would JB weld be something that would work effectively ,
reliably and durably to reattatch my nipple/ tube to my expansion tank?
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Aren't those tanks about $16.00 new from VW?

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 1 May 2003 21:03:41 -0400 Mike Collum <collum@MFX.NET> writes:
> <Hi , I have an 83 1/2 waterboxer , My engine coolant expansion tank
> has
> a 1/2 inch long tube coming off the neck of the tank , the hose
> that
> leads from the expansion tank to the filler tank fits over this tube
> .
> Unfortunately this tube got busted off the neck of the tank, now I
> have
> nothing to clamp my hose onto .
>
> My question is, would JB weld be something that would work
> effectively ,
> reliably and durably to reattatch my nipple/ tube to my expansion
> tank?
>
> Any thoughts or ideas welcome
> Thanks
> <
>
> Lee,
>
> I haven't tried this with an expansion tank, but I did the
> following
> with 1.9 coolant hose manifold on the firewall ..... where the
> little
> hose attaches to the bleeder valve.
>
> I heated a short length of brass tubing and "Melted" it into the
> hole.
> When it cooled it was a permanent "No Leak" fit, but I did top it
> off
> with JB Weld.  That was 3 years ago and I'm still using it.
>
> Mike
>
> '84 GL 7 pass
> '85 GL Westy
>
>

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