Recent content by ttgg89

Thanks, good point on the off gassing. At this point I am strongly leaning towards just temporarily sticking some kind of bottle in there, if only to see the concept work: recovery tube going to near bottom of container, breathing hole in top. Fortunately it's not an emergency, my patch is just...

Well I contacted the Ebay seller in Germany, about $85 shipped to USA. Not too bad I guess, it's brand new, NOS, even has the Mopar box! Mulling it over, may try the plastic welding, see below. thanks Thanks, I had seen that... cheaper at Amazon with a $25 order minimum. It won't fit the space...

OK well I found the mother-lode of DIY stuff over at Jalopy Journal, looks fun! I gather my type system just needs a tube cut at an angle going almost to the bottom of the container and some kind of vent in the top. I also located the mopar part number [4401305] and interestingly found several...

thanks for the encouragement, yeah there's a whole bunch of plastic weld stuff on youtube to look at, I have some heavy large zip ties that looked possible as filler and a heavy old 5 gallon water jug as well. I have messed with a copper wire in a soldering gun to cut styrofoam to size... I...

Hello, I have an '89 dodge Grand Caravan, found a leak in the non-pressurized radiator overflow tank. I have a place where I can work on the vehicle but I have to drive there then button up and drive away the same day. Hence I found a used tank on Ebay to have ready to install. Not...

Thanks for the reassurance, much appreciated! Took a popsicle stick and rubbed off the remainder of the burst blister, had a vacuum going for the crumbs. The blob on the other one popped off clean. Not sure where it went to. Did some more exploration with the boroscope to see if it was hung up...

I can work with that, thanks larry_g! I actually have a screened funnel somewhere I got in a pile of stuff at a yard sale, unknown use history when I got it have yet to use it for anything myself. OK, moving forward, thanks again! So, put both tanks in use then "as is" [maybe rub that crumbly...

Edit: short version: Concerned about paint anomalies inside spouts of 2 brand new Wavian 10 liter gas cans. It was suggested in post 2 to just clean up as best I can and proceed with a fine mesh screen funnel, relying on the fuel filter system in the generator to catch anything else. I'm good...

I think I'm bailing out, it looks like my garage is going to be able to save me. I was looking again at how small the space is between the glass and metal frame. I was thinking rust converter then maybe some pinch weld primer, but the tight quarters would be hellish to prep and apply correctly...

Thanks dogdog, yeah I'm not real confident, but hopeful. Did you use the rust reformer? Thinking of contacting 3m to see what they say. I'm going to swing by my garage later and see what they say, they have a great windshield person available. I've gone this far, but... the caulk is still...

Thanks Bill! Yeah, I'm trying this first before going to a professional. Actually... what happened is I found on Youtube a guy patching a leak with Permatex flowable silicone. I was going to just do a little sanding of the old reveal and area, wipe down with acetone then apply Permatex, see how...

Thanks fatfillup! Although I spent 3 or 4 hours hacking away at this thing yesterday your post made me go out and take another look. There is no rust through! I think what you're seeing is a black blob of the old caulk. The van looks like a ghetto desert rat but there is nothing but light...

Hello, I'm preparing an '89 minivan for its first New England winter, it had been baking in the Southwest for the past 25 years. Got it in the Spring, noticed some repair caulk on the windshield, inside and out. After an unusually wet Spring and Summer, never actually saw water leaking through...

Bingo! thanks JohnDeere1, that is what happened. I got confused by the description "Thin-wall construction for better access to fasteners in limited areas." OK, I'll be sending this back, I agreed with the seller to change the reason from "not as described" to "not what I needed". My mistake...

Thanks for the info, that 3/8 drive 13/16 spark plug socket I have fits beautifully [I believe my spark plugs take another smaller size I have]. I'm going to start with that using the 1/2 to 3/8 adapter I just purchased on the auction site. As I haven't had a flat in decades [knock on wood]...