Ken, Thanks for the info onthe technic for modifying the porta-pottie. What model toilet did you start with so I can look for one by brand and model name. Thank you in advance for your reply and hope this is ok to ask offline. Sincerely, David Barnes M-15 (soon to be named)
From: "Ken Abrahams" <abrahams@structurex.net> Reply-To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Portable toilet for M15 Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:07:44 -0700
I have modified a pottie per this list's suggestion using hot water. I heated about 2 gallons to 165 deg. Poured it into the pottie and pushed it into a tapered wood form I made. Not real easy but it worked. I weighted it down over night for the water to cool. Then transferred it to the boat. Fit nicely. Ken Abrahams, M15, Petite Fleur
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In a message dated 6/29/02 2:04:51 PM, bgranowitz@hotmail.com writes:
<< What portable toilet fits properly in the M15?
I was told a Thetford #35 would, I bought a #135, but it doesn't.
Thanks,
Brian >>
Brian, I am guessing that you have an earlier model M15. The 135 fits my 1991 perfectly, but others on this list have indicated that it is slightly
too
big/tight on earlier models (I am not sure exactly when the liner pan was changed). Unfortunately, the head supplied as OEM on earlier boats is no longer available. The good news is that a few people with earlier boats have taken a hair dryer/heat gun to the Thetford 135 and "changed the part number a little" to make it fit (heated the plastic carefully, and then immediately placed in the pan to conform while the plastic was hot and pliable). Perhaps someone who has actually done this modification will chime in.
Scott Grometer M15 #478 "bebe"
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It was the PortiPottie #135, the smalest. Or maybe a Sears SaniPottie. They seem to be the same. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Barnes" <no6m@hotmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Portable toilet for M15
Ken, Thanks for the info onthe technic for modifying the porta-pottie. What model toilet did you start with so I can look for one by brand and model name. Thank you in advance for your reply and hope this is ok to ask offline. Sincerely, David Barnes M-15 (soon to be named)
From: "Ken Abrahams" <abrahams@structurex.net> Reply-To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: M_Boats: Portable toilet for M15 Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:07:44 -0700
I have modified a pottie per this list's suggestion using hot water. I heated about 2 gallons to 165 deg. Poured it into the pottie and pushed it into a tapered wood form I made. Not real easy but it worked. I weighted it down over night for the water to cool. Then transferred it to the boat. Fit nicely. Ken Abrahams, M15, Petite Fleur
----- Original Message ----- From: <Wilsometer@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:30 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Portable toilet for M15
In a message dated 6/29/02 2:04:51 PM, bgranowitz@hotmail.com writes:
<< What portable toilet fits properly in the M15?
I was told a Thetford #35 would, I bought a #135, but it doesn't.
Thanks,
Brian >>
Brian, I am guessing that you have an earlier model M15. The 135 fits my
1991
perfectly, but others on this list have indicated that it is slightly too big/tight on earlier models (I am not sure exactly when the liner pan was changed). Unfortunately, the head supplied as OEM on earlier boats is no longer available. The good news is that a few people with earlier boats have taken a hair dryer/heat gun to the Thetford 135 and "changed the part number a little" to make it fit (heated the plastic carefully, and then immediately placed in the pan to conform while the plastic was hot and pliable). Perhaps someone who has actually done this modification will chime in.
Scott Grometer M15 #478 "bebe"
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