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Re: Is this a first? [Rodent damage to fuel lines]

Reply #25 –
Some time ago I posted about removal of our domestic water tank. I have had ours out a couple of times checking the bulkheads and the seal material. It isn't as bad of job as it looks like and there is plenty of room to work in that area after the tank is removed. I can't find the thread or threads that had the pics or the one that has a written how to. When my IT head gets back I will see if she can find those threads unless someone finds them first.

Mike

Well here is on of the post that has a how to but not the one with the pics.
Fresh water tank removal
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Is this a first? [Rodent damage to fuel lines]

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Pamela & Mike –
Some time ago I posted about removal of our domestic water tank. I have had ours out a couple of times checking the bulkheads and the seal material. It isn't as bad of job as it looks like and there is plenty of room to work in that area after the tank is removed. I can't find the thread or threads that had the pics or the one that has a written how to. When my IT head gets back I will see if she can find those threads unless someone finds them first.

Mike

Well here is on of the post that has a how to but not the one with the pics.
Fresh water tank removal
Thanks for that.  It sounds like there will be no big surprises.  I got the coach running again, just minutes ago,  I need to button a bunch of stuff up, and then I can move the coach forward, so I can get into the water manifold area.

For those that follow...  It is real tough to get the line from the storage bin back to around the axle with a fish tape or by shoving from one end!  Last time, I attached new line to old and pulled that through.  This time, that approach failed.

I shoved the new line into the small passage from the main storage area, into the wet bay area.  I already had the two appearance covers removed from the wet bay.  I adjusted the exposed length of the new line to where it was about an inch longer than the space.  I used a piece of pipe to push on the end until it popped through the center divider of the wet bay area.  Took a few tries to get the length right.

Then I pushed a fish tape through the back passage, underneath near the rear axle.  I attached the new line to the fish tape and pulled it back through the rear opening.

All of this would have been a lot easier with access to where the water tank sits.  Unfortunately access to remove the water tank is blocked where the coach is parked.

Maybe tomorrow for the water tank.  I am pretty beat.
Matt B
1998 u-320

Re: Is this a first? [Rodent damage to fuel lines]

Reply #27 –
Responding Michelle's comment te rodent baiting:  FASTRAC® All-Weather BLOX with the active ingredient, bromethalin, is what we use if there is the posibility of a secondary kill. A dog would have to eat 15% of its weight to be affected and die, a bird eating a dead mouse may feel that it has a bad Chinese meal but is not killed.
David & Emma Roche
Dino (Golden Doodle)
1999 U270 WTFE 36' Build # 5534
Xtreme "Lights, Stripes & Roof"
Motorcade# 18321
Dayton, Ohio
Towd: Jeep Grand Cherokee
Two Townie Electra Bikes

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Re: Is this a first? [Rodent damage to fuel lines]

Reply #28 –
A report...

I kept some block poison up in the coach framework, and it remained untouched.  I have had no luck in the past with it - maybe it is a characteristic of the pack rats we fight locally.  Nothing in the baited glue traps.  I maintained a live-catch trap for a while, but only caught birds.

I did spray all around the coach with commercial peppermint spray, and added a couple of socks with a bunch of paprika inside.  I still have the multi-color, multi-pattern, stage light going.  It has been a couple of months with a game camera pointing underneath.  I saw one small rat the first night, and no rats since.  Nearly every night, I do get images of three local cats patrolling.

Good kitties!

So maybe I have solved the rat problem, at least until they adapt again.
Matt B
1998 u-320