Petcock Standpipe Repair

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I ran out of gas day before yesterday. I moved the lever to Reserve and no joy. Last night I fished the standpipe out of the tank. I cleaned the petcock and put the standpipe back in place with Loctite Super Glue. What are the chances of this staying fixed? Have any of you reading this done the same repair? It's been 18 hours. My plan is to put miles on this machine this afternoon. The weather is perfect.

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I've put the pipes back in with JB Weld. Not sure how super glue's gonna react with gas. :umm:
Be interesting to find out...
 
I've put the pipes back in with JB Weld. Not sure how super glue's gonna react with gas. :umm:
Be interesting to find out...
I have suffered a JB Weld/gasoline failure that led to a fire. Therefore, it may be fine for this, but it doesn't come to mind for consideration. If I run out of fuel again, I'm going to know. I'll report when that happens.
 
You know those little filter screens that slip over the standpipes? I always find them rolling around in the bottom of the tank, so I super glued them on. And wound up finding them rolling around in the bottom of my tank! :laugh2:
But then again our gas has every solvent known to man in it, your experience my differ.
 
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