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Re: Welding on Gas Tank

To: Brad Kahler <Brad.Kahler@141.com>
Subject: Re: Welding on Gas Tank
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 02:13:58 -0400
Brad Kahler wrote:
> 
> I need to weld a nut back onto my gas tank flange that has broken
> off.  The tank is out of the vehicle.  Since I'm going to have the
> gas tank boiled out anyway, should I fill the tank with water before
> I weld the nut onto the flange?  Or is there some other method of
> gauranteeing that there won't be an explosion?

  Nothing is guaranteed, I wouldn't do it.

  Flowing MIG gas through the tank sounds fancy and if somebody
said that's what they did I would say "cool", but I still wouldn't
do it. ;>

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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