On Dec 8, 10:24*am, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
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Do it. *You have nothing to lose, and the manufacturer (or seller) may
well replace the whole thing. *Also, they need to know that things are
slipping through their inspection process.

Joe Gwinn

Then the company sells the tank cheap to a second-hand dealer and we
hear about it again from the next home-shop buyer.

That's how I got a 60 gallon Husky compressor for $75.