[Public-list] Holding tank tops

Gordon Laco mainstay at csolve.net
Mon Jul 25 14:54:10 PDT 2005


Hi again - 

I just looked at my original email... I forgot to say it was the under cabin
sole holding tank that was the problem - Sorry!

Gord






> Gord,
> 
> Two things...
> 
> 1. if the top is feld down by pop rivets, it is probably leaking throught
> the holes in the center of the rivets.
> 2. The compond that Whitby used was some sort of grey stuff that hardened
> and then start to leak.
> 
> The only success that was to remove the top, clean it up and rebed the whole
> thing. Unfortunately to cabinetry needs to come out of the forward cabin. It
> can come out as a single unit, but it's not easy.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Lehman
> ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: [Public-list] Holding tank tops
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:47:17 -0400
> 
> Hi there -
> 
> A few years ago some-one on the list put me in touch with the operation in
> Toronto who still had patterns for the factory tank tops in liner A30's.
> 
> I got one and fitted it.  It works fine but I am having trouble with tiny
> leaks that keep developing.  It seems that my problem is the material the
> top is made of which neither 3M5200 nor Sikaflex seems to adhere to.
> 
> Has anyone had success with a caulking compound other than those...or can
> some-one remind me who I bought the thing from?  They might have a
> suggestion.
> 
> Other than that - just home from a nine day cruise up the coast - wonderful
> but too short.
> 
> Gord #426
> 
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