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[lterry]

There is a lot of heat shielding under there.  Keep any replacement up above and away from the heat shield should work.  At this point I second the option of getting a RV repair place involved since this is getting into specialty stuff.

Can you contact the previous owner to find out why the hose was cut?

He's out of the country, so the only number I had for him doesn't work. Also, I just realized the number I had for him is on a phone that stopped working and is probably resting in a Verizon trash can. 
I think either it was cut to better access a repair they were doing on the underside of the transmission, TMG51 saw a new part there, or the PO bottomed out somewhere or something damaged the line, and he just cut it instead of it dragging everywhere. I say this because he didn't seem the type that would try to stay anywhere he couldn't hook up to utilities. So he probably thought the freshwater tank was useless to him anyway.

 

[TMG51]

Everything under a Roadtrek is very tight.  They cram a lot of stuff in that small space.  It took me a half a day to run a wire from the front to the back under there in mine. 

Did you mess with the generator at all?  I know, cross posting.

I looked at it only long enough to see that the exhaust pipe for the generator is broken clean off, level with the floor of the van.... all the exhaust exits into the vehicle. So I suggested not running it until someone can weld that back on. That's not something I was able to do.

 

[B and C]

Double bummer   Glad you got her commode leak fixed and the problem with the fresh tank diagnosed. 

 

[masterplumber]

SOunds like a bad routing job to begin with. If I was building a coach new I would never run the water line under the van to get from one side to the other. That said, without actually standing there looking for alternatives I can't help you much. And unfortunately I don't know any plumbers out that direction, much less any that would work on an RV. I'm not sure what your situation is, but if you can live with it until you can head out of there, and can get to Colorado, I'd be more than happy to help. Short of that, maybe you could look for someone advertising plumbing services on Craig's list. Give them a call and explain the situation and see if they can help. Just make sure up front that they won't charge an outrageous trip fee just to show up. Most RV service shops could probably do it too, but how to find a good one? it seems that few are good at technical work like electrical or plumbing.

 

[TMG51]

I'm curious what/if anything the RV place has said. The only "homebrew" solution I've thought of is to replace the line back to the pump using push fit connections (lacking a crimp tool) and Pex for roughly $60 parts cost. But that doesn't address the exhaust. I think an additional heat shield needs to be fabricated.... Unless I'm missing something.

 

[lterry]

I'm curious what/if anything the RV place has said. The only "homebrew" solution I've thought of is to replace the line back to the pump using push fit connections (lacking a crimp tool) and Pex for roughly $60 parts cost. But that doesn't address the exhaust. I think an additional heat shield needs to be fabricated.... Unless I'm missing something.

I haven't gone yet. The people here would rather sell me an RV than fix mine. Call tomorrow to make and "appointment"
I'm thinking I'm going to call the people that are an hour away.

Masterplumber, if that offer is still good in June - I'll be there!

Thank you, everyone for all your help. And two thumbs up to TMG51 for helping as much as he has!

Lack of a freshwater tank isn't completely detrimental. I can still bring water along - I just can't use my water heater unless I'm hooked up. I've been working solid since you left, TMG, so I haven't had a chance to even turn on my Propane or hook up to city water, and test everything out. 
I'll update soon.

 

[lterry]

Certainly the line needs to be kept away from the exhaust, but I can't tell how that was done previously as the existing heat shield isn't in a helpful spot. I made a simple little diagram of the layout under there. But the line needs to extend out further than where there's any existing heat shield... so I'm not sure how roadtrek did it to begin with... there's not a lot of room between the rest of the exhaust and the body.

I'm looking at your diagram, and unless I'm misreading, it looks like the heat shield is in a good place. The line can come from the tank, making a diagonal shot back to the pump, passing right beside the heat shield.

 

[TMG51]

I'm looking at your diagram, and unless I'm misreading, it looks like the heat shield is in a good place. The line can come from the tank, making a diagonal shot back to the pump, passing right beside the heat shield.

Call me neurotic, but I've never plumbed diagonal. Plumbing is usually done in terms of 180 degrees, 90 degrees, 45, or sometimes 33 or 22 degrees. To run diagonally across that heat shield, I have no idea what angle would meet the tank. And then it's a problem if the angle doesn't mate. I don't mean to sound patronizing it's just that details like these are why I didn't take the job on in that parking lot. My thinking is that it's best to extend the line using 90 degree angles and fabricate a new heat shield. And that could be a project.

 

[lterry]

Call me neurotic, but I've never plumbed diagonal.    Plumbing is usually done in terms of 180 degrees, 90 degrees, 45, or sometimes 33 or 22 degrees. To run diagonally across that heat shield, I have no idea what angle would meet the tank. And then it's a problem if the angle doesn't mate. I don't mean to sound patronizing it's just that details like these are why I didn't take the job on in that parking lot. My thinking is that it's best to extend the line using 90 degree angles and fabricate a new heat shield. And that could be a project.

LOL and that's precisely why I shouldn't touch it. The angles of fittings/joints, etc., never occurred to me.

 

[lterry]

Now I just have to figure out why my toilet won't rinse. The hatch-thing opens when I pull the flush lever, but no water appears after pulling the rinse lever.
Any ideas?

 

[masterplumber]

I'm at a loss on the toilet. I can usually figure just about anything out, but I'm extremely hands on and visual so I have to have it in front of me. I'll be here in June, "Lord willing and the creak don't rise". Your more than welcome to come park in my yard for a few days while we work on it.