Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:15:49 -0500
Reply-To: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Frank Lee <techedteacher@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 82 Coolant Tank retrofit help
In-Reply-To: <CAHTkEu+gvKzv-nKuPYVOYspm18Sw7DU4SiaGCCN9kJiOCHJ9Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Patch it is.
I have it cleaned, sanded, cross scored with a blade, cleaned, solvent
cleaned, singed with a lighter to expose carbon for bonding. Now it's tape
masked for a controlled clean patch.
I've got fresh JB Weld on hand. I will now do a thin coat, imbed fiberglass
wallboard tape for reinforcing.
After short short cure a second thin coat of JB weld.
I know the West System, Its great. But not on hand hear and I am driving
tomorrow.
Thanks again to all for the assistance.
Scott, I have no idea ID of the wrong tank I purchased. It was mislabeled
in the listing. Wrong moouning points, extra hole on top. Bigger pose
nipples. I'm returning it.
Frank
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I have brand new 82 Diesel Expansion tanks in stock for $149. The part
> > number is 068121405B.
> >
> > I have two in stock at the moment. Why cobble something together when
> > you can buy a brand new (not NOS) OE tank?
> > Made by VW in Germany.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Ken Wilford
> > John 3:16
> > www.vanagain.com
> >
> >
> I have one of those brand new tanks in my vanagon...kept as a spare,
> under my bench seat now for about 25k miles and a couple of years time. I
> patched my old leaky one using WEST epoxy, which I find easier, less
> expensive and more versitile than JB Weld for stuff like this. I got the
> second because I thought my 'temporary' fix wouldn't actually work for
> long, but it has.... so I have not changed to the new one.
> Amazing stuff, epoxy. The West System has various additives you can mix
> in to give it different characteristics, depending on what you want to do
> with it..
>
> The repair process outlined in another post, that's about right....I use
> Simple Green to de-grease, then I use a wire wheel to rough-up the
> plastic. I clean it well with acetone before the epoxy goes on. "Clean"
> is the key to getting a lasting bond with any epoxy patch..
>
> Don Hanson
>
|