plastic fittings

duchess · Post by **duchess** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:07 am

Has anyone found plastic fittings which match or can be used for the plastic water tubing in our Trojans? The original manufactorer is out of business.

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:18 am

Pex tubing?

duchess · Post by **duchess** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:20 am

I have no idea if pex fittings would work I m really hoping to find someone that had actually found a substitute that works by replacing the old plastic fittings with new ones.

lakeguy72 · Post by **lakeguy72** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:29 pm

I have used regular brass compression fittings on my 1977 plastic plumbing on the water heater lines.

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:59 pm

I went to an RV store and bought what I needed and it fit just fine.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:09 am

i tend to agree with wowzer.... go to the rv store if you have one in your area. i have a huge one here in the baltimore/golden ring/middle river area and i have gotten a ton of things there that work just fine.
if you want their web address, just let me know.
aaron

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:44 am

I got them from my local hardware store when I need to replace a cracked line under the gally sink, with connectors...

ltbrett · Post by **ltbrett** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:37 am

I bought Fast N Tite fittings here about a year ago:
http://webcat.ryanherco.com/products/03 ... 88_089.pdf

Part numbers for 1/2":
female 662.066
male 660.066
tee 672.066
union 664.066

Hope this helps!

Brett

Danny Bailey · Post by **Danny Bailey** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:33 pm

Pex fittings are a direct replacement

LandVF36 · Post by **LandVF36** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:06 pm

What year did Trojan switch to plastic? My 73 is plumbed with copper water lines....

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:37 am

My 72 F32 is plastic (Pex now). Did someone upgrade before me?

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:45 am

My lines are all plastic also 77/78 F36

randyp · Post by **randyp** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:47 pm

I found the best places to be local hardware store (convenient) and either Lowes or HD (bigger selection, price and location near boat) It's crazy buying PVC tubing, tees, connectors, etc from marine supply houses. Another good source for some hard-to-find fitting are laboratory supply houses.

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