Plastic tank fix

[7394]

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.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

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:

 

[7394]

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

 

[Scrubcadet10]

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

:laughing:

 

[sgkent]

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.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

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

 

[sgkent]

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.

 

[7394]

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

:thumbsup:

 

[sgkent]

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