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I have just installed a new Drake II. It took awhile because the first bowl arrived in pieces (reason Terry does not ship).
It kept leaking. I kept drying everything off (on the outside) and feeling around to trace the leak. Initially there was a leak at the bolts. I had done what Toto said and installed the nuts finger tight + 1/2 turn with a wrench. That does not appear to compress the washers enough (maybe my finger tight is too weak). I managed to get my fingers in and both were a bit loose. Got a wrench in and that fixed that.
Still leaked, but not nearly as much. Dried and searched again assuming it was the bowl to tank or filler. No leaks. Finally found a spot on the back of the tank where there was water on the surface above the bottom edge. Flashlight and some contortion; crack in the tank. It starts about an inch above the bottom and is a couple of inches long. There is a spot about in the middle of the crack that looks like something hit it. I have not been able so far to actually see the crack from the inside. Which is of course where I mostly inspected the tank when I unpacked it.
I did not drop or bang the tank into anything. From another post here I have gathered that because of the location, it is not caused it by improperly tightening any of the connections (yes it sits on the three points). Is that indeed true?
I am going to have to convince the vendor that it too was delivered in a damaged condition and would like to be as informed as I can be before I talk to them.
A secondary question; is there a way to permanently seal the crack?
It kept leaking. I kept drying everything off (on the outside) and feeling around to trace the leak. Initially there was a leak at the bolts. I had done what Toto said and installed the nuts finger tight + 1/2 turn with a wrench. That does not appear to compress the washers enough (maybe my finger tight is too weak). I managed to get my fingers in and both were a bit loose. Got a wrench in and that fixed that.
Still leaked, but not nearly as much. Dried and searched again assuming it was the bowl to tank or filler. No leaks. Finally found a spot on the back of the tank where there was water on the surface above the bottom edge. Flashlight and some contortion; crack in the tank. It starts about an inch above the bottom and is a couple of inches long. There is a spot about in the middle of the crack that looks like something hit it. I have not been able so far to actually see the crack from the inside. Which is of course where I mostly inspected the tank when I unpacked it.
I did not drop or bang the tank into anything. From another post here I have gathered that because of the location, it is not caused it by improperly tightening any of the connections (yes it sits on the three points). Is that indeed true?
I am going to have to convince the vendor that it too was delivered in a damaged condition and would like to be as informed as I can be before I talk to them.
A secondary question; is there a way to permanently seal the crack?