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White Stone, Virginia | I just fixed two rust pinholes in an old Case 930 I have. The tank was full, so I duct taped a shop vac hose to the fill inlet and drew a vacuum on the tank. I sanded the spot where the hole was, cleaned it with lacquer thinner and put JB weld 5 minute epoxy on it. One hole was bigger, so I pressed a quarter into the epoxy where the hole was for strength. It works like a champ. I think the vacuum actually pulls the epoxy into the hole and you don't have to bother with draining the tank! I used the same method on a gas tank on an old Bronco I had (the epoxy, not the shopvac-DO NOT USE A VAC ON A GASOLINE TANK, IT IS AN EXPLOSION HAZARD) and it is still holding ten years later. The vacuum is the key to getting a good bond. No fuel contamination. The same trick works for oil pans, radiators, etc.
Edited by Rawleigh 9/28/2010 10:46
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Got a steel fuel tank with a pin hole leak.
