Glad you got it fixed.  Hopefully no more mold smell!

Ken

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I ended up cutting the kinked hose and putting a copper elbow in its place.
> Copper probably isn't necessary since it's not under immense pressure but
> it's all they had in the correct size where I was.
>
> At any rate, it works as designed now. We filled up yesterday to test it
> and the weep hole actually did its job, imagine that! Without opening the
> tank or any of that.
>
> Thanks again for all the advice.
>
> Best,
>
> Jared
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 09:56 David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > That's good -- but having spent over a decade filling my '84 Westy tank
> > from the outside using both original and new-type fill ports, I can tell
> > you that the fill system works just fine and should overflow to the
> outside
> > without leaking inside.  The original fill port with the DOM-locking plug
> > was less convenient but more secure than the newer type with the folding
> > funnel.  Both work fine with a half-inch tubing extension screwed onto
> the
> > hose.
> >
> > Yrs,
> > d
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you for all of the helpful responses. We're going to replace the
> >> kinked vent hose with an elbow and change the way we fill. We'll either
> >> turn off the hose shortly after the light hits green or just open the
> tank
> >> from the top and watch as it fills.
> >> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 18:17 Kenneth B. Wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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