On Tue, 23 May 2006 13:15:09 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:
Gunner wrote:
On Tue, 23 May 2006 01:36:28 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:
Gunner wrote:

Anyone know where I can get a fuel tank for a Mitsubishi T110
string trimmer? Its been the best trimmer Ive ever owned..
picked it up at a swap meet 12 yrs ago for $20.
The gas tank sprung a leak.

You've got a TIG welder right? Build yourself a nice tank. Better than
new...

I can TIG polypropylene? COOL!

If you wanted to get fancy, you could make yourself a mold and
blow-mold a new Polypropylene tank, but that would be a whole lotta
effort for dubious reward.

Don't even bother with the old one - even if you can get a plastic
welder to seal up the first crack, the rest of the tank is going to be
rather brittle after all this time.

Why limit yourself to PP? TIG a nice replacement out of AL or perhaps
even SS. Give it a nice paint job ala American Chopper...

That would be my suggestion - and if you get lucky, you can find a
shape that's 'almost a fuel tank' and turn it into a fuel tank with a
quick bit of TIGging. Adapt, Modify, Overcome.

And it hit me - it would be super simple to go buy a Spun Aluminum
white gas fuel bottle for a camping stove at REI or Sport Chalet, TIG
on two 1/4" NPT tank fitting spuds for the fuel pickup line and the
vent, and a few mounting tabs to hold it to the trimmer - Bada Bing.

Tank spuds 44705K302 or 44705K303 (Pg 24) quantity two.

For the bulkhead through fitting, find out if the external threads
on a 5454K26 (Pg 209) are NPT, if they are you're golden - pick the
fitting above to fit. 10/32 hose barbs are Clippard, pick the sizes
to fit the old hoses. You can feed the weighted pickup dongle in
through the filler neck.

Buy a simple check valve for the tank vent, or a combo
pressure/vacuum relief if you can find a suitable one. Heck, a
thumbscrew and needle vent valve will work.

Then go find an anodizing or powder-coating shop that owes you a
small favor. Two or three days later you pick up the finished item...

Bolt it on, plumb it in, fill it up, and you're good to go. Right
up till the old engine swallows a valve... ;-)

-- Bruce --

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Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
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