[VAC] Re: reinstalling holding tank

[Lexxy <Earth2lexxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure only the few folks who have removed and reinstalled the
blackwater holding tank can maybe help me but please try...I need it. 

We have a '67 Safari "can-o-worms"[mostly in parts right now]...We have
the plastic holding tank and it seems to be fine and we are getting a
new Thetford gate valve. We had a new metal box built to hold it....and
the styrafoam base is fine.  My question involves the "hole" in the top
where the white "funnel-shaped plastic thing" the toilet is bolted to
goes into.  

This hole has a firm black thing firmly embedded into it and we don't
know whether to dig it out or leave it.  Does the "White toilet funnel"
get cemented into this black thing?  It was when we took it apart and we
had to cut it out carefully.  We need another funnel thing and I need to
know what it's really called...I did keep it.

I need to have 2 new angle irons welded under the trailer frame to hold
the metal box.  What I need to know is the order of repair in
reinstalling the box.  It seems to me that most of it will be assembled
after the box is in place ...meaning the gate valve and pvc plumbing
connections to the vent and toilet funnel because after the angle irons
are installed the box will just barely slip into place.  Also does this
metal holding box get a drain hole?  I sure think it needs one just in
case.  I could use a good cross section diagram if anyone has ever seen
one.

If this makes sense to anyone, could they help me.  Thak goodness I
found a terrific metal worker/welder who is great but he's not a
plumber!!

I can send good pictures to anyone willing to help....

Lexxy