Date:         Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:10:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 82 Coolant Tank retrofit help
Comments: To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
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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