fuel tank repair

[mendobill]

re: 79 dodge Powerwagon 200..can 3/8" drilled holes in plastic fuel tank be repaired ?

[josh Smith]

seems like you could probably get some fiberglass bondo patch kits and patch it up that way. can get these at most any auto store

[bherder]

Are they on the top, bottom, side? How many holes?

[acton mike]

did someone perchance drill into the tank by mistake

[Parson4]

Over the years I have drilled into all kind of plastic tanks here on the ranch. Simple solution: Tap the hole and screw in a 3/8 plastic plug....Hole fixed, and new drain plug installed :)

[bherder]

Over the years I have drilled into all kind of plastic tanks here on the ranch. Simple solution: Tap the hole and screw in a 3/8 plastic plug....Hole fixed, and new drain plug installed :)

Hahaha.... That's why I was asking 'where' the hole was... ;)

Tapping a pipe-thread hole and inserting a pipe-thread plug can fix it, BUT... I wouldn't be real confident about it, if on the bottom...

Top, no prob... Side... Maybe... Bottom... That's also why I asked how many holes.. ;)

(BTW... Unless it's a MAJOR "OOPS!!!" accident, who would drill a hole in a gas tank??)

[Parson4]

(BTW... Unless it's a MAJOR "OOPS!!!" accident, who would drill a hole in a gas tank??)

Welllllllllll there are always people like me in this world that just drill away and then when the gas spurts out we say "Oppppppppppps", kind a lot like being so dumb that WE forget to put money in envelopes and things like that.......HuH :huh: :dunno:

[bherder]

Hey, at $2.89 a gallon now (HERE, anyway) I'll take all the 'slop-over' ya wanna give me :D :D :D

[Parson4]

$2.89 ??????? And to think I just raised cane with our station owner today for raising gas from $2.19 to $2.27.......Think I need to apologise to him first thing in the morning :)

[mendobill]

The holes are in the bottom of both tanks..drilled by gas thief while in storage..gas under $3...not in California...I'll try the fiberglass bondo trick..Thanks guys

[Speed Dragon]

$2.89 ??????? And to think I just raised cane with our station owner today for raising gas from $2.19 to $2.27.......Think I need to apologise to him first thing in the morning :)Yeah it's 2.38-2.46 over here right now. Maybe I need to be Slant 6-ing my truck :thatfunny

[Parson4]

The holes are in the bottom of both tanks..drilled by gas thief while in storage..gas under $3...not in California...I'll try the fiberglass bondo trick..Thanks guys

For many years all gas tanks had a plug in the bottom of them so you could flush the tank in case you got some bad gas with water in it, and they never leaked. They sell a kit now that when you install the plug it beefs up around the hole. It is actually a fitting that glues onto the tank with a plug in it.

If it were me, I would rather go that way as I am not sure just how the fiberglass will stick to the rest of the tank....

Just the rambling thoughts of an "OLD" cowhand... :WHT:

rick

[Parson4]

You might look HERE (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=gas+tank+repair) for repair kits and see what you think ! :huh:

[mendobill]

Thats kinda what I had in mind when I posted this information request...so..does anyone know where I can get this plastic fuel tank drain plug kit ?...Who makes it ?...what auto parts store handles it ?...can I order it online ?..I don't want to buy a new tank ? current N. Cal fuel price: regular gasoline $3.29...diesel $3.19..bio-diesel $3.50..I better plant corn...

[bherder]

The holes are in the bottom of both tanks..drilled by gas thief while in storage..gas under $3...not in California...I'll try the fiberglass bondo trick..Thanks guys

I've heard of guys trying all kinds of things to patch the plastic tanks of our era rigs... None of them, as I recall, worked very well... I don't know exactly what kind of plastic it is, but it seems to be some kind that doesn't take to having things glued to it...

The plastic is pretty thick though... I'd try some sort of plug....