Pouring hot water on the area around the slide cover might loosen it or using a hot air gun but don't get it too hot.WARNING - TOILET THREAD
On our trip around France we found “foul water”, (nicest expression I could think of), was filling the recesses in the cassette compartment. Suspecting the seal had failed we rang around various Caravan/motorhome dealers to find a supplier.
Picking two up on our way between sites, one for now and one for the inevitable next time I decided to fit in on the camp site. Having checked Thetford’s video on YouTube, just to be careful, I started the job.
“Remove the slide cover, place it in the grooves opposite and turn anti-clockwise”.
Yeh, right! The cover wouldn’t shift, unlike the obviously brand new one in the demo video.
If it doesn’t move turn harder and then harder still until the mechanism sheared completely.
Keep legs crossed until the following day when complete new cassette bought from another dealership, en route to our next stop. Problem solved for just €145 for the re-fresh kit, cassette and toilet seat assembly combined, plus a further €46 euros for the two, now superfluous seals.
What is the betting that they will never be needed but will be carried around several countries, just in case.
The slide covers are available as a spare part.
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