[C38] water tank leaking

[D McC]

Hello Ken,

I have the same tank in Pretty Lady. It split at the aft upper edge due to the bulkhead warping. I called Ronco and spoke to an engineer and he said that there are no adhesives that will bond the poly tank material as it is SO inert. the only way to achieve a real weld is to actually weld it with heat using a plastic rod-feed welding machine. He said that you can try to do it with a high-heat heat gun. Apply the heat till the plastic appears to sweat and hope it re-bonds. I recently found a heat activated PVC adhesive that I plan to try. Anything to avoid cutting the V-berth out to replace the tank which they still list in their catalog. I will try to remember to take pictures of my attempt to fix it and report on the results.   

~Dave
 
--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Kenneth M. Sutto <kmspacific at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Kenneth M. Sutto <kmspacific at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [C38] water tank leaking
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> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 3:37 PM
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> I have a Ronco  B114 water tank in the bow of
> Sundancer. I think they are polyethilene tanks. The plastic
> vent fitting located at the top is leaking where it joins
> the tank. Is it possible to fix the leak  with
> something like JB weld? I don't want to pull the tank to
> get it welded because big job that would be. Any
> suggestions?
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> Ken 
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