[Shotimes] overflow resevoir

[John J. Weidenbenner]

An alternative to the JB Weld, a 2 part expoy material, is to heat weld the
crack. The tank material is polyethylene and will heat weld with a soldering
gun at minimal temperature without degrading to material properties. You can
use a plastic milk bottle if filler material is required to fill a crack and
to reinforce the area. As with the JB fix, cleaning and sanding the area is
imperative to a successful repair.

I've fixed a couple tanks this way a prefer to the JB fix because it's
repaired without adding a different material that has different properities,
such as thermal coefficient of expansion of the mechanical patch, which
could ultimately fail due to shearing of the "mechanical" patch.

All that said, I've heard of several sucessful JB repairs.

You can still buy a new tank from Ford.

John W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Rbade12@aol.com>
To: <blukorn22@yahoo.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] overflow resevoir


> In a message dated 12/11/2003 7:46:43 PM Central Standard Time,
> blukorn22@yahoo.com writes:
> Does anyone happen to know where I could find an overflow resevoir for my
'94
> SHO?  Mine happens to have a rather irritating hole at the bottom.
> I repaired mine using JB Weld. Clean and dry the area well [obviously,
empty
> it], scuff the plastic up with some really rough sandpaper and apply the
JB
> Weld. As preventiive measure I did this to the entire bottom of the tank.
I did
> this 4 yrs ago and it's still water tight.
>
> Bob