Which adhesive for (polypropelene?) 2-stroke fuel tank?

External Since: Jul 20, 2006 Posts: 1

"Al Deveron" <wmth2581 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> Advice please... I need to stick a plastic fuel tap into the hole in
> the bottom of a plastic 2-stroke fuel tank (the tank looks like
> polypropelene) on an outboard motor. The fuel tap was originally a
> screw-in job but a previous owner stripped the threads. I used
> Araldite last time, but it didn't hold very well.
>
> What adhesive should I try next? Superglue? I also have some Golden
> Hermatite. Perhaps that would work...
>
> Thank you.
>
> Al Deveron

Try
http://www.epoxy-adhesive.com/adhesives_university/Product_Data_Sheets..._DP8005

Regards
Don

External Since: Jun 28, 2006 Posts: 53

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:45:14 +0100, Pete C <petecnews RemoveThis @gmail.com>
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>If the tap and tank *are* the same plastic and will soften and melt
>with heat, another way to go could be to wind a coil of resistance
>wire round the tap, put it in the tank and put a current through the
>wire so it heats up and fuses the tap to the tank well. Once the
>plastic is melted twisting the tap a little back and forth may help
>this.

That's a clever solution. Nice to know for future reference - thanks.
Hopefully It won't be needed for this job though.

Al D