Days 101 & 102 - Thursday & Friday, February 19 & 20 - Bluegills & Toilets

 Thursday the high was 95 degrees. Today it was 92 degrees. PTL for AC.

Catch up stuff. Kathy learned that the police did find the naked guy who someone complained about. The person who told her thought that the guy was from a house outside the park.

Tonight, Friday, Kathy fired up the bluegills Pat gave us. I  ate almost the entire plateful. They were awesome! She also made scalloped potatoes to go with  them. We still had part of the loaf of homemade bread that Paul had made for us but we were to full to even take it out  of the bag. On the left are a couple of dessert things, part of what she made for tomorrows car show.

Thursday we went to Sam's and HEB for some groceries. We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant. In the late afternoon I was using a brush to clean the seal on the toilet. I normally pull the fuse to allow me to lock the bottom open. I was to lazy to get down on the floor and pull the fuse. I just kept cycling the valve and brushing as it cycled. That was fine until I let the brush get caught in the valve. Something made a snapping noise and the valve would no longer close, which basically left a 4" open pipe down to the black tank. No good. I checked  online, a new one of these toilets, from Dometic, lists for $2,794.99

Visualize a hollow sphere and cut part of it away, thats the valve, part 5 below.

This morning I went to 3 auto parts stores and 2 hardware stores before I found enough stuff to cobb together something that would let me apply 12 volts to the motor that operates the toilet valve, once I  had it out on the floor. Before Johnny's Tru Value burned down last summer I'm sure I could have gotten what I needed with one stop at his place. It's sad that it isn't going to be rebuilt.

After lunch I started working on the toilet.

The lids off and its unbolted from the floor.

It's upside down on the bathroom floor.

Flush mechanism removed.

Below is the mechanism that operates the valve. I ended up taking it apart 3 times, then partially reassembling it to check it to see if it worked OK, before I got it sync'd properly.

Back in business a little after 6 PM. 

I'm bushed!

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.