Plastic fuel tank repair?

[Uncle Grump]

Hi

I've got a '91 Artic Cat Lynx w/ a plastic fuel tank. Somehow, the tank developed a crack between the filler neck and tank body.

We checked the local snowmobile salvage yard, but nothing they have will fit my sled. A new tank would cost $200, and

thats a bit steep for a sled that might be worth $400-500.

Is there any type of glue / epoxy I could use? Can plastic

be "welded"?

Thanks

UG

PS: I am cross posted this on the Xpert Info forum as well.

[Macgyver55]

You can "weld" plastic, but it takes a special plastic welding kit to do it. I've never done it myself but I've heard it works fairly well on no stress areas. Worth a try...but make sure to empty and flush the tank to avoid fire hazard.

[Gus]

The first thing I would try would be JB weld or some other epoxy. If that doesn't work I would keep my eye on hsolist for someone parting out a sled. There should be quite a few sleds with the same gas tank so keep that in mind. After that I would do some internet searches for snowmobiling specific forums and start asking around there.

I always try the do it yourself fix first. You may want to look into having someone plastic weld it for you before you try an epoxy of somekind. By doing the epoxy first you may ruin your chances of having it welded. Just some of my thoughts here. Good luck.

[jerkin'm]

I had an old polaris wheeler that I had to have the plastic tank welded on...never did seal up quite right, after about 3 times back to the guy I gave up and found one at a junkyard. The crack on the wheeler was low and always in the gas zone however so you may have better luck with yours. The guy that welded mine was in Maple Plain.