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Post by rastashasta on Aug 10, 2015 14:44:05 GMT -8
Hey everybody! Restoring a 69 Shasta Compact. Not to original but it'll still be pretty cool...I hope. The water supply was cobbled together as is a lot of other things such as at least 4 gallons of silicone caulking! I bought a supply stop compression fitting, braided hose and a drinking water faucet at Menard's but the compression fitting wont fit onto the copper line coming in to the under-sink cabinet. It sure looks like 3/8"...is there a difference in camper copper line? Trying to avoid re-plumbing to the outside. Thanks in advance.
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Post by edog1973 on Aug 10, 2015 15:37:34 GMT -8
I had planned to reuse some of the old copper lines on my project by cutting and flaring new ends. However, I found previously frozen water had expanded the copper just enough to keep the fittings from going on.
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Post by vikx on Aug 10, 2015 21:30:41 GMT -8
edog1973 nailed it. Sorry, but you'll probably have to replace all the copper water lines...
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Post by Monabones on Aug 11, 2015 8:39:35 GMT -8
I just got done doing this same thing to my winnie. I was able to cut back the copper pipe where it had expanded due to water in the line that had froze. It was about 8 inches back to be exact. Then i could fit the compression fitting over the copper pipe. Then added my braided flex hose.  |
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Post by RinTin on Aug 11, 2015 12:28:12 GMT -8
I just got done doing this same thing to my winnie. I was able to cut back the copper pipe where it had expanded due to water in the line that had froze. It was about 8 inches back to be exact. Then i could fit the compression fitting over the copper pipe. Then added my braided flex hose. You do nice work. Is there a reason you didn't eliminate the extra fittings? |
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Post by Monabones on Aug 11, 2015 21:42:49 GMT -8
Yes the middle fitting is what was recommended by the parts dept at Aurora plumbing. Now I really dislike fusing with the plumping...especially copper pipes. So when the guy said do this and you won't have any leaks I went with it:)
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Post by RinTin on Aug 12, 2015 5:13:08 GMT -8
Yes the middle fitting is what was recommended by the parts dept at Aurora plumbing. Now I really dislike fusing with the plumping...especially copper pipes. So when the guy said do this and you won't have any leaks I went with it:) No leaks is good! Sometimes when I see something I can't figure out, it piques my curiosity. |
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