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Facet Owners - 7/2/2008 11:57:07 PM   
csandt051196


 

Posts: 165
Joined: 2/7/2002
From: St. Louis, MO, USA
Status: offline 		I need a replacement main tank. The lid cracked on mine. Any one know where I can get one or if there is a better solution? Mine also had a leak and that is what I was trying to fix when I saw the crack.

Thanks
Scott
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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 12:34:12 AM   
nichda


 

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Joined: 10/31/2005
From: MurrumbeenaVictoria, AUSTRALIA
Status: online 		Hi all,

I assume that you are referring to a 2300 size Facet.

I used a 1 litre Nalgene round bottle in mine from the outset with some Festo fittings.

This has worked out to be a cheap and reliable solution for the last two years.

I hope that this helps.

regds

Dale
Australia.



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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 1:05:09 AM   
csandt051196


 

Posts: 165
Joined: 2/7/2002
From: St. Louis, MO, USA
Status: offline 		No the bigger one. It is a 64oz tank.

Thanks
Scott

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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 2:42:22 AM   
Undecided


 

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From: mabelvale, AR, USA
Status: offline 		Hello Scott


Mcmaster Carr

4577T21 should be identical replacment

4280T38 The one I used as a replacment for stock tank this one is HDPE. Lid on it is just a little larger so you have to enlarge the first cradle sligthtly but it is a much better tank. The HDPE material is much better that just plane Polyethlyene.


Hope this helps


Neal





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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 3:54:38 AM   
trioval00


 

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Status: offline 		Mcmaster carr....... they are not bad in price, order two, one for the back up.......


Mark

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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 11:58:21 AM   
grbaker



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Joined: 12/12/2001
From: La Porte (near Houston), TX, USA
Status: online 		I have cracked several tank lids over the past few years in my Facet. If the crack is in the center of the cap (near the fuel fitting) you can JB weld a large washer on the inside of the cap. I've done this a couple of times and it lasted a while, but then the cap splits around the threads.

Thanks to ChuckC I have one of the HDPE tanks in it now, but I haven't flown it yet. The tank lid looks a lot better than the one on the nalgene tank.

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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 1:27:22 PM   
csandt051196


 

Posts: 165
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From: St. Louis, MO, USA
Status: offline 		Thanks! Tanks have been ordered. When you install the nipple in the lid do you put and gasket material on it?

Thanks
Scott

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RE: Facet Owners - 7/3/2008 2:17:05 PM   
ChuckC


 

Posts: 394
Joined: 1/10/2002
From: Friendswood, TX, USA
Status: offline 		I don't have the number right now, but US Plastics (on-line) makes a drop-in fit HDPE tank - after I changed mine out to HDPE, I have yet to have problems with the tank - VERY easy! In fact, the tank has out-lived my Facet, which is now stripped down and retired. The tank will go into another project...

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