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TwoOrangeFeet

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I am new at the rv thing and I have a question on how to level the trailer side to side. I get how to level the trailer front to back. I have hydraulic in the front and electiric stabilizers in the rear. I have looked everywhere and can not find anything on how to do this. Also When hooking the water up my fresh water holding tank is filling up and I tryed emailing keystone and they were not clear at all. I have a pic attached. of how I would hook up n the park.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. With either a 5th wheel or a Travel Trailer, the usual method for leveling side to side is to install a bubble level on a forward facing part of the rig.  Pull into your site and get out and check your bubble level. If the bubble is high on one side or the other, use a block of wood, usually at least 2X8 in thickness and approx 12-15 inches long. You will need one under each tire on the low side of the rig.

Place the block on the ground, next to each tire (say on the left side if that side is low).  Get in the truck and drive forward a few feet.  Get out and slide the wood blocks sideways in the tire marks where  your rig was just parked.  Try to be precise as you can, you want to have as much of the tire on the block as possible.  Get in and back the rig straight backwards slowly until the tires are fully resting on the wood blocks that you just put down. 

Now check the bubble level again.  If the bubble is close to the center of the level, you are done leveling side to side.  Then unhook the rig and and level fore and aft as usual.  For an out of level site you will always level side to side first.  If the site is way out of level you may need to stack another block on top of the first one and repeat the process. 

It gets easier every time you do it, and eventually you will be able to tell how many blocks you need by where the bubble is on the level when you first arrive. The bubble levels are available at any camping store like Camping World, most any RV lot that sells towables,  or even at Wal Mart.  The wood blocks are often scraps of left over wood from a building project, or just buy yourself a length of 2X8 or 2X10 and cut them into desired lengths.  Camping stores also sell plastic leveling blocks that stack on each other for a bit more money. 

Your filling up water tanks sounds like the "tank fill" lever is in the wrong position.  It is probably in the water bay, and is probably labeled as "City" and "Tank fill" or something similar.

Good luck!
 
Also, if you check the "Library" link at the top of the page, you will find lots of good info already organized into searchable headings. Here is a link to a post in the Library that discusses leveling a trailer.  http://www.rvforum.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:leveling-your-rv&catid=14:newcomers-need-to-know&Itemid=45
 
"Use" and "Fill" is another popular label for the city inlet control valve. It should be in the Use position except when filling the fresh tank from the city water supply.

One possibility is that the check valve in the water pump has failed and is allowing water to pass through the pump and into the tank. It is not a common failure, but it does happen once in a while.
 
The valve handles appear to be in the correct positions, so something must be broken.  My best guess would be that either the Normal/Fill valve is remaining open when the handle is turned to Normal, or the water pump's internal check valve is broken (lets water flow through the pump and back into the tank).

You can test further by disconnecting external water from the city inlet and turning on the water pump (with water in the tank). The pump should run until the system comes up to operating pressure (about 45 psi) and then shut off and stay off as long as no water faucet is opened. If instead the pump quickly cycles back on (or never shuts off), there is a leak that is allowing water back into the tank. However, either one of my suggestions above will likely cause the same behavior.
 
I can press the pump button and it holds pressure. Could it be the valve? I don't want to take it to the dealer if I can fix it at home am not have to wait on my trailer to he fixes for a month for a 3$ part.
 

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