Get a piece of bar stock. Drill and tap two stainless machine screws to make a new bigger deck key.
B Sent from my iPhone On Aug 6, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> wrote: > Just a thought but could your vent be blocked causing pressure that would > hinder opening of the cap? Taking off the inspection cover might help. > > I had a stuck holding tank cap a few years ago ( mine have the two holes for > the wrench). I loosened it by tapping it with a screwdriver held as > horizontal as I could in the holes and a mallet and alternating from one hole > to the other. Once loose and each year therafter I grease the threads with > waterproof grease or lanacote - whichever I have to hand! > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > > On Aug 6, 2013, at 10:00, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Keith, >> >> The hose is probably original (its red), so the stuck cap becomes a much >> larger project. When I used the hammer, the metal looked like bronze. Its >> still stuck. The O ring should be preventing the Blaster from getting where >> it needs to be. I ordered a replacement cap (appears to be nylon or >> plastic) as a temporary fix. Adding a new hose and fitting to the >> off-season list. >> >> Had the same issue on my Pearson, but that tank was overflowing. At least >> I'm not there! >> >> Joel >> 35/3 >> The Office >> Annapolis >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Morgenstern, Keith E CIV SEA 08 NR >> <keith.morgenst...@navy.mil> wrote: >>> I had an identical thing happen to me. A new cap was not the answer. A >>> new fitting was the answer. >>> The cap and fitting are both aluminum, which doesn't seem to like sewer >>> gasses all that much. >>> Since I was tossing the fitting, I think I just unscrewed it from the >>> deck and slipped/pryed the hose off and removed it. >>> Stuff a rag in the open end of the hose so you don't pass out. >>> Then you get to fill the mounting holes with epoxy and do that deck >>> penetration correctly. >>> >>> -Keith >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Joel Aronson [mailto:joel.aron...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:08 PM >>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> Subject: Stus-List Waste fitting stuck >>> >>> The aluminum waste deck fitting is stuck. Even with a good spanner >>> wrench I could not budge it. I sprayed PB Blaster on it. If the O ring >>> is good, the Blaster may not penetrate. I thought of drilling holes, >>> inserting bolts and using a breaker bar and buying a new cap. >>> >>> Other less drastic ideas? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Joel >>> 301 541 8551 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Joel >> 301 541 8551 >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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