Glue for fuel tank?

Hello all,
I have to glue my old fuel pickup pipe (metal) into my new fuel sender unit (plastic).

My Defender is a 1995 110. It has the fuel sender/pickup unit on the left 'side' of the tank about half way up.
The sender unit is cracked and leaking. I got a new one from the UK but it has no pickup pipe in it so I have to glue my old one in!

Does anyone know what sort of glue to use for this job?

I rang Land Rover Australia but they said all the ones they have are already glued together from the factory.

Does anyone out there have knowledge of this or have done it before???

thanks

Frank

Chemical metal, you can get this at any car shop. It varies in price from £2.50 to £6, a place near me sells it at a good price.

Anyway, this stuff if you havn't heard/used it before comes in 2 parts, a tube of resin and a hardener, mix it up apply it how you want it to use and it will set solid and ready to use in about 10minutes, sands brilliantly aswell. I have used this successfully on a diesel tank, for refitting the outlet pipe connector to a tank.

It will stick to anything from wood to titanium, as suggested by the name it is very strong. This was done ages ago and its held brilliantly.

Not so usefull in your case, but a coat of fiber glass resin (no fiber mat) over a fuel tank will solve any small holes/leaks!

Hope this has been of assistance.

Thanks for the info.

I'll check around here for it.

What about a standard 2 part epoxy adhesive? Has anyone used this on deisel?


Cheers
Frank

how come very few people can spell diesel??y'awl do a search of the forums using deisel and see how many times it pops up...............oh i know it was a tpyo!

Gee Slob,

Thanks for your help.

Frank

don't mention it dude... why not try some araldite..

Most the people I know don't like to say diesel, certianly can't spell diesel, hate the smell of diesel and don't like the noise of a diesel. Me? Diesels are power more so than speed, more efficient, and extremely slippery when you spill a little bit. Don't care for the smell of raw diesel, infact rather suck in exhaust. Gasoline or petrol is okay, has it's high and low points. Jeep is putting a diesel in it's Liberty SUV, and mabe in a year or two I will consider buying it. It would have to be exceptional for me to get rid of my 04 gas Ranger pickup with among other things, my espar diesel interior heater.

As for the 2 part epoxy, unless it is specific for fuels use I wouldn't experiment. You will find out your experiment fails deep in the woods or mud that it made your problem worse. Do the job once the right way.

Hi i have used plastic padding leak fix to fix 2 fuel tanks in my old V12 jag never leaked once but drunk a lot readily available at halfords and other car repair places good stuff would recomend this hope this helps tiga.