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Also, If you don't mind, could I see what the battery connection/A-Frame set up looks like on your '76 or your dad's '79??
Here's a better picture of the toilet area. Ignore the mess, I've been focused on the wiring and didn't get into there yet.
Once I get a little better weather and some more courage, I will peel back that duct tape and see what I'm working with. Any tips for re-seating the toilet? I've installed lots of toilets, but never one in a camper.
I'll defer to John on this because both my '76 and '79 are pretty hacked up wiring wise. I haven't gotten into the '76 yet but the '79 had been chopped off and spliced behind the frame header and had a bunch of misc. wires. The '79 now been completely redone and looks slightly different from original.Also, If you don't mind, could I see what the battery connection/A-Frame set up looks like on your '76 or your dad's '79??
Thank for your reply. I believe a previous owner switched out the LP bracket, as the info shows a single bracket.I'll defer to John on this because both my '76 and '79 are pretty hacked up wiring wise. I haven't gotten into the '76 yet but the '79 had been chopped off and spliced behind the frame header and had a bunch of misc. wires. The '79 now been completely redone and looks slightly different from original.
I can get some of the actual frame if that helps but it looks just like yours, except for having a single LP tank bracket instead of the dual tray.
You are correct in that I didn’t remove it. The owner I got her from said the previous owners had removed it. He didn’t know why. They had left the toilet, but he only actually took it out once so he didn’t feel the need to reinstall it. I haven’t really looked at it, to be honest, since I knew I’d need to figure out the power before I’d have a way to pump water to the toilet. This will at least give a starting point.That looks pretty much like I expected. Toilet installation is a little different in an RV vs. a house.
Under the duct tape, you will see more of the same flooring except for a round plastic flange with the hole in the middle. It will look like this:
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The flange is screwed into the plywood floor and the whole thing is threaded into the top of the tank. I see you have a Thetford Aqua Magic IV toilet, which should have a rubber seal on the bottom where it fits into the floor flange. The toilet itself is held in with two uniquely shaped oval bolts that go under the floor flange via two of those open slots and then up through the toilet, then the nuts go on from the top and hold the toilet down.
Before installing the toilet, if you have a way to dump water from the tank, I'd fill it up with buckets of water and make sure it doesn't leak before reinstalling it, since it sounds like you were not the one to remove it.
A lot of models had single tanks standard in the '80s, but it was a factory option to upgrade to dual tanks. Although your tank base plate does look newer.Thank for your reply. I believe a previous owner switched out the LP bracket, as the info shows a single bracket.