someone with a angle wrench to fit 1" bulkhead

[duke62]

i was trying to shorten up my home made durso when the bulk head came loose and now i have a small leak.its a real tight spot with all the pipe in the way.it needs to be angular to reach up in.i tried tightening by hand but i just cant do it.anyone on long island have a tool like this please i will pick it up tonight

 

[polywise]

Can you get a flat head screwdriver on one of the flat surfaces of the bulk head's nut?

If so give it a few light taps with a hammer tightens slightly every tap. It might not be what you are looking for, but in tight situations it does work...

Jim C.

 

[batt600]

If it leaking you most likely put the rubber seal in wrong you should only hand tighten only. Check the rubber gasket there's a flat side and a grove side the flat side facing the glass

 

[Alex]

If it leaking you most likely put the rubber seal in wrong you should only hand tighten only. Check the rubber gasket there's a flat side and a grove side the flat side facing the glass

I believe he was making adjustments after the tank was full.

I had this happen on a friends tank, we emptied the overflow box cleaned it out, dried the gasket and overflow box and just redid the bulkhead. problem solved, with piece of mind restored.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Dude! WTF u beennnnnnnn? An adjustable wrench or vice grip of some kind is no good?

 

[polywise]

looks like he does not have space to get access to the fitting

 

[TimberTDI]

You can't get a spud wrench up in there? :lol2:

How about trying to use vise grips?

Steven

 

[ming]

I think he's looking for something like this

 

[motortrendz]

you need a large flare wrench, like what u use on sink faucets.. but i dont think they come that big tho.. best bet go to a plumbing suply(not home depot, but a real plumbing suply) and see what they have

 

[duke62]

leak

this is what im dealing with.im going to have to drain out the fuge cut the pipe out remove the bulkhead and try to redo it.the reason why i have to redo it is my water level in my tank is to high and i have to cut the durso pipe 1/2 in.i forgot to add a union to the pipe so i will do that as well.you can see how tight it is in there.

 

[motortrendz]

ah, that looks like a B*%#!, hey the plate looks like a good fix to me haha

 

[MIKE NY]

as motortrends and ming suggested a basin wrench should fit in there and they do come in different sizes, they also have angular heads with telescoping handles....HD only carries the small ones for kitchen/bath faucets...try plumbing supply like Blackman or Liberty....

 

[duke62]

well the good news is i got the leak in the bulkheaD tightened up.the bad news is now i have a very small leak in 1 of the fittings.so im going to have to do it again tomorrow.FML.its a threaded piece of pipe and i cant turn it now since all the pipes are in.well my return to MR is not a fun one

 

[motortrendz]

load up a spot of silicone across the leak

 

[duke62]

just going to ask that but im worried that since there is water leaking it wont adhere.its dripping like 1 drip per minute maybe more.i did load some silicone on it.i figured if it stops leaking great i wont have to redo the pipe.if it continues i was planiing on fixing it tomorrow anyhow

 

[duke62]

ok the silicone didnt stop it.looks like round 3 is tomorrow

 

[kaOzGrUnT]

Can you use some of that tape shown on tv? Something you stretch to activate and it bonds to it self?
It's called mighty fix it.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Mighy-Fixit-Review-It-does-Fix-It

 

[MIKE NY]

Can you use some of that tape shown on tv? Something you stretch to activate and it bonds to it self?
It's called mighty fix it.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Mighy-Fixit-Review-It-does-Fix-It

x2 or even teflon tape wrapped tight aound it will a temp fix also...

 

[125reefer]

nah do it right the first time.dont put a bandaid on a broken arm.im a perfectionsist with the plumbing.if the tanks running for years you dont want to wonder when that bandaid will break