Cover and Bowl Assembly

Has anyone replaced just the cover and bowl assembly for the Thetford (Part No. 9 on the parts list)? Cost? Difficult? Time to replace the Thetford with the Curve? My cover has a crack in it and when I flush, I see a small amount of the blue chemical at the crack.
David

[Bill]

I don't know about the cost, but the labor is absolutely minimal. A Phillips screwdriver to remove/replace 4 screws, and maybe 15 minutes of labor.

Bill

[mjlaupp]

I replaced the cover and bowl assembly on my 3326 a couple years ago. Cost was about $180 plus S&H. Took about an hour and a half to replace and clean. Reason: water baffle was broken out of the water flush port and the blue water would swirl around the bowl and splash out over the front of the bowl when flushing.

[davlin]

New cost is about $225. See my thread on the Thetford Vinyl Skirt http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...ad.php?t=14538 The good news is that when you get your new cover/bowl, you will also get a new vinyl skirt (I think this must be what Mike is calling a "water baffle").

Dave

[mjlaupp]

Originally Posted by davlin

....vinyl skirt. (I think this must be what Mike is calling a "water baffle")......

Nope. The baffle is a small tab that is molded into the top where the blue water enters the bowl. You can't see it but you can damage/break it by poking around in the water inlet. (I didn't do it, it was done for me before I bought the TM.) The baffle shapes the water flow for maximum flushing action.

[davlin]

Thanks, Mike. I didn't know about the baffle. I expect those probably have a low failure rate, and since it's actually a part of the bowl, you can't see it in the parts diagram. I can only imagine why somebody was sticking something in there!

Never too old to learn something new!

Dave