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Old 15-01-2010, 08:41 AM
I.C.D (Ian)
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Fixing a plastic fuel tanks

G'Day All,
I have a old brush cutter with a crack in the fuel tank and I can't buy a replacement tank as they are no longer make them .I have tried to fix it by using a two cement compound but the fuel dissolve it with in a week .Has anyone got any ideas .
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and I don't mean go and buy a new one
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Old 15-01-2010, 08:57 AM
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Ah yes... been there, done that

Problem is that the 2-stroke mix is very oily (presuming it's a 2-stroke of course), so gluing it with anything at all is going to be tricky. After a good clean with an industrial solvent you might try a hot glue gun across the seam.

Failing that, I've carefully successfully melted cracked plastic tanks back together with a good hot soldering iron - once the tank had been thoroughly evacuated first. See if you can find a tank or whatever made of the same material and cut a strip from it to add to the cracked area as you melt it. These seams are never as strong as the original material, but they are certainly better than epoxy.
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