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What happened to this channel they have not posted in awhile.

I noticed that you had a spring mechanism with a white cover. For I’m what I have learned the toilet with the foot pedal on the left side you need the spring mechanism with the black cover.

I was wondering if Starlink would be a better option in 2024. Any thoughts on that?

Very nice. Appreciate the tour.

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I just fixed a vacuflush on my boat. First I thought it was plugged up. Apparently not, but it wasn't until I'd taken most of the system apart three or four times, and got my arm inside the vacuum tank that I realized there was no blockage. Second, there are no good troubleshooting guides anywhere on line that I could find. (Google used to be the best, but not having improved in the past 20 years it basically sucks. I've been looking for information on safety shock absorbing material and Google only finds the same stuff over and over and over again. And it and Amazon finds all manner of stuff that for a safety use is dangerous and wrong. They're monopolies, they don't have to care.) So the things that can go wrong. The four duckbill valves. The Dometic OEM ones are closed tight when they come out of the package, the cheaper ones always show a little light. Conventional wisdom says you have to use the OEM. I've got two of each and my system works fine. Initially I put in four knock offs, and had problems. Then replaced two with OEMs same problem. So they weren't the issue. I replaced the bellows. I had a spare onboard, no clue if the old one was a problem. Removing the hoses. The inlet hose - from the toilet where it connects to the right hand elbow into the tank is hard to get off. You end up wiggling the press in fitting to the tank and wrenching the swivel connection between the Elbow and that tank fitting. So here's my recommended Trouble shooting. Your primary symptoms are A. The vacuum pump turns on every couple of minutes. B. The toilet won't flush, or slowly removes the waste water. Backed up (The vacuum pump should be able to hold a vacuum without cycling for 8 hours.) Backed up is easiest. The whole system is a series of 2" hoses, but right at the bottom of the bowl below the half ball, is a 1" hole. This is not a mistake. If everything is working fine, but then someone drops a large load or uses a lot of toilet paper --this is where it's going to choke. Turn off the fresh water pump, get something like 1/2" PVC. Step on the lever and poke straight down. This should clear it. (A plunger doesn't seem to work very well at all. This is probably because the vacuum forms a tight 'plug' at this hole that the plunger can't dislodge. Trust me I know how to use a plunger.) Best to try out your probe when the water is clear just to make sure it fits. 1. Check the seal at the toilet ball -- right on the bottom of the bowl. This can happen at any time and usually is just a misfit this time, some toilet paper.. If it doesn't hold water, flush it a couple of times and fill the bowl a bit. If it siphons the water out of the bowl, that seal to the ball is the issue. First, make sure it's clean. Get in there with toilet paper and wipe it. Use 303 on a rag to wipe that rubber seal. (Amazing stuff on rubber/vinyl. Rejuvenates it. ) 2. Is there a vacuum leak? Listen for it. 3. Is there a clog? A clog could block the hose from the toilet to the vacuum tank. This may make the waste water slowly slowly drain from below the bowl ball (but it won't suck the water out of a just flushed sealed toilet.) Get a cheap toilet snake at Harbor Freight and run it down. Doesn't hurt it. 4. No clog? Not flushing may not be a clog, it may be an inability to hold the vacuum. This won't suck water out of the bowl, this just won't flush period, or it may slowly slowly remove the water that won't flush. The duckbill valves might be worn out, etc.. The way to check this is to remove the hose that goes into the waste tank. Use a heat gun to soften it up. Block the elbow on the tank side, flip the breaker so the vacuum pump will turn on. If it holds the vacuum for at least an hour, then the problem is back at the toilet. If it doesn't hold the vacuum, then the problem is on the vacuum tank. The idea set up would be an easy to remove union between the toilet hose and that elbow on the tank. Otherwise you will damage that stupid elbow and press fitting into the tank. Then step one or two would be to undo the Union, plug the tank and see if it holds a vacuum. (Truth. I tried doing this an never succeeded. Complexity interferes with your best simple step. ) 5. Change or at least inspect the duck bill valves. Does the bellows work? 6. As you check these components you will now run into O-Ring problems that you create taking these things apart and putting them back together. 7. If you suspect it's that crappy elbow. Take it apart gloop it with 5200, put it back together run the pump a bit so it sucks it in, but not too long. Let it sit and cure. Now mix up the order of all this, do it four times over two weeks and... that's what happened with me. A new Vacuflush system costs about $1400, when it works, there's no smell it's efficient. A hand pump sea water toilet costs about $120 complete. You pump instead of press foot switches. I was worried that maybe I used too much toilet paper. Didn't find any sign of that inside. Be careful. Amazon will happily sell you some scammer's 'RV' TP that has to be cheap institutional TP. It doesn't dissolve in water. It would plug up an RV system if you only had a family of three and one lasagna meal on a trip. Hope this helps.

Get rid of that banana!!

That was a beautiful tribute!

Fun watching the videos. Are you guys still on the water?

