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    Posted: 23 Mar 2016 at 10:21am
This was the sink I installed with it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012C2R4W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

The hard part is cutting the hole. It is bigger than the stock sink. The cut close to the back wall was the hardest since I could not get a jigsaw in that close. I was able to use an oscillating tool with circular and flat blades to cut out and trim the hole to get the sink to fit. It just filled the space between the front and back shelf supports.

http://www.harborfreight.com/variable-speed-oscillating-multi-tool-61219.html
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Mar 2016 at 9:38am
Awesome! Nice to know that style of faucet might fit in my 171 if need be. It is the type I put in the house a few years back.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 9:50pm
I replaced ours along with the sink with this one from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SCYQQOA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

Here is what it looks like installed:


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 12:14pm
Originally posted by ltroeller

Our hot water handle also broke. I was planning on buying a new faucet on Amazon but my son-in-law had a brilliant idea. We turned a longer wood screw in to the faucet connection and filled the handle with epoxy. Please the handle over the screw and taped it in place for one day. It looks brand new and seems to work. We are going on our first extended trip for this year in a few weeks so we will see if it paces the test. If not, I know where to get a new faucet.


In your case, it was just the handle extension that broke, several owners have had the entire cartridge and base come out.. it's apparently quite the event when it happens.. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 11:32am
Our hot water handle also broke. I was planning on buying a new faucet on Amazon but my son-in-law had a brilliant idea. We turned a longer wood screw in to the faucet connection and filled the handle with epoxy. Please the handle over the screw and taped it in place for one day. It looks brand new and seems to work. We are going on our first extended trip for this year in a few weeks so we will see if it paces the test. If not, I know where to get a new faucet.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 11:12am
Of the two that I know of, they both broke when someone was alone in the pod, geyser shooting to the ceiling.. had to throw a towel over it and run to spigot at the pedestal.. Then had to find a home store and affect a field replacement..

This was exactly why we switched ours out proactively.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Mar 2016 at 9:59am
Thanks for this thread. I'll keep a close eye on the faucet. A kitchen faucet breaking on the one rainy day we actually we need it, might be one of the few things that could actually send the wife into a rage. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 9:43pm
Our 171 was a 10 and we never had a problem with those. Our 2015 179, one handle broke the second trip our.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 9:07pm
mine was a '10.  Same faucet as the one shown in the pic.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Mar 2016 at 6:41pm
I know of two '10's that had faucet failures.
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