Repairing cracked black water tank
From the day we bought good old Mabel, she's had a leaking black water tank. A PO somewhere along the line did a very poor job of repairing what I think is a crack at the valve fitting with some fibe...
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popeyemth wrote:That area needs to be dry before anything will stick to it. Abrading the surrounding area, cleaning with acetone, drilling the two stop crack holes that Teton suggested and using the ABS cement as MFL described with insure a good bond. Also if you can wrap the FG around the pipe you will eliminate any stress induced peeling of the repair. Some stress caused this to crack in the first place and it caused the PO repair to crack also. Does the tank or pipe move or vibrate?
Put blocks under the wheels on that side to raise the valve above level so it won't drip on you.
