The fitting itself snapped off with a section of the fiberglass black water tank. Is it possible to do a fiberglass repair and add a new fitting to it? I can't remove the tank as it's above the frame of the trailer. Any suggestions would be great as I am not sure how to go about fixing this. Thanks. See pics included.Edit: Not sure why I can't post links to images and why embedded pics won't display here :/Moderator edit to fix picture links.To post a photo on the forums,Click here.To use it you:1. Upload your picture to the app.2. Copy/paste the resulting URL into a post. Do not make ANY changes to the URl. Don't add anything and don't take anything out.3. You are done. The photo will appear and be properly sized for use here on our forums. Take a look at my post announcing the app here. That should help you out a bitBarney

You can probably do a repair with epoxy & fiberglass cloth. Do not use fiberglass matte with epoxy.Just make sure everything is as clean as you can get it.

You have to use abs to repair it. Youtube has videos of people making mixtures of abs shavings and glue to make a paste. I bought a kit on line which came with some cloth and the proper mixture of abs paste. The tank I repaired was only cracked around the fitting but it worked well.It's called Plasti Mend and the web site explains it. I just posted one example of the different size kits. Getting everything very clean and not having water weeping into the repair area is important.

Thanks mod for the info and fixing the pic links.

rbrand wrote:You can probably do a repair with epoxy & fiberglass cloth. Do not use fiberglass matte with epoxy.Just make sure everything is as clean as you can get it.Thanks.. Good to know.

rjxj wrote:You have to use abs to repair it. Youtube has videos of people making mixtures of abs shavings and glue to make a paste. I bought a kit on line which came with some cloth and the proper mixture of abs paste. The tank I repaired was only cracked around the fitting but it worked well.It's called ***Link Removed*** and the web site explains it. I just posted one example of the different size kits. Getting everything very clean and not having water weeping into the repair area is important.Thanks for the info and link. I'll check it out. :)

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midnightsadie
Explorer II
Aug 08, 2017
if you can,t do it? call a mobil tech and talk to them they might know a repair shop. I would not use a dealer.
4x4van
Explorer III
Aug 08, 2017
That's been fixed once before; hopefully you can do it better than the first time!
azrving
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
texnwar wrote:
rjxj wrote:
You have to use abs to repair it. Youtube has videos of people making mixtures of abs shavings and glue to make a paste. I bought a kit on line which came with some cloth and the proper mixture of abs paste. The tank I repaired was only cracked around the fitting but it worked well.

It's called ***Link Removed*** and the web site explains it. I just posted one example of the different size kits. Getting everything very clean and not having water weeping into the repair area is important.

Thanks for the info and link. I'll check it out. :)

You're welcome. The other thing that I addressed when repairing the tank was the mounting of the drain pipe. It's an RV of course so it was half A and loose. I cut the longer extension pipe in half and added a radiator hose to take the stress off of the tank connection. Each set up is different but this one benefited from letting the drain fitting be fastened to the frame real well yet not be rigid at the tank.
texnwar
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
rjxj wrote:
You have to use abs to repair it. Youtube has videos of people making mixtures of abs shavings and glue to make a paste. I bought a kit on line which came with some cloth and the proper mixture of abs paste. The tank I repaired was only cracked around the fitting but it worked well.

It's called ***Link Removed*** and the web site explains it. I just posted one example of the different size kits. Getting everything very clean and not having water weeping into the repair area is important.

Thanks for the info and link. I'll check it out. :)
texnwar
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
rbrand wrote:
You can probably do a repair with epoxy & fiberglass cloth. Do not use fiberglass matte with epoxy.

Just make sure everything is as clean as you can get it.

Thanks.. Good to know.
texnwar
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
Thanks mod for the info and fixing the pic links.
azrving
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
You have to use abs to repair it. Youtube has videos of people making mixtures of abs shavings and glue to make a paste. I bought a kit on line which came with some cloth and the proper mixture of abs paste. The tank I repaired was only cracked around the fitting but it worked well.

It's called Plasti Mend and the web site explains it. I just posted one example of the different size kits. Getting everything very clean and not having water weeping into the repair area is important.
rbrand
Explorer
Aug 08, 2017
You can probably do a repair with epoxy & fiberglass cloth. Do not use fiberglass matte with epoxy.

Just make sure everything is as clean as you can get it.

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