Today I was giving the 71 Wheel Horse that I bought last week a good once over and found a that someone used a wire tie as a fuel line clamp and cracked the fuel line barb on the gas tank. The tank is practically brand new, and doing a quick on line look I found that a new tank is about a hundred dollars. So I was wondering of anyone has any ideas as to what might be good to use to repair a plastic fuel tank. JB weld or something similar?
I also remember that years ago on an old tractor I had, someone repaired a metal tank by putting a brass barbed fitting with a couple of gaskets. I don't remember it leaking, but it might have been brazed in place. Right now I am thinking about removing the barb on the plastic tank and maybe getting a brass barb and gaskets. Has anyone done a repair like this? Too good a fuel tank to throw away.