Location: Victoria, BC. Canada
(108.180.28.87) | One more thing to consider besides your budget for the plastic welding kit: IIRC there are two types, one is essentially a very small iron (shoe) that you use to melt the plastic welding rod. This is the type I used and
although I thought it was rather expensive for what it was, it seemed to do an okay job after I got the hang of it.
The other type - which I believe is a better method - uses hot air from a special little torch jobby. These are what the commercial guys use and it might be worth looking into if you could find one that's affordable.
Remember to get the correct type of rod (plastic) for your application. You have to know for certain what your tank is made from. I pressure tested the one tank I repaired on #509 to be certain it was good to go (about 5-psi IIRC). The other tank was not repairable so I bought a good used (25 gal) jobby that fit nicely into the pass-side forward storage compartment.
Please let us know how you made out, or, if once you get the tank out if was even deemed repairable.
Good luck.
Terry |
Leaking front water tank
