David Beierl wrote:
> At 03:51 PM 6/18/2010, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote:
> Well, near as I can tell, "should" ain't "is." I can't see any holes
> other than the "insert water here" hole in the filler port. There are no
> side holes in the blue down-hose that I can see with my flashlight.
>
>> Besides, where the vent/breather hose punches through the interior
>> paneling in the forward top-opening compartment is higher than the top
>> of the tank, so the tank can be overfilled unless there are different
>> kinds of gravity working over there.
>
> So use the McNeely method.  Although I found that wrestling that big
> inspection port open was quite a job if it had been sitting for a while,
> even with silicone grease on the threads.

That's a colossal PITA . . . I recently started having to do that
because the water level gauge was inop and I caused an overflow. I don't
recall ever having an overflow prior to that one incident, and don't
know whether it's because I shut the water off -- every time! -- when
the green lamp came on, or whether the tank was better sealed on the
topside. All's I knows now is that the tank will overflow and drip down
out the bottom. Which isn't good.

What makes it extra puzzling is A) where does that vent hose hit the
outside world, and 2) how could it work anyway since it exits the tank
on the top and goes through the interior paneling a couple inches higher
than the top of the tank. This latter factoid suggests that there were
not to be any leaks on the tank topside. Thus my desire to fix the leaky
grommet.

As you say, I could break down and replace it -- haul up the
(aftermarket, GoWesty, I think) pump, see which end of the wire is
easiest to disconnect (please let it be the pump, please let it be the
pump) and thread on a new grommet.

Or just mash a big bunch of chewing gum over the grommet and be done
with it.

A containment dome - that's what I need.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR