Sink faucet replacement

[Venatic]

I'm looking to replace the faucet in our camper because I believe that it might be the cause our our little leak. I've already replaced the water lines, re-did the drain and made sure the water lines were snug 6 or 7 times. However, when I try to unscrew the hold downs for the faucet, I'm hitting up against a piece of wood that's part of the counter top. So it won't unscrew. I looked at taking the sink out, but it looks like 4 screws that would have to come out that hold a metal tab that goes through a slot on each corner of the sink. I know that if I get the screws out, I'll never get them back in.

Anybody have any suggestions as to how to get this out? I know it should be a relatively simple fix, but it never seems to go that way for me. Grrrrrr.

[ForestCreature]

Hi Gary!
 
 When I changed the faucet in the Aliner, it was a tedious task. Our faucet was between the back wall and the sink with the furnace to one side and anoter wall to the other side, not alot of room to work. I just unscrewed it in tiny increnents, short of removing the whole counter top that looked like our only option. It was a PIA, on my back in a small cabinet,DH wouldn't fit :rolleyes:
 
 IT wasn't real hard to do, just time consuming because of the tiny amount of turn allowed.
 
 Tell Carol I said hi!

[BaysideBruce]

I replaced my faucets this Spring and yes, it was a pain to take the old one out.  I took it out in pieces because I could not get the hold downs unscrewed either.  If you have the orignal Coleman faucet, it's all plastic inside which is part of the problem.  I actually started from the top down.  I took off the faucet's spout first.  I took off the on/off knobs and stems next.  I then pryed off the chrome base.  All that was left was the plastic water "lines" which I broke off with a pair of pliers.  The rest was easy.  Installation of the new faucet was so much easier.  Wish you luck!

[Venatic]

Thanks for the replys. I finally got it off by just trying at it a little harder. It finally broke free and I was finally able to get the darn thing off. It was easier when I just walked away from it for a while and cooled down. I'm glad I didn't have to take the thing apart! That sounded like more work BaysideBruce!

Now for the funny part. How many of you dive into a project, such as this, and don't mark the parts you take off. Well you got it. I didn't mark the hot and cold lines, so when it came time to hook them up, I wasn't sure which was which. And naturally I got them backwards. Boy am I a slow learner.

FC, I'll tell Carol you said hi. Sorry were not out here that often. The only camping we've done has been by me when I went turkey hunting. We're planning on going the end of June, but now the kids have jobs and work a lot of weekends, so it cuts into our plans unless we camp close to town. The kids aren't driving yet, but are itching to.

Thanks again for the replys.

[indiana_campin]

My Coleman Bayside '02 had a leaky faucet and, due to the lack of space under the counter, I went ahead and removed the 4 screws w/ tabs and removed the sink from the countertop. Replacement of the faucet was a piece of cake from that point.

The standard Coleman faucet was mostly plastic and a total piece of junk. I found a small crack in the threads which caused the leak. A $20 Home Depot laundry tub faucet was much better quality with metal threads.

By the way, anyone who's replacing a faucet, it's a faucet with 4" centers. Be sure to measure the available room for the faucet so you can close your popup without damaging the new faucet.