lube, slowly start moving shaft, more lube more sanding of the shaft and it finally closes. So, some more lube and working and I now have a working black tank dump valve. Seems road curd had worked into the shaft and jammed it and I bent it pushing too hard. So, to keep it cleaner I installed a plastic box on the valves with a snap on lid.
I tried to find the name of the member that did this same thing and posted it with pictures, but I had no luck find the thread, so if anyone reading this knows him, please tell him thank you. This will save me lots of trouble in the future. 
This is a shot with lid removed.
Today I decided to see what I needed to fix the problem. Spend time dropping part of color Plas to try and get to black tank valve. Not enough room to reach, without removing even more color, Plas. So, instead I spend 30 minutes cleaning and straighten shaft on handle end. Spray with some lube, slowly start moving shaft, more lube more sanding of the shaft and it finally closes. So, some more lube and working and I now have a working black tank dump valve. Seems road curd had worked into the shaft and jammed it and I bent it pushing too hard. So, to keep it cleaner I installed a plastic box on the valves with a snap on lid.
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