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Can plastic fuel tank be used on a steel tank model?
624 fuel tank question.
Can plastic fuel tank be used on a steel fuel tank model?
Can plastic fuel tank be used on a steel fuel tank model?
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What brand of engine? The Tecumseh Snow King plastic tanks are pretty adaptable to a lot of different engines.
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Welcome to the forum. You can use a plastic tank as long as it can be secured firmly and safely in place. Has to be high enough mount to gravity feed to the carb. MH
Welcome to the forum. You can use a plastic tank as long as it can be secured firmly and safely in place. Has to be high enough mount to gravity feed to the carb. MH
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I am sorry I should be more clear. Can a Yamaha 624 plastic fuel tank be used to replace a steel fuel tank on a 624?
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Is it a straight swap or modification is needed?
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Welcome bcjm
Sometimes we fail to note the category (Yamaha) a post is made in.
I think the tanks on these went from steel, to plastic, then back to steel. I seem to remember reading that there were issues with the plastic cracking/leaking. On the fan site.
What is the issue with your metal tank?
I had an early metal tank unit (3 speed) that I successfully de-rusted and sealed with POR-15.
edit: link to search of plastic tank issues;
http://yamaha-snowblower-fan-club.plastic
Sometimes we fail to note the category (Yamaha) a post is made in.
I think the tanks on these went from steel, to plastic, then back to steel. I seem to remember reading that there were issues with the plastic cracking/leaking. On the fan site.
What is the issue with your metal tank?
I had an early metal tank unit (3 speed) that I successfully de-rusted and sealed with POR-15.
edit: link to search of plastic tank issues;
http://yamaha-snowblower-fan-club.plastic
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When I first got mine I wanted to make sure I could get it to run before I invested a bunch of time on the tank. I rebuilt the carb first. Here is a photo with a temporary mower tank to make sure it was ok to proceed. If anyone has a plastic tank, perhaps they will be able to tell you if this tank mount (the steel piece, not the bungee
) is the same.
) is the same.
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I have a Yamaha YS624T with metal tank (3 speed transmission), but unfortunately the engine is partially apart so I could not try a plastic tank on it because I have a few Yamahas with plastic tank. I would think that it would be compatible but it may need a few brackets. I will post some pics later or tomorrow since I have the plastic tank out of one of my YS624.
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Going by dbert picture (unit with original metal tank), you'll definitely need a few parts to make it work.
There are 4 places where the mounting pins of the plastic tank fit. one at the left of the spark plug, one at the right of it on a independent bracket, and 2 on a bracket that is bolted to the fan shroud. See pictures (you may be able to identify the rubber grommets where the pins fit.
Here are the pics I have for now, possibly later or tomorrow I will take a few pics with the fan shroud and the right side bracket installed.
There are 4 places where the mounting pins of the plastic tank fit. one at the left of the spark plug, one at the right of it on a independent bracket, and 2 on a bracket that is bolted to the fan shroud. See pictures (you may be able to identify the rubber grommets where the pins fit.
Here are the pics I have for now, possibly later or tomorrow I will take a few pics with the fan shroud and the right side bracket installed.
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