Can anyone tell me how the pick-up tube inside the holding tank is attached to the elbow on top of the tank? The previous owner had the pipe replaced and the new one is much to short! Probably about eight inches from the bottom! Is it necessary to remove the hose from the elbow? That could be a bit of a project!
Thanks,
Richard
RichFef@Prodigy.net
Holding tank pick- up pipe???
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John R.
Re: Holding tank pick- up pipe???
Which boat, which tank?
Richard Feffer wrote: Can anyone tell me how the pick-up tube inside the holding tank is attached to the elbow on top of the tank? The previous owner had the pipe replaced and the new one is much to short! Probably about eight inches from the bottom! Is it necessary to remove the hose from the elbow? That could be a bit of a project!
Thanks,
Richard
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Joe Mac Phee
Re: Holding tank pick- up pipe???
Richard,
When I installed a new holding tank on my 1977 Cape Dory 30 last year, I obtained the original Kracor assembly drawing. The original pickup tube for the tank was glued to the inlet fitting. Since yours was replaced by a prior owner, it may or may not be the same. Could you extend your tube with a short length of hose secured with a hose clamp? When I did mine it was a combination of pipe thread fittings and plumbing compression fittings. I did it this way so that the tube could be removed through the inspection port.
To be a plumber, you need to know 3 things.
Cold is on the right.
S**t does not go uphill.
Friday is payday.
Happy plumbing,
Joe Mac Phee
S/V Iolanthe
CD-30/K
jvmacphee@aol.com
When I installed a new holding tank on my 1977 Cape Dory 30 last year, I obtained the original Kracor assembly drawing. The original pickup tube for the tank was glued to the inlet fitting. Since yours was replaced by a prior owner, it may or may not be the same. Could you extend your tube with a short length of hose secured with a hose clamp? When I did mine it was a combination of pipe thread fittings and plumbing compression fittings. I did it this way so that the tube could be removed through the inspection port.
To be a plumber, you need to know 3 things.
Cold is on the right.
S**t does not go uphill.
Friday is payday.
Happy plumbing,
Joe Mac Phee
S/V Iolanthe
CD-30/K
jvmacphee@aol.com