Safari Trek info???


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rontof

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I am winterizing my 2630 Trek and I cannot get to the pressure pump to allow me to get anti freeze into my system. I am advised I need to fill a water hose with fluid to get it into the tank and then turn on pump. This seems like the hard way to do it as it will take >63 gals to fill a fifty foot 5/8 " garden hose. There is no way to pour the fluid in the pressure tank.
The other issue is that they never installed a by pass for the hot water heater so I will need to somehow bug the hot and cold water lines so I don't have to fill thge tank with the antifreeze..

Any info would be appreciated.

Ron in VT.
 
Safari Trek info???

Ron, Surely there is a way to get to the pump and remove the in hose and install a short hose which you can place in the antifreeze and pump into the system but, I am not familiar with the Trek. You can disconnect the water heater inlet and outlet and hook together to by pass the w/heater. I think I would put a by-pass system on it while I was at it. Don't forget to drain the tank. Some rvers just blow the system out with compressed air (low Pressure30 to 45 lbs) but I would not recommend this in VT. Can you not just funnel it into the fresh tank even though I never put any in my fresh tank? I drain it. Some will remain in the bottom of tank but here in Alabama it's no problem. Will take a lot more antifreeze this way but, it is pretty cheap at wally world. If you could get to the inlet side of the pump you can install a tee with two shut offs and be ready next time.
 
Safari Trek info???

Chelse
I spent an hour or so and I located the pump with a mirror behind the water panel board in one of the outside cabinets. I can't believe that Safari built this thing with no access to the pump but they did. I called Monaco and they said it was accessible from underneath , but it is not. There is also no way to unhook the hose from the water tank either. I guess I will have to get fluid into the water tank somehow. Ron
 
Safari Trek info???

I seem to recall a hand pump that you could hook to the kitchen faucet and force the antifreeze in backwards. I saw it in an RV supply catalog several years ago. If they don't still make them, maybe someone has one you could buy or borrow.
 
Safari Trek info???

Ed, they make those pumps but, I don't see how you could winterize the toilet unless it builds enough pressure to flush some through. I guess if you pump it up it would but, I would still worry about the pump not having any on the inlet side.
Ron, have you crawled underneath and looked for a panel that could be removed? I had a H/R Aluma-lite that had the pump where the only access was underneath through a panel. Might have to scrape away some under coating to locate and they may have put it there and built the house around it :( Designer still laughing :laugh:
 
Safari Trek info???

Hi Guys and thanks
I finally got it done. I called Safari again and I got the word that the pump is difficult to get at as it is behind the water control panel. They suggested that I cut an access panel from bottom.
I opted to pump a few gallons into my water tank which I did by taking a small hand sump pump I use on the my boat and rigged it up to suck out of a five gallon pail and into my hose fitting.
I want to thank you for your help on this. I will be de winterizing in a month as we will be heading for warmer weather in late Nov :cool: .
Last night it got down to mid twentys and I slept well....
Ron
 
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