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Old Feb 2, 2019 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Ed
I hope the cardboard is a temporary idea. It will get wet and disintegrate and then you will have metal to metal contact. When I put the tank back in one of my past projects, I bought an inexpensive rubber door mat and cut it into strips that went between the straps and tank.

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they are made from a old fire hose. i cut strips then folded them in half.
 
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