ThurstonCounty
Member I
OK, so on recently purchased Vamos! (our E29 that we are bringing back), this weekend was the dreaded "replace all the lines in the blackwater system" because "the smell" is there. The handle on the y-valve was long ago broken off and it was stuck in the 'direct vent to the Chesapeake Bay' setting (a large no-no). Each pipe in the system was it's own 'vintage'
So I got all new pipes, a new y-valve, and while I'm mucking around in there, a rebuild for the jabsco hand pump.
Besides the incessant gagging on my part, it was not that difficult to remove everything (the breather hose from the holding tank was the most foul). The last thing to remove was the drain pipe from the holding tank to the 'suck out' port on the bow (through the chain locker).
The issue that I did not anticipate was that a previous installer had stripped the threads on the output port from the holding tank. This is the beige hard tank material threads. In the image above, the "work around" was to encase the screw on fitting, the tank, and the hose itself in a thick layer of silicon.
As a result, while the new hose is able to grab a thread or two in the attachment, the slightest pressure on it and it falls off. It is this captains policy that the exhaust port on your sewage holding tank IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO COME OFF.
Anyone run into this before? I'm looking for suggestions as I formulate a plan. Anyone tap new threads onto holding tank plastic before? Glue on an extension that has threads? Work on my silicon sculpting skills? Thoughts?
So I got all new pipes, a new y-valve, and while I'm mucking around in there, a rebuild for the jabsco hand pump.
Besides the incessant gagging on my part, it was not that difficult to remove everything (the breather hose from the holding tank was the most foul). The last thing to remove was the drain pipe from the holding tank to the 'suck out' port on the bow (through the chain locker).
The issue that I did not anticipate was that a previous installer had stripped the threads on the output port from the holding tank. This is the beige hard tank material threads. In the image above, the "work around" was to encase the screw on fitting, the tank, and the hose itself in a thick layer of silicon.
As a result, while the new hose is able to grab a thread or two in the attachment, the slightest pressure on it and it falls off. It is this captains policy that the exhaust port on your sewage holding tank IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO COME OFF.
Anyone run into this before? I'm looking for suggestions as I formulate a plan. Anyone tap new threads onto holding tank plastic before? Glue on an extension that has threads? Work on my silicon sculpting skills? Thoughts?