As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
This is not about converting a propane tank to a portable air tank. This is about what the hell to do when I have a portable air tank from the junk yard, and I get it home and discover that the brass coupler or fitting is not tightening down so it is worthless as an air tank.
I got busy and misplaced another air tank that JYG had sitting out there, and it was gone when I returned. So I had this air tank, broken rusted gauge and and not much else use than it plugs the hole. I did not have a tap and die set and I was not aware of replacement parts, so I had this worthless thing.
Then the Holy Ghost suggested something I was leery of in JB Weld, which is a wonder tool, like epoxy, but I'm going to be running air pressure through this and I do not want 90 to whatever PSI bullet gauge shooting out at me and killing me.
The only way to know is to do things, and as I was patching a water tank, I put JB on the brass threads and tightened the coupler down to not stripping it, just so it was snug and left it for a few days.
I loaded the tank up with 25 PSI and no bullets blew out of this as an air gun.
This was a tank laying in dirt and God knows what JYG was running it over with, so the air nozzle was dirty, so I put in WD 40, and it stopped sticking, but bubbled a bit as it was leaking. Two days later the 25 PSI was down to 15 PSI, but it held air.
So I put it up toe 50 PSI as that is all my gauge went to and it held air. Took it over to the other place and pumped up a trailer tire, which was small and it was a good experience, again no air bullets.
I'm very careful of this, as this does not get near my body and is pointed at a safe direction. It does seem that JB does produce an operational weld which holds at the PSI's I'm working with. This post is not an advice, this is how to fix things in the meltdown when no parts are available.
I will always have to be careful with this thing, which I'm aware of, but it is better than a E 6000 I would think and it is a fix for something which was going to require an investment in more time and money than I cared to waste money and time on.
I do have plans to try and build one that is air bullet proof. Knowing me, I would build 2 as 2 is better than one. This is a really old tank and it is what it is.
What the hell else do you do when junking is all that is left.
Nuff Said
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