Hello,
I am getting a friends LT80 running for him and one fuel tank petcock bolt is stripped, tonight I hack sawed the bolt off leaving a 1/2" stub, I can see a brass colored nut inside the fuel tank plastic spinning. I have a few thoughts on fixing this-
1. fill tank with water and blow torch the thing out, lubricate the nut (no pun) and melt it back in.
2. drill 2 tiny holes into the spinning nut and place finish nails in the holes to hold it in place with many pairs of vice grips?
3. My friend has a tube of liquid HDPE plastic, well his work does anyway at $800 a tube and its applied at 300F... should I just run a bead of that stuff and go solo with just one bolt?

 

Anything is worth a try.

 

Is this tank special? There are many on ebay & I have a spare blue one that is in great shape...correction, 2 spare blue tanks...

 

I may pm you for a tank if the above ideas fail, it is a blue tank that I'm working with.

 

ok

 

i give up, PM me how much u want for that tank- iv tired fuel safe plastic weld epoxy and a jb weld- fuel seeps threw withen a few hours

 

Let me get a few pics to you & a price...it will not include the petcock...

 

thanks, I'll try to salvage the old petcock as I tried the jb weld

 

Here are some pics...I sent you a PM on the price...