I managed to drill a 1/4 inch hole into a plastic fuel tank. Does anyone have a simple way to patch it or am I screwed?
Drill bit faux pas
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You can "weld" up the hole with an small electric soldering iron and a comparable piece of scrap plastic. Just melt the two together like a torch weld. joe
Autozone has an epoxy repair kit.
Maybe use fiber glass mesh with it.
http://www.autozone.com/sealants-gl...-gas-tank-and-radiator-repair-kit/382799_0_0/
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Maybe use fiber glass mesh with it.
http://www.autozone.com/sealants-gl...-gas-tank-and-radiator-repair-kit/382799_0_0/
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NAPA Auto Parts has a fuel tank repair kit for plastic and steel fuel tanks. The part number is 7651546 in the Balkamp line. Will not work on aluminum tanks. As far as 'welding' it with heat, it depends on if the material is cross-link or linear. One can be welded and other cannot. It will look fine until it is stressed, then it cracks.
Had to got to a 3/8 screw with a neoprene gasket. works fine so far and looks factory. Thanks guys. I'm surprise I didn't catch any crap for something this stupid. Y'all must be off of your game.
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I think just about everyone has done something similar at one time or another.
When we were all building lifted golf carts, one of the group decided his would look cool with a 2" wide strip of polished aluminum diamond plate wrapped around the body where it meets the floorboard, basically at the "heel kick" when seated. After drilling 4 holes to mount it with sheetmetal screws, he started smelling gasoline. Yup, he drilled 4 holes into the gas tank. After a major gasoline clean up, he had to drain & pull the tank, dry & clean it, epoxy the holes, & reinstall it. He filled the tank, test drove the cart, then proceeded to finish the trim strip installation, during which he drilled 3 more holes in the tank. He's been trying to live that little incident down for about 17 years.
When we were all building lifted golf carts, one of the group decided his would look cool with a 2" wide strip of polished aluminum diamond plate wrapped around the body where it meets the floorboard, basically at the "heel kick" when seated. After drilling 4 holes to mount it with sheetmetal screws, he started smelling gasoline. Yup, he drilled 4 holes into the gas tank. After a major gasoline clean up, he had to drain & pull the tank, dry & clean it, epoxy the holes, & reinstall it. He filled the tank, test drove the cart, then proceeded to finish the trim strip installation, during which he drilled 3 more holes in the tank. He's been trying to live that little incident down for about 17 years.
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Do it once, and it's a pass. twice, and you'll get some grief multiple times as Lil Foot posted, and it's open season for life
Working for a fence company, my helper did the inch trick when we were building some panels at the shop. Course, I had to send him for the board stretcher Thought it was the end of it after about 20 minutes of us laughing, while he was looking. Took a week, before he quit looking for it. Even after multiple explanations that it isn't practical
twice, and you'll get some grief multiple times as Lil Foot posted, and it's open season for life Working for a fence company, my helper did the inch trick when we were building some panels at the shop. Course, I had to send him for the board stretcher
Thought it was the end of it after about 20 minutes of us laughing, while he was looking. Took a week, before he quit looking for it. Even after multiple explanations that it isn't practical 
A guy drilled a hole into the ecm in his new K-Car back in the 80's. Wanted to put in a car warmer for them cold winter mornings.
Another plug for fuel tank is, a piece of fuel line that just fits in, then thread a screw into fuel line. Key is finding the right size bits. Clear gas line works best.
Another plug for fuel tank is, a piece of fuel line that just fits in, then thread a screw into fuel line. Key is finding the right size bits. Clear gas line works best.
Tooljunkie, that's what I'll do if this fails. I like the inner pressure. It sounds more permanent. My father in law decided to install some cabinets in his camper with screws. When he finished a really nice looking job, he walked around to the back of the camper. There were 20 screws sticking through the skin of the trailer. Remembering that, I don't feel as bad.
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He must be related to a guy in our duning group. This guy is always trying to keep up with & surpass the everyone in the group, so when somebody bought a big TV for his RV, he had to buy an even bigger one. The TV shelf in his rig wasn't quite deep enough, so he got out the sawzall and cut the back wall out for clearance. The TV fit fine, but the 14" x 17" x 2" back of the tv was now sticking through into the bathroom. After much ribbing, he hung a towel rack over it, and as long as no one uses the towels, it's not too obvious.