Cuttyhunk ends at 2:46. The last bit is someplace else.

Did you give up the floating home? Enjoyed watching your journey.

NOT IF YOU HAVE OUTBOARDS!!!!!!!!

I know what you mean. My wife loved to shop. When she past I removed over 300 blouses on one rack. Some still had price tags on them. I wondered why the china & kitchen shelves didn't collapse. I forget how many trailers and truck loads inorder to thin it out. I got rid of the Class A RV bus, ski boat, cubby cabin boat, & Harley Davidson. After a few years I decided to make new memories. I bought a cruiser & listed a dating app to find a companion 💔. A couple of years later I'm still looking... August 2023. 😢😢

Thank you for sharing George's story. May God bless your future endeavors. ❤

Wow, I was Googling info about taking the ICW from Myrtle Beach to Savannah and came across your video. The trip looked like a great time! I'm in the preliminary stages of trying to put this adventure together for my mother, her dog, my sister and I. I've gotten as far as researching chartering a motor yacht to take us down and back. Any tips you can offer will be greatly appreciated and I hope to hear from you!

where do you buy cheap sealand toilets at

My girl and I just got off a 9 night cruise. I loved seeing all the various boat$ at the ports! If y’all ever venture out to the Bahamas- look up Great Harbor Cay. Relatively close to S Florida coast. I’ve stayed there twice. Check it out

Just saw the squirrel 😂🤣That’s just funny

Can i ask u guys what u think about 396 carver 2001 with diesel engines 129k one owner asking your opinion as I'm currently looking for a liveaboard

Where can i buy this? The web page doesnt exist? What was the price. Tnx

I'm looking at buying one down under and wonder how she handles in big seas? The Australian coast line can be very unforgiving. Love your posts. Thank you

We are considering selling everything and doing boat life. Currently own a Regal express cruiser so we would be upgrading to something near 40 feet. Can you ballpark the monthly cost to live the boat life. thx

Hello again you guys👍. I’m going from Chesapeake to around Key Biscayne, - soon oneday😂. If I wanted the smoothest ride, avoiding rough open waters. Would I be smooth waters from SC south? I’m thinking of picking my girlfriend up along the way once I’m in smooth waters. (24 foot Cuddy). Or, are occasional rough waters unavoidable?

Happy to have stumbled upon your channel Jim and Stephanie! (I subscribe to a couple other liveaboard channels.) Where is your home port? Do you spend winters aboard ? I am planning to move onboard a motoryacht in a few years. Like Jim, I plan to work full time (been a remote employee since 2020) from the boat Monday through Friday. What service do you use for Internet access? I suspect marina Wi-Fi will be too unreliable, too slow, or both. (I participate in a lot of virtual meetings with livestreamed video.) Thanks for creating this channel. I hope to learn a lot from it!

Liked how you condensed all of the marinas that you stopped at. Also liked when you were motoring in all kinds of weather conditions. Excellent video!

Wonder if you use Bob’s tracks for places like this that have shoaling

Keep flinging the springed toilet flush lever and it Won't be long before you're going to be fixing it again.

Great video! Diving into my repair right now. Thank you

Great video

great video although I had to use CC to view it. CC doesn't seem to correlate to what you re actually saying. Not sure if there is a fix for this or not. I enjoy your videos!

Any ideas for lack of suction?

Howdee again! Electronics aside, do you recommend a hard copy actual Book…Waterway Guide, etc. Any recommendations? By the way…keep posting the spots yall stop at! It will be a great help in the future. 👍

Simplicity in action :-) We have been promoting this system in Scandinavia since 2013 - Last few years we have made an advanced system NorDav but still have ProDav in our stock.

Thanks again. I’m picking up some good ideas to make the trip, comfortably! Thanks for wearing the Blue Line shirt. Retired LEO🇺🇸⚓️

Great video! Good cross section of the trip. I’m trying to learn more about, lodging along the way…off boat. And, how do you know where it is legal to just anchor down for the night…learning for our future trip. Prob SC to Key Biscayne area. Enjoyyyyyyy Every Day! Dan

If you can't out run the storm you turn into it and ride it out. Not a real big deal if you keep your head. We run into them all of the time. Kind of nice to wash down the boat. We are always way north during hurricane season. That storm you don't want to ride out. Thanks

There is one on Lake Okeechobee, Roland Martin marina

Enjoying your travels

Enjoying your adventure

Enjoying the journey

Another real video, well done

Another good video

Loving your channel

Sweet boat

Anchor dragging is the pits

Glad you had a good time down in the Keys and Florida. Do you think you'll make that trip again? Looked like everything went smoothly.

This was a fun...fun...fun video. Really enjoyed your visit to the Dolphin Research Center. Looks like you had a really good time in the water with the dolphins.

Dang....how did I miss your updates?!? Looks like you had excellent weather heading south. How was the weather down at the Keys for April? I bet nice.

I'll be doing ours next week. Gotta get some silicone grease!