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08-04-2006, 11:28 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Finally have fittings!
OK, after much searching I found what is called a Tank Inlet Fitting for $5.50 at Dryers RV Supplies. I ordered two of them. One for the toilet and another for the valve connection. I also ordered a 1.5 inch flange slip fitting for a tank vent I will have to add.
So here are the pictures to chronicle the fiberglassing, which I had never done before.
This first photo shows me tracing the flitting so I can enlarge the hole to 3".
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08-04-2006, 11:29 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Next I cut the hole with the jig saw. Wearing a mask and theVAP tee shirt.
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08-04-2006, 11:30 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
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Yes it fits! The orginal metal flange that I ground out had small holes in the flange area to accept resin. I drilled four small holes on the perimeter of the flange to copy that.
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08-04-2006, 11:32 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
Northern
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Here is the fiberglass repair kit I got at a local auto store for $18. I also used my palm sander with 80 grit paper to clean the areas back to bare fiberglass.
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08-04-2006, 11:33 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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After mixing the resin with the hardner from the kit, I brushed some of the solution over the sanded area.
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08-04-2006, 11:34 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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I put the fitting in place, then brushed some more resin on and around it.
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08-04-2006, 11:36 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
1960 28' Ambassador
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After cutting the cloth that came in the kit to 1" by 6" strips, I soaked them in the resin then laid them out over the edge of the fitting. I applied two coats of of cloth all the way around.
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08-04-2006, 11:37 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Next I pushed the air pockets out with the little plastic tool that came in the kit.
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08-04-2006, 11:38 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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I tried to wipe the resin free from the threads of the inlet. However, in the end some did get in. I hope I can chip it out.
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08-04-2006, 11:39 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Here is the finished product waiting the 90 minutes to cure. It wasn't too difficult after all. Now I have fitting that the toilets closet flange will screw down into.
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08-04-2006, 11:53 PM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Here is a shot of the completed slip fitting for the vent pipe that I will have to add.
This part of the tank ended up inside the vanity so I should be able to attach a pipe to it there, run it behind the toilet and up the curbside closet.
The original vent is a deteriorated rubber pipe that runs up in the wall. I'm afraid trying to adapt to keep using that will be a waste of effort. I will also have to add a vent on the street side for the grey tank since one never existed.
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08-05-2006, 02:03 AM
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Rivet Master
1960 24' Tradewind
santa barbara
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hello Safari Tim,
Well thats exactly the right way to do the fiberglass job .Darn near did
it word for word as I had explained it.Not hard to do as you have found out.
Now you can glass whatever else is needed .
Good restoration work !
Scott
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08-05-2006, 07:24 AM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
1959 24' Tradewind
Phoenix
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Ambassador Tim ~
The shot in post #31 doesn't look like a slip fitting for the vent pipe to me unless you're planning on a very wide vent pipe.
Fine work Tim. You just may get this on the road yet.
Brad
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08-05-2006, 10:22 AM
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a.k.a. Ambassador Tim
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flyfshr
Ambassador Tim ~
The shot in post #31 doesn't look like a slip fitting for the vent pipe to me unless you're planning on a very wide vent pipe.
Fine work Tim. You just may get this on the road yet.
Brad
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Thanks guys.
Well Brad, you got me there. I don't know a slip fitting from a ham sandwich. I just hope my wife puts the right one on the plate
I thought that is what it was called. The flange part that I glassed to the tank had a part that look like it could hold a gasket to be sandwitched to another flanged peice like maybe to a valve.
Anyway, my hope is to be able to pvc glue a pipe inside of it to run up and out the roof.
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08-05-2006, 10:37 AM
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Vintage Alum. Enthusiast
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Maybe I'm all screwed up on my terminology. The vent pipe on my tank is a 1 1/2" or 1 3/4" size for venting. Maybe I've been eating slip fittings when all along I thought it was ham sandwiches.
Brad
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