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There Must be a better way
Today I started taking apart the forward head to get to the vacuum switch on the expansion tank that is part of the Vacuflush head system. The vacuum switch was not working properly so it would never switch off after developing vacuum.Of course this required dismanteling the drawer system and part of the shelves in the forward head. That took a while with pieces laid out over the v-berth and the dinette. I started by trying to adjust the spring screw so that it would work the switch but I ran out of adjustment. I had a new switch but the darn tank was put in backwards so it was completely inaccessable. (just had a dejavu..) Anyway, After full adjustment it still wouldn't shut off so I decided to file down the pin on the switch. Almost got it but still unreliable, so I decided to go ahead and replace it. It was not as stinky as I thought it was going to be and it was difficult to unscrew. I don't know why it was necessary to tighten it sooo tight. Well, I got it off and replaced it. Now I know why it was so tight. It takes that to tighten it up and not leak. But in tighetning it up it cracked and so now It works but it has to re-pressurize/vacuum every hour or so. I've tried sealing the crack but it's still leaking. I'm not sure it's the crack in the switch or a bad duck valve. Why can't anything be easy? I'll post a few pics later. And of course a new valve is $200....
