Dropped Fuel Bowl

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I was cleaning the tank on a 5hp Briggs, wadding up a rag and wollering it around in there when the bowl dropped down in the tank. Is there any way to fish that around and snap it back in place?

Never had this one happen before, thought they were welded in there better than that.
 
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If it is steel get a flex magnet retriever or tape a magnet that will fit the hole, to a stick, piece of wire or a screwdriver.
 
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Well, I need my tiller now. I started to just rob a tank off one of my other motors but, I just couldn't disable a potential power plant. So I decided what the heck, if I can't get to the bowl and it's junk anyway and cut the tank in half.

Easier than I thought it would be. Filled it with water and just ground the lip off. The bowl just snaps back in. First
I'm gonna bead blast all the rust out. Then weld it back together. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1360801281.218421.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1360801299.327171.jpg
 
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Haven't had time to get the bead blaster set up to finish this yet. But, I had a DIY neighbor suggest JB Welding it back together. Said I'd never get it to stop leaking with a wire weld.

I gotta admit, it looks kinda galvanized on the inside. Arc welding might just lead to a whole new rust problem. What do y'all think?
 
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Kind of off topic, but thanks for the idea of opening the tank up and sand ballasting it and sealing it back up!
 
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Yeah, sounds doable to me too!

You're welcome. I didn't really think it through much. First I was gonna cut out the filler neck with a bigger hole-saw and weld it back. Then I just went whole hog, or half hog, er, whatever. Lightly grind through the lip until water starts leaking out. Then pry off the severed piece of lip.

Just be careful! I know a guy got burned pretty bad from welding on a fuel tank when it blew up. The welder was ok because he had full gear on. My friend was holding a workpiece with no protection, just his eyes closed.
 
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I have to do the same thing to one of my honda tanks; my plan was to use a fuel resistant sealant to join the halves & folded metal strips (as suggested by jammy) to hold it together
 
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Finally got the bead blaster set up to do minibike wheels so I cleaned up the bowl and look what I found! I'm leaning towards JB Weld for the total repair all on this tank
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Meets all emmissions standards 'cause if it don't run, it don't make no emmissions LOL!

I guess that explains why it would run good and then cut out. I figured it was just trash sucking up onto the screen, maybe it was just leaking out. But surely the pump does more volume than those tiny holes. either way, I'm plugging them up.

I may still take a crack at wire welding it. Wheel see. This may end up as my Bullitt Motor since it has the reverse timing gear shaft.
 
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Thank Dog! I may be a bit tired. Started thinking you meant it had a weirdo backwards cam profile or something, leading me to think maybe it was actually a reverse-rotation engine? Yeah. Going to bed soon. LOL
 
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