Plastic tank fix

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Cool, I'm fixing to put my Z up on the wheel dolleys I do every winter. So I can move it around easy as I do my winter service, clean & wax.
 

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Cool, I'm fixing to put my Z up on the wheel dolleys I do every winter. So I can move it around easy as I do my winter service, clean & wax.
Wax the hair off of it?:laughing::laughing:
 

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Wax the hair off of it?:laughing::laughing:

Yep, after thorough service & clean up, what isn't rubber or plastic gets waxed. :thumbsup: Keeps me outta too much trouble & wife stays inside.. LOL
 

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Yep, after thorough service & clean up, what isn't rubber or plastic gets waxed. :thumbsup: Keeps me outta too much trouble & wife stays inside.. LOL

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just went thru this on an edger that was 20 - 25 years old. The replacement tank was about $25. Hardly worth messing fixing the old one. Where there is one crack there will be more coming if you don't have them already.
 

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I went ahead and coated the whole seam in JB weld.
 

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seems like every time I fix something like that with JB weld it fails somewhere else and then I kick myself because the part goes NLA in the meantime. I figure the original tank lasted 20 years, I am 68 and will be lucky if I last as long as the replacement.
 

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my experience was really good replacing the tank with a new one. There were more stress cracks than I realized in the old one.
 
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