fuel tank

raymond Giddens wrote: the patch I made

These tanks are made of polyethelene, a soft plastic that almost nothing will permanently stick to. Clean the split again. Use a woodburning tool or soldering iron to seal the split by melting the sides together. Be careful to not melt a new hole in the tank. Good luck!

Dr.1

Innovative Products PFM will work.

Fiberglass will not work because the polyester or epoxy resins will not stick. Paul had it right with the PFM

Always keep your cracks clean...........

I've never had luck patching a tank.

Seems like there is an epoxy that is formulated for plastics, melts them bit I think. That stuff and fiberglass tape.............? mk

I've managed by covering the hole/crack with a piece of thin aluminium sheet, which must be thoroughly cleaned with some fairly coarse abrasive, applying a hot soldering iron - fairly small wattage electric - to the metal until it just sinks into the srface of the plastic. Remove the iron as soon as this happens and follow that with a spray of cold water. A couple of tanks repaired this way have given trouble free service for years.

Malcolm

I use a weller soldering gun with the wide U shaped tip to fix that kind of thing. As was said, be careful not to make it worse.

"Six_O'Clock_High"

True true true! I use milk bottles.

I repaired an ARF tank that the replacement was taking its sweet time to come in. I cut a patch from a milk jug and melted it into the tank with a soldering iron. Messey and it didn't look good but it held for a few months, by which time the new tank had arrived.