Thetford Style Plus Toilet

[memphis02]

Any Seneca owners who know what this is a photo of, will certainly know how it being on my counter and not attached to the flush assembly on my thetford style plus is an issue.

From my research and, then, own tribulations, I can tell you that should either end of your flush cable result in a failure, go ahead and buy a new commode... :-(

The cable seems to have been glued into the lower assembly thus preventing it from being easily removed/replaced. Being 800mi from home and 15 mi from a CW with a replacement in-stock, I was able to effect a swap in under 30 minutes, not counting drive time or cussing at the oem that broke.

[SloPoke]

oh... that brings back a nightmare...

http://www.jaycoowners.com/forums/f6...tml#post532188

[memphis02]

Wow... What a horror story. In CW fashion, they actually told me they didn't have any parts/complete units available. Wouldn't you know it, two were on the shelf... -Cannot stand that company... They even gave me flak when I went to redeem my $20 gift card from renewing my good sam membership earlier this year to boot.

[rdlouks]

Wow! That would take the fun right clean out of camping in a quick fashion.
Since they are less that $20 might be wise to keep a spare handy.

[Marcm157]

I've got what I felt was a very thorough and complete "Emergency" parts / tool kit that I carry with me. I never thought to add toilet parts to that kit....Until now!

[memphis02]

Originally, I had hoped to just replace the flush cable, but as the toilets in ours have the cables epoxied in place, that makes the job significantly more difficult. As best I can tell:
Essentially, you must remove the bowl from pedestal, break the glue loose, remove the cable, replace cable assembly, re-glue, return the bowl to pedestal ensuring that the gasket around the ball valve is not damaged to prevent loss of water.

-Or... Go buy a new toilet, unscrew two bolts, disconnect water, replace unit, tighten bolts, connect water.

I could be totally incorrect and there's a way to remove the cable without tearing up the glue / re-gluing, but I was unable to find one...

In researching parts for this model, I did find out that our toilets water valve drive assembly tends to crack and will begin to "perspire" which is an entirely different and easily fixed issue where you just remove 3 bolts and swap out the defective part. -I would recommend everyone order one and keep handy. Thetford Part #34100