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Subject Topic: Old whale tap repair? Post Reply Post New Topic
24/2/2015 at 7:08pm
 Location: Hopefully in my caravan.
 Outfit: swift challenger 530
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My abbey piper whale mixer tap has sprung a leak on the neck.can just the neck be replaced? It's the beige style 1994 is ☺

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24/2/2015 at 9:13pm
 Location: seaham co durham
 Outfit: elddis hurricane astra sportstourer
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Hi find were leek is if there is ridge like if itad being glued together when new . I dryed mine off got a stanly knife cut were leeking put sum super glue in were leek is .then use sum good tape and rap round were u glued .i left mine for a couple of hours .take tap
e off and try I did mine 2 yrs ago and still going .sorry for long story and mistake as using my fone with fat fingers


24/2/2015 at 11:00pm
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Swift Classic Corvette 1998
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Someone gave us a great tip on here. Thanks for whomever did!
Ours had a couple of hairline cracks in the thread of the base attachment and also the the tap head, which we fixed with a Soldering Iron. We just melted the cracks back together.

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24/2/2015 at 11:01pm
 Location: Dorset
 Outfit: Swift Classic Corvette 1998
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Oh and yes the tap neck can be replaced or could just be a broken plastic washer

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25/2/2015 at 9:23pm
 Location: Hopefully in my caravan.
 Outfit: swift challenger 530
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Thanks for the replies, I unscrewed the neck and matched it with the new style.

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