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Reply #25 –
The photo Pierce is referring to is this one.

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Reply #26 –
David,

Hope you don't mind but I processed it a bit for the shadows.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Reply #27 –
Thanks. Probably should have had the flash on.

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Reply #28 –
The new heater element arrived yesterday, but too late for me to work on the coach, so after lunch today I went out. Getting the old cord off and out, and the new one in was pretty easy. Then the fun began. I can't get the old element to turn - at all. I've sprayed the threads with PB Blaster and put on my biggest pipe wrench. That one has an angled head so in theory I should be able to turn it. No go. The only cheater pipe I could find wouldn't fit that wrench, so I tried the middle size pipe wrench. Cheater pipe fits on it nicely, but runs into the body of the coach. I decided to spray it one more time and let it soak overnight. I'm pretty sure that somewhere I have some pipe that will go over the handle of that pipe wrench, but just where it is hiding I don't know. I may have to look for something else.

Of course my arm is too short to reach the pipe wrench from inside the coach. If I could reach the handle from inside I'm pretty sure that i could pull up on it enough to break it loose. I'll try again tomorrow. Time for a cup of coffee now.

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Reply #29 –
Well, I got the element out. Unfortunately, it was screwed into an adapter, so I sprayed the adapter with the PB Blaster. Tomorrow I'll see if I can get it loose.

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Reply #30 –
David,

 A socket, breaker bar and a pipe might be needed. A used American breaker bar from Craigslist, etc would be better than a new import especially if it has an extension on it. Bet you're going to have to go out 4 feet from the hex to get it off.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Reply #31 –
After breakfast!

I sprayed it already, and will let it sit overnight. I might go out after supper and spray it again if I'm feeling ambitious. I probably should have let the coolant run out when I had the element out, but since we have an outdoor cat I wanted to dilute it as much as possible right away. I don't think much more will come out tomorrow, and I'll have water running when I take the old element out since it is just finger tight now.

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Reply #32 –
David, if you have a small hand held propane torch you might try putting a little heat on the body the fitting is screwed into, if you can do it without damaging anything. Just enough to warm it up a little it will also help the Pb Blaster penetrate the threads.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country
 

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Reply #33 –
The new heater element is in (finally) and the coach is buttoned up, ready for the nasty weather that is on the way. I wasn't able to refill the coolant I lost before it got too cold to work, but it is supposed to warm up again next week, so I can work on it then. I'm guessing I lost about a gallon of coolant.

The breaker bar didn't work (it started bending), but the pipe wrench with the help of a 30" bar got it started, and then it was an easy job from there.