It is a royal pain to get up in there. I was able to do it by removing the holding bars and keeping the tank supported so it only gave me just enough room to get in there with a snips to cut the factory clamps off and get new hose on with regular screw clamps. Maybe someone has a better trick. jimt On 6/11/05 12:16 PM, "Adam Thacker" <87westy@THACKER.CA> wrote: > I came across a leak the other day and traced it to a rotten hose on the > right side attached to the expansion tank. As I worked away on the one at > the "T" the other hose from the expansion tank broke off where I could not > see to replace it. My question is.. Is there a way or a trick to getting at > the connections under the tank without dropping the tank? If not.. Are there > any suggestions on how to drop the tank with as little grief as possible > from someone who has done it in the past. I was also wondering what problems > will arise from this leak in the system? It seems to be working ok right > now. As long as I don't' fill up. > > > > Adam Thacker > 87 Westfalia GL > - > I am beginning to show initial signs of "THE SYNDROME" > > |
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