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06-03-2005, 10:51 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
1997 30' Excella
Waddell
, Arizona
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 313
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Sewer Connection Size?
My 97 Excella is my 3rd RV with holding tanks. Since the previous owner included a sewer hose when I bought it I didn't think anything about it.
The other day I bought new Valterra hoses with connections from Camping World. Much to my suprise they don't fit! My dump connection is larger in diameter than the Valterra connections. Since I had saved my old fittings I was able to modify one of the new hoses and dump my tanks.
So my question is: WHATS UP??
I was under the mistaken assumption that all RVs use the same size dump connectors. Is this "normal" for an Excella or am the victim of an Airstream experiment gone bad??
Thanks,
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Steve Heywood
Waddell, AZ
1999 19' Bambi (SOLD)
1997 30' Excella (SOLD)
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06-03-2005, 01:45 PM
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Rivet Master 
1959 26' Overlander
Putnam
, Connecticut
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 3,064
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Think Thetford connections. A little larger. They are not easy to find
Dyersonline has them. Search for Thetford or this may work http://www.dyersonline.com/showcateg...setfilter=true
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06-03-2005, 01:51 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1997 30' Excella
Waddell
, Arizona
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 313
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Originally Posted by Over59
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Thanks, That's what I needed to know.
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Steve Heywood
Waddell, AZ
1999 19' Bambi (SOLD)
1997 30' Excella (SOLD)
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06-03-2005, 02:10 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,846
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Camping world also sells thetford fittings - you might be able to exchange the valterras.
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06-03-2005, 06:38 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1997 30' Excella
Waddell
, Arizona
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 313
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Originally Posted by Janet
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I discovered as much when I stopped by Camping World.
What I'd REALLY like to find is an adapter that allows me to use "standard" RV sewer fitting on my Thetford valves.
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Steve Heywood
Waddell, AZ
1999 19' Bambi (SOLD)
1997 30' Excella (SOLD)
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06-03-2005, 06:58 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
Northern
, California
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,921
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Steve,
That's what I have. It's called the Universal Adapter.
Camping World used to have them. That's where I got mine. But the last time I checked I could not find one there.
On edit, I just searched the Camping World website and found this. It looks like it might be it.
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Originally Posted by Steve Heywood
I discovered as much when I stopped by Camping World.
What I'd REALLY like to find is an adapter that allows me to use "standard" RV sewer fitting on my Thetford valves.
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06-03-2005, 07:59 PM
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2007 25' Safari FB SE
1958 22' Flying Cloud
1974 29' Ambassador
Yucca Valley
, California
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: 1963 26' Overlander
Posts: 4,804
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Steve Heywood
I discovered as much when I stopped by Camping World.
What I'd REALLY like to find is an adapter that allows me to use "standard" RV sewer fitting on my Thetford valves.
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They're out there. I forgot where i bought mine, but when I found them, I bought two of them. My sewer solution required an adapter to fit the dump connector on my 1971 Tradewind.
It was not that hard to find, as I remember. Do a little research, someone is likely to hend you one sooner or later.
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06-03-2005, 09:49 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,007
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Originally Posted by Janet
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Oh, I'm glad that they do! I'm going to be down in Denton,TX in a couple of weeks, and there's a CW right on the highway. I intended to look for one while down there.
Lynn
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ACI Big Red Number 21043
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06-03-2005, 10:12 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1997 30' Excella
Waddell
, Arizona
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 313
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Originally Posted by Safari Tim
Steve,
That's what I have. It's called the Universal Adapter.
Camping World used to have them. That's where I got mine. But the last time I checked I could not find one there.
On edit, I just searched the Camping World website and found this. It looks like it might be it. |
I'll try CW again tomorrow, I think I saw a Universal Adapter but didn't know what to look for and as usual for CW there's never anyone around to help.
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Steve Heywood
Waddell, AZ
1999 19' Bambi (SOLD)
1997 30' Excella (SOLD)
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06-04-2005, 07:51 AM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 7,007
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Originally Posted by Steve Heywood
I'll try CW again tomorrow, I think I saw a Universal Adapter but didn't know what to look for and as usual for CW there's never anyone around to help.
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Try again tomorrow, eh? You lucky one! The nearest RV supply of any kind is a mere hundred miles from here down in Santa Fe, and the nearest CW is several hundred miles away. (Needless to day, we get visited by the UPS truck pretty often.)
Lynn
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ACI Big Red Number 21043
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06-04-2005, 11:45 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 233
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Good luck. This was a nightmare for us on our very first A/S trip... but the adaptor has solved all problems! Tom
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Tom and Frank
Evanston, Illinois
2004 Safari 28 ft Slideout "Lucy" 4 HI CAMP
2004 Ford Excursion 6.0 PSD PWRSTRK,
and Brittany, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
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06-04-2005, 12:20 PM
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Cartoon Character
2004 34' Classic
On The Road
, U.S.A.
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 885
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Buy several of them ... the ears can break off easily. When I had my tanks cleaned in AZ ... the guy broke mine ... and then broke my backup ... what a gorilla! 
I went to the AS dealer in Mesa ... they had never heard of the part! 
Turns out the little mom & pop RV parts store in Apache had them in spades.
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Porky 
TrailerGypsies.com
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