G'day Norm and Speedy


I'm assuming your mate will fix this Norm, as if you had to drive for 6 hours it would be cheaper to use a courier to get the tank
delivered to your home and then delivered back when repaired .

I've repaired broken plastic power steering reservoir hose connectors by drilling out the centre of the connector the same size as a
copper gas/ pressure pipe then glue the copper pipe in with appropriate glue/ resin.

With the fuel tank connector you may be able to use some 1/4 inch brass pipe glued into the tank ,you can put a single flare
on the inside if you have a length of copper pipe then cut down the pipe after it's installed ,obviously the pipe with the flare
will need to be installed from the inside. This way the pipe can never come out of the tank .

That will work if the tank just has a plastic fuel pipe connector molded onto the tank but depends how much of the tank is broken if there is a rubber grommet on the bottom of the tank you would need to replace the tap or fit a threaded insert or tap into
the tank with a nut on the inside.

https://www.loctiteproducts.com/en/...ialty/loctite_plasticsbondingsystem.html

The easiest thing to do is just fit another second hand fuel tank even if you used an old small fire extinguisher and mounted it
to the top of the bonnet. The larger extinguishers are stainless and can be cut down easily and welded back together.

Cheers
Max.

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