Early rain trays, Any fix for cracks? How about it knowledge base? Options

[Pat Garvey]

I've been looking for a proper rain tray for my '72 for 3 years now. My original is cracked beyond repair (which I attempted with epoxy - lasted maybe 2 weeks).

I was told some time ago that they used some sort of specialized moulded plastic for these things, and that no glue, bondo, etc. would adhere (could be bogus, but don't know).

Has ANYONE had any success in rebonding small cracks (1/2-1") in these things?
Pat

[r_towle]

My friend had a leak in his 928 gas tank.
He called his plastic engineer buddy who told him that it could be welded.
Apparently there are some new toys out there that someone needs to buy.

Its basically a torch, not sure of the gas, but I would be that propane would work, it does not need to be hot.
The filler needs to be of the same blend of plastic (why you need someone who can look at it and tell you what it is)
From there, the guy basically torch welded the leak, and you cant see it at all.

Same as steel.
Clean up the area, rough it up a bit with sand paper.
Clean up with alcohol to make sure its just plastic, nothing else.
Torch in one hand, rod in the other.
It took the same amount of time as it would to weld a steel item.

He told me that the rods are available at any local plastics supply house (like I know where that may be)
In any event, I guess its a pretty common way to fix plastic now adays.

Rich

[RoninEclipse2G]

My friend had a leak in his 928 gas tank.
He called his plastic engineer buddy who told him that it could be welded.
Apparently there are some new toys out there that someone needs to buy.

Its basically a torch, not sure of the gas, but I would be that propane would work, it does not need to be hot.
The filler needs to be of the same blend of plastic (why you need someone who can look at it and tell you what it is)
From there, the guy basically torch welded the leak, and you cant see it at all.

Same as steel.
Clean up the area, rough it up a bit with sand paper.
Clean up with alcohol to make sure its just plastic, nothing else.
Torch in one hand, rod in the other.
It took the same amount of time as it would to weld a steel item.

He told me that the rods are available at any local plastics supply house (like I know where that may be)
In any event, I guess its a pretty common way to fix plastic now adays.

Rich

I've been fixing plastic stuff like this for years. a butane pencil torch and zip-ties, kinda like braizing or soldering, helps if you have a putty knife or something to flatten/press it into place. come to think of it I bet this would work on the raintray for the creamsicle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)