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Old 12-06-2011, 01:41 AM
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feel for you, but never understood how over-tightening a bulkhead would crack a tank
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Old 12-06-2011, 01:43 AM
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feel for you, but never understood how over-tightening a bulkhead would crack a tank

especially only a quarter turn past hand tight
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Old 12-06-2011, 02:37 PM
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The other possibility was that when i drilled the hole, it may have shelled in a way that it caused a small fracture - similar to a chip on a windsheild developing a crack.

Anyways thats all water under the bridge...
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