Brian McKenna

14 hours ago, DavidL said:

From the pic, looks like I would

shut the propane off and ventilate the area.

Flush all tanks and drain them.

Disconnect all lines

Cut the black / grey lines in the middle of straight sections so they can be reglued together with a coupler.  Like right a little to the left where the blue (flush?) line crosses the black PVC

Cut the divider out with an angle grinder.  You likely may not need to do this as once the black / grey tanks are out, the fresh tank can be rotated to fit through the left side of that compartment.  I don't see why the propane tank needs to be touched (from the picture).

Pull the Black / Grey tanks out.  Black looks like it comes out first.

Pull the Fresh tank out

Put low PSI air into the fresh (with it plugged up) to locate all leaks.

Evaluate by where the leak is on if it can be repaired with plastic welding.

since the tanks are out, power wash the interiors spanky clean.

Retest

Put it all back together.

If you had to cut the divider out, needs some MIG / TIG welding to put it back in. Certainly shut the propane off HOURS before you weld and put a fan to ventilate area before striking an arc.  use scrap sheet metal and fiberglass cloth to protect the propane tank, the lines and tanks from weld spackle.  Repaint afterwards.

One day project.  Get Er Done!

That’s the plan. I’ll have to wait until spring to do it. No other option. It will be a PIA.

At least I have a welder.

6 minutes ago, jacwjames said:

Amazing how much different these coaches are.  I guess they didn't have group meetings with the various design teams to try and standardize. 

 

But it looks like you've got a plan now.  Keep us posted.

Yeah.  I've talked with a lot of people today. Nobody has seen an "L" shaped tank before. All hose fittings are good. There is obviously a crack in the tank. It will be spring before we can do anything about it.

Well, it turns out the only way to get the tank out is cut a piece of angle iron out and remove the propane tank. Then the water tank can be pulled out of the passenger side with a little finesse. 

2 minutes ago, Steve Maurer said:

Hi,

i had to replace sewage tank on my coach.

it was fairly easy because was able to swing up access panel on the other side of coach,(4 screws at bottom of panel.)

Got a close match tank from Recpro.

The key is figuring out how to access tank on passenger side.

Steve

 

My passenger side is all propane tank. While I intend to take that out next year when we go all electric, it is not something I want to tackle over the next 3 days.

We are the second owner on this coach. We bought it 2 1/2 years ago with 20,000 miles on it from a retired military couple. It was to large for them and he kept hitting things. Little did we know that "the guy" he had help him work on this was a hack.  Nothing was/is untouched that we have found so far. The electrical on this coach has had ever wire cut at some point. That being said....

The grey and black tanks are above the fresh tank.  However, I think once I remove the homemade bracket around the tank I should be able to move it a little. I am looking at disassembly of the entire fresh water system. I mean, he used sharkbite fittings down below rather than PEX crimp fittings.  There are a few other things that do not look right. The pump is also sucking air from somewhere when it kicks on.

We boondock 90% of the time so it is critical that we get this addressed in the next few days as winter is coming to Montana on Tuesday.  My goal is to stop the leak on the fresh water tank and fix the pump.

Mine wIll have to come out the drivers side. We can’t even get to it from the passenger side.

So…. We have a leak on our fresh water tank that only will hold 1/3rd full. It appears to be leaking in an area we cannot get to. Therefore, we are going to need to pull it out for inspection and possible replacement.  Anyone have any tips or tricks to share?

2003 Holiday Rambler Scepter PBD.

what would be the best place to purchase a new tank if needed?