water tanks-urgent sos!!! Forums

metalmicky

Call in at any competant crash repair shop, We do more and more welds to bumpers and trim and it dont cost a fortune and is permanet and takes no time at all
Mike

MandyandDave

Use a glue gun,..the type that heats/melts those little sticks, worked for me, and no silicone 'vinegary' taint to the water either Wink

theflyingscot

hi guys
its all good advice but i would go for the nut and bolt with a shaped to fit rubber washer inside and out or secondly plastic welding at a crash repair shop .
hope its fixed by now though !
cheers
kenny+stella

PamNPete

Seems like you have so many varied methods that you coud try a different one till this time next year

Put a post on to tell us all how tou actually fixed the problem

Anonymous

I think the earplug is first on his list - it will also help stop the noise. Cool

Anonymous

hi all,
dear pusser had thought about ear plugs but mine are full of ear hair and i would miss them when sleeping in my lorry! Rolling Eyes

thanks to everybody else for the sugestions i`ll let you know the out come hoping to use a mixture of glue/hot mealt/and sticky fingers-my local fixer wants £90. for a new tank speak to you all soon.-nice to hear from you again ladyj sold the bikes yet and hows the van going ?

tramp-soon to be a wandering Razz

Motorhomersimpson · Moderator

Hi Tramp,

Hope you get things sorted in time, I know you and your wife were really looking forward to your trip ETC, things like this always seem to happen at the wrong time.

You've had enough suggestions to keep you going, so I'll not add to them, I'm sure you'll fix it in time.

Good luck, safe trip.

MHS...Rob Very Happy

Anonymous

[quote:201a81879e="tramp"]hi all,
dear pusser had thought about ear plugs but mine are full of ear hair and i would miss them when sleeping in my lorry! Rolling Eyes

thanks to everybody else for the sugestions i`ll let you know the out come hoping to use a mixture of glue/hot mealt/and sticky fingers-my local fixer wants £90. for a new tank speak to you all soon.-nice to hear from you again ladyj sold the bikes yet and hows the van going ?

tramp-soon to be a wandering Razz

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I am always happy to help - pse come back to me if you have have any other techy type problems.

Anonymous

why don't you tap out the hole with a suitable size thread then screw a bolt into it with sealant. that will do the trick

Anonymous

[size=18:156ff7749f]UPDATE[/size:156ff7749f]
[size=12:156ff7749f][/s ize:156ff7749f]well its been an interesting 48hrs,finally fixed the hole what with it being on the corner etc. have used a product called fernox-ls-x jointing compond/leak sealer, we applied it liberally around both side of the hole an inside and left for 24hrs to cure then filled tank up(100ltr) and left to fate, glad to say no water escaped over 6hrs so it looks all systems go .

on a different note service from cak tank was Twisted Evil

[size=24:156ff7749f][color=red:156ff7749f] cak[/color:156ff7749f][/size:156ff7749f][size=12:156ff7749f][/size:156 ff7749f][color=#444444:156ff7749f][/color:156ff7749f]we eventually contacted chelston motorhomes were the vehicle originally came from, they immediatley traced the part no to swift and said a new tank could be ha in about 5-8 weeks so we have ordered a new one for our return from europe- these people can have my buisness anyday and have a knowledge of swift/bessacarr motorhomes second to none

once again thanks for all the usefull tips i hope this will be of use to someone esle some day[motto remove tank before drilling for oil Razz

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cheers tramp

Raine

Hi tramp, thought you were long gone, or were you still having probs logging on! Glad you got your tank fixed, 'spect you did a 'stunning' job!