Installed Dometic 320 Elongated Toilet

This has to be one of the easiest modification I have done to the Montana.  It took 30 minutes, and most of that was cleaning the floor under the old toilet.


Ordered from Amazon with hand sprayer, since there was only $3 difference.  The new toilet wasn't what I ordered, box said it was what I ordered, but it was so light, that my wife picked it up with one hand.  

I opened the box, and they sent us the new invisible toilet that is super light weight, instead of the 55 lbs Dometic 320. The only problem was the toilet being invisible, I couldn't see it to install it.

The new Invisible Toilet, and it is light weight.

Amazon shipped a new toilet, and said, it would arrive on Sunday.  Package never arrived, and when I looked up the tracking info it said:

8:37 AM

Delivery attempted - mailbox was full 
Fort Mill, S

Well hello, the box is 2' x 2.5' x 2' and there was nothing in the mailbox.  Well the Post Office was closed Monday, so I had to wait for the Tuesday.  I talked to our regular carry, and she said, she will deliver it tomorrow.

She delivered it the next day.  The box didn't show any signs of damage, but when I opened it, the bowel was broke in two places.

Call Amazon again, and they shipped another toilet, and paid the return shipping on the broken one.  Keep in mind the toilet weighs in at 55 lbs.

New toilet arrives Friday (UPS).  Box looks a little damaged, so opened the box while the driver waited.  No damage.. yea, but wait, this toilet doesn't have the hand sprayer.  Another call to Amazon.

Amazon said, they could ship are replacement, and pay to return the toilet I just received.  I asked if they would consider some credit back on my credit card instead, since it weighed 55 lbs.  He talked to his supervisor and they offer me $40.92 refund, and I told them that would be fine.

Here are some picture of both the old and the new toilets.

Old Toilet

New Dometic 320 Elongated Toilet

Old

New

I put a 90 degree elbow in water line to relieve stress on the water line.

Installed MORryde Slide Out Tray

I installed MORryde Slide Out Try in the basement of my Montana.  The outside width of the tray is 48" x 90".  It will pull out either side about 60% of the tray length.  I put 2"x3" under it to raise the height, so I could put my four solar panel under the tray.

Here you can see the extra Solar Panel fits under the Sliding Tray.

Built a new enclosure around the water pump, that can be removed without having to take the tray out.  Also gives us 10 more inches in the basement for our long chairs. 

My tray came in a box not pallet, but here is video on the installation.

MORryde Installation Video

Redesign Keystone Washer / Dryer Layout on 2015 Montana

The only thing we hated about our 2015 Montana 3611RL was how Keystone put the Washer / Dryer setup.  We have put up with it for a little over a year, and I decided we had enough of the Stupid Keystone Engineer that designed the Washer / Dryer hookup on our 2015 Montana 3611RL.  See earlier blog post that covered initial install.  Shakedown Cruise and Washer / Dryer Combo Installed.  You have to move (or remove) your cloths to get to the Washer / Dryer.  Not good when you are going to be on the road for several months.

The mirror panels on the Left and Right are fixed and do not slide.

The two center panel open, and you can see the way Keystone Engineer put the washer/dryer.

First step was to remove right panel.  About 2.5 inches from the top of the panel had to be cut off to put at the bottom so the panel could slide over the center section.  That 2.5 inch piece is used at the bottom, to raise the panel above the center section.

If you look at the bottom you will see where the Right panel goes below the center section, so it cannot slide to the right.

Since existing doors used full extension draw slides, I followed the same method.

Below the Combo Washer/Dryer you can see the draw slide.

The only other gotcha I had was the dryer vent.  There was no way to re-use the current vent, so I had to put in a new one.

Here you can see the new vent installed up in the black paint area.  Since there is more room to run the duct to the new vent, it doesn't have the sharp turns the old had.

New Dryer Vent Duct.  I made a big hole in the back to make connections easier for maintenance.  The shoe case on the front cap wall can easily be removed for more access.  Something that original layout did'n't have.

I also raised the power plug to above the unit so the plug doesn't have a sharp bend in it.

Plug relocated above Unit.

 I still have some clean up work to do, but over all I am pleased with the re-design, since we use our Combo Washer / Dryer a lot.

Notice the right panel is not lined up with others, this is because it needs to slide over the center fixed section, so I had to raise the panel 2.5 inches to clear that section.

Closet Doors open

Right panel open so you can do Landry.  Still need to put bottom panel on Combo unit and re-screw down the seat.  Washer door opens with 2-3 inches of clearance over the seat. 

All done, I will attach some more pictures to give you a better understanding on how I made the fixed panel a slider.

Attached Full 24" Extension Draw Slide to a couple of scrap 1x4.  There isn't anything really solid up there to screw into, so 95% of the load is carried by the slide at the bottom, and this one just keeps the door straight. 

Another picture of the top track.

Bottom Track, mounted to the floor, and carries most of the weight.  Again made from scrap 1x4's.  The Draw Slide is 24" full extension.

Picture to both doors sliding.

Another picture of top track taken from inside the closet.

All Done, here are some pictures.