"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
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Drill a new hole in the tank and make a new "tube outlet block
fitting" that bolts to the tank with a new dip tube in it.

Another idea... If I can get a drill to where it needs to be, that
would
work.

Lloyd

Can you slide a piece of hobby-store telescoping brass tubing into the
original tube and solder it?

I recently modified two garden sprayers to replace the hose, valve and
nozzle with a kitchen sink spray hose by sliding in a larger outlet
tube with a compression -to- NPT fitting on the end. The original hose
and outlet fitting restrict flow too much with the spray hose simply
spliced on.

The smaller is now a back yard emergency fire extinguisher and
hand/eye washer, the larger is for taking showers with water heated in
a kettle on the wood stove when the power is out (otherwise another
fire extinguisher). The sink spray heads mark them as not for use with
chemicals.

One of the sprayers used a separate hollow bolt and nut for the
pressure-tight outlet fitting. The bolt had a tab extending radially
from the head to keep it from rotating. Perhaps you could weld an
extension handle to a hollowed bolt that's long enough to position it
in your new drilled hole from the filler opening.

The original cap nut outside compresses the rubber washer under it
enough to seal the new outlet tube.

jsw