Grey Tank Dump Handle Screw Size and Length?

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An RVer found the grey tank dump handle and its screw missing while traveling and asked for the screw thread size and length to make a temporary handle using hardware-store parts. They had already drained the tank successfully with small channel-lock pliers and reported no damage or issues.

Members suggested checking the black tank handle screw for a match, using blue Loctite, and looking for a replacement handle at Camping World. No screw specifications were provided; the RVer...
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GaryMGg

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I was going to empty the grey water tank and found a stub with no handle or the screw.
We’re on the road and I don’t know when we’ll pass a place to get one.
However, I’ll be passing several bigboxes and I can make a work-due if someone can tell me the screw specs.
Thread size and length?
 
I was going to empty the grey water tank and found a stub with no handle or the screw.
We’re on the road and I don’t know when we’ll pass a place to get one.
However, I’ll be passing several bigboxes and I can make a work-due if someone can tell me the screw specs.
Thread size and length?
Can you take screw out of the Black Tank handle . . . . . also get some Blue Loctite.
 
You should be able to drain your tank using a pair of pilers / channel locks to pull the cable until you can replace the T-handle.
 
Oh yeah, no problem.
I did that immediately using a small set of channel locks without damage or issues.
I just want to get the screw quickly and I’ll fashion a handle until I get an original replacement.
 

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