[A/S] Black Tank

[jclos@xxxxxxxx]

Well, I finally got the metal pan around the black tank removed 
and...that was a replacement pan.  Apparently sometime back someone 
had 'fixed' the problem by leaving the slow sewer leak alone, and 
installing a slightly larger metal pan around the old pan.  Now I'm 
removing the original pan parts that are left.
Phil, thanks for the drawings of the pan, it would have been very 
difficult to know what size the original was.
The black tank does not leak, but the drain pipe is the problem.  It 
has a slow leak at the connection to the tank.  The blade valve 
connections are leaking also.  The gray water pipe has a crack at the 
'y' junction with the black tank drain.  I can't find a replacement so 
I may just glue this one as best I can and put in new gaskets.
This has been the source of our strange odor.  After this, I should 
have everything done (yea, right!).
I don't know what type of insulation to put into the new pan either.  
The old pan(s) are/were full of a damp, smelly, mush.  And who can 
forget those famous words to live by..."If it's wet and it's not 
yours, DON'T TOUCH IT!".
Does anyone have any suggestions on any of this?  I know this has been 
discussed in detail before, but that was when it wasn't my problem.  
Boy, do I feel silly now.  Thanks.
Joe