Living the dream! Looking good and nice to see you're not afraid of tearing into a project. The water tank top tube is a breather and overflow. The outside fill port has a breather/overflow hole next to the main fill.
Thanks 3Pin. Ill make sure to have all those when I put it back in for proper system. On a quick test, I think someone sent some screws into my tank at some point in time. So if it is more than half full it leaks. Does anyone know of an epoxy that is safe for drinking water vessels?ski3pin said:Living the dream! Looking good and nice to see you're not afraid of tearing into a project. The water tank top tube is a breather and overflow. The outside fill port has a breather/overflow hole next to the main fill.
Qcamper said:Qcamper, on 18 May 2016 - 6:24 PM, said:
Qcamper said:LTD,
Looking great! I am up in Conifer and will be replacing my lift panel with the EMT conduit method. Any thoughts or changes since you have had it in and working for awhile?
I had a leak in my water tank as well. Mine was a crack at the drain. I went to a place down in Arvada and the guy replaced the drain by friction welding a new one in. They also make custom tanks etc.. He only charged me 2$ for the new drain fitting. I will track down the name and let you know.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I am so far glad I went all the way. And I can not take credit for the panels. I can thank this site! I stand on the shoulders of giants.Squatch said:Nice so far. I think you'll be glad you went all the way. When done the nagging little gremlins will be gone.
Your EMt lift panels are actually very similar to the way several factory made campers raise the roof. Many of the older wood framed models use pretty much the same thing but on the sides not the ends. Instead of manually pushing it up. There it a long enclosed screw across the camper bed edge with a crank in the middle. The EMT lift arms have an extension to the screw. You just get in and turn the crank and the top raises and lowers.
No worries, glad to help out. The link is great! Those are some really slick panels. If you are up for it I would strive for the fancier design, but the simple one I use continues to work just fine. I never have any problem with not having a locked extension. Just pop it up and slide the pins in, It is very stable even before the pins are in so its not big deal.Qcamper said:Hey Tim,
Thanks so much for the picturesm,I REALLY APPECIATE IT. I removed the old panels and have my conduit ready. Went to bend it this morning and realized that I need another bender. Mine is for 1/2 inch conduit.
I came across another post where a guy bent his so that it locked against each other when it was extended, Pretty cool, but it might take up more space which is something I want to minimize in order to keep my mattress up top. Here is the link.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=625902&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Do you have any issues with the way the vinyl folds in? Any thoughts on whether it would it be helpful for the conduit to be longer or shorter horizontally to accommodate the folding of the material? I was going to make them about 60 inches wide with about 15 inch legs so that the center pivot would land about 121/2" for me. My old panels were about 25" high.
Hope all is going well with the build on your end.
Rock and roll. I will reach out via phone soon to schedule a meet up next time I am up near you. Would love to take a working one off your hands rather than deal with patching mine.PokyBro said:Living the dream, here is a snapshot of the water tank I offered you. It appears the same shape and size as yours, and I think it's about a 10 gallon tank.
The third photo is the water tank I'm planning to use, and where I think it will go. It's 17 gallons, I got it off eBay. I'm a little hesitant to use it though, because the wall thickness on the tank seems a little thin, as there is more give on the side surfaces when pushed on, than the original FWC tank. The battery(s) will set to the right. Anyhow, here you go.
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