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Turns out there's a problem with the free Stanley CH5 wood chipper I picked up the other weekend beyond flat tires. Started using it for about 5 minutes, strong odor of gas. Just pissing out the bottom of the tank. Jerry rig fuel collection device while I grab some sockets and wrenches. 13 and 10mm do the trick. Pull it off and the hose to the carb is jelly. Drain, assess, realize it's Sunday afternoon anyway. Hopefully a local small engine place has something similar I can attach, else I'm gonna have to do some redneck engineering.

Turns out there's a problem with the free Stanley CH5 wood chipper I picked up the other weekend beyond flat tires. Started using it for about 5 minutes, strong odor of gas. Just pissing out the bottom of the tank. Jerry rig fuel collection device while I grab some sockets and wrenches. 13 and 10mm do the trick. Pull it off and the hose to the carb is jelly. Drain, assess, realize it's Sunday afternoon anyway. Hopefully a local small engine place has something similar I can attach, else I'm gonna have to do some redneck engineering.

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It's now 14 hours later. Did you fix it? If so, how? Thanks

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I did not. Any small engine shop near me either didn't open on Sunday, or closed by the time I had started my chipper. Instead of working on it I mowed the lawn and played with the kids.

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Apparently jb weld steelstik is made for such things. There's another version called tankweld, which is more specific to tanks, but from what I understand the main difference is the inclusion of fiber mesh.