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Plastic Gas Tank Spigot Cut With Razor Knife
We were trying to remove a stuck on gas line from a plastic lawnmower
gas tank & used a very sharp razor knife to cut through the gas line. The gas line came off - but you guessed it - we put a nice clean slit in half of the plastic nipple coming off the bottom of the tank. The slit runs up to maybe 1/16" to the bottom of the tank. Other than replacing the tank - Anyone know of a way to patch the slit up? Some possibilities we thought of a * using a soldering iron to try melting the plastic together - we thought that would just end up with a melted blob of plastic if we did this * using a hot melt glue gun to stick the plastic together- that is still a maybe but we doubt it would hold as the gasoline could dissolve the hot melt glue * using some sort of teflon tape to wrap around the plastic spigot & then pushing the replacement gas line up flush with the bottom of the tank & clamping it on. * or maybe there is a special glue for this purpose? All suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Cindy |
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