PTmowerMech
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I'm trying to find a fuel tank for a Generac Powerboss 8000 powermaster. Model number, is 16470. The fuel tank is a 193633GS. Apparently they're unavailable at my known sources.
This is a plastic tank on a Generac powerboss 8000 powermaster. 16470.
It's been JB Welded, which didn't work because the nut that holds the shut off valve tight, has way too much slack in it, causing a gap between the inside of the tank and the nut. Which makes it all loose. And no way to clean all the surface area.
So I pried the shut off valve and nut out ever so gently, so that I didn't bogger up much of the hole. Being a #4 on my good days, my bright idea is to heat up a socket that's a little smaller than the grommet I have. Which came with an L shaped fitting that I can squeeze some fuel line on.
UPDATE: It almost worked. The leak is very minimal. Problem is, besides it still leaking, even though the socket was smaller than the grommet, sliding it in and out quickly, the hole is now almost the same size as the grommet. I'm afraid if I go even a frog hair bigger, it'll leak even more.
The socket I used first, which was much small, caused an even worse leak.
This is a plastic tank on a Generac powerboss 8000 powermaster. 16470.
It's been JB Welded, which didn't work because the nut that holds the shut off valve tight, has way too much slack in it, causing a gap between the inside of the tank and the nut. Which makes it all loose. And no way to clean all the surface area.
So I pried the shut off valve and nut out ever so gently, so that I didn't bogger up much of the hole. Being a #4 on my good days, my bright idea is to heat up a socket that's a little smaller than the grommet I have. Which came with an L shaped fitting that I can squeeze some fuel line on.
UPDATE: It almost worked. The leak is very minimal. Problem is, besides it still leaking, even though the socket was smaller than the grommet, sliding it in and out quickly, the hole is now almost the same size as the grommet. I'm afraid if I go even a frog hair bigger, it'll leak even more.
The socket I used first, which was much small, caused an even worse leak.