First time de-winterizing experience

Do you have the 2016 Winterizing doc?  There is a before and after pic in there that matches the current layout.  Then it's easier..  Not sure if you can get it here, but I have the newer manual too.  Happy to send it your way...

There you go guys..  

Speaking too soon Photomom...  We thought we'd filled up the fresh water, adding a little bleach as the info says.  Figured we would let it sit overnight.  This morning we ran the sink and shower, then emptied the gray water.  Got about two gallons back.  My sink lines were spitting, so I thought I was empty.  Thus we went plan B, and filled the tank manually, getting about 9-10 gallons in, allowing for spillage and shoe cleaning.  Ran the pump, turned on the sinks and only got minimal back.  So... back to the site here to do more searching.  I saw threads about blockage on the air line by the manual fill area..  I included a photo.  That would cause perhaps a fill problem, not  a usage problem.  I continued...  Next, someone said something about looking underneath, but my camper does not appear to have anywhere it get inside that way.  I then looked in the shower, behind the toilet, as per another discussion.  Here I found a disconnected line to the pump, the one on the left.  I included a pic of this from the manual.  That is the hose fitting for the intake side of the pump, or so it says.  I connected that. 


Still just getting spitting noises. 
 I may have two problems...  One, a airline block not allowing my water hose to completely fill er up.  Now I might have created an air block for the pump to pull up the water from the tank..  I suppose I could run the pump with the sinks open and hope to water eventually...

Thats why included the picture..  It does look that way.  I wasn't going to poke or pull on it without further investigation and reassurance that I should...  I've done that with other things, but this costs a lot more...

Thanks Eric,  I am such a newbie on all of this.  Usually, you can buy a product, say a bicycle, get on it, and ride away.. This is quite a learning experience, and I am trying to share my stupidity, errr easily made mistakes, with people.  That being said, this is what I've learned... First, my hose on the pump "was" disconnected.  I didn't do that, so it wasn't my fault.. I fixed that potential problem...
Now, on to what was my fault.  First, I have read the manuals, but sometimes your mind goes down the wrong path.  For us, for some reason, don't ask me, we assumed the hose connection and the manual fill were two ways to fill the tank.  So, with the hose connected, we got plenty of water in the sink.  Once disconnected, not so much.  This was clouding the issue for us. 

Be clear though, there was still a problem here..
Continuing, We then filled manually thru the other one, adding bleach this time, and got in 10 gallons.  But, same problem...   We did this yesterday of course, and it was raining, so I have that in my favor.  But, this morning, my wife then mentioned that Marvin had talked about a drain cock over by the steps, but said it was something we need not bother with.  I went to take a look.  The cock was open, and since the camper is near the edge of the driveway, it must have drained the fresh water out there into the grass.  There were a number of dead worms around there... 
I closed the valve, and now understanding where I was supposed to fill the tank, duh..., I did it with the hose and heard the unmistakable gurgling that people talk about..  Tada.....  we are in business...  If that drain line is in the manual, sorry, I missed it.  I did find the unhooked hose because of this.  Our pump sure can get noisy though....  Hope this helps others who are in the search for knowledge...




There is confusion happening here...
What it is, ain't exactly clear...
Theres a T@b in the driveway over there,
Telling me, I got to go somewhere...

It takes a village......

I'll try the pump idea tomorrow... Thanks